Two New Gallery Exhibits at WSU Vancouver in June

VANCOUVER, Wash. — WSU Vancouver galleries will host two new exhibits, linocut prints and paintings by Suzanne Tufenkian and photography by Paul Parks, beginning in this month.

Tufenkian’s abstract prints will be on display today (June 21) through June 30 in the Engineering Life Sciences Building.  After retiring from a lengthy teaching career, she received a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Marylhurst University and now creates artwork from her studio in Portland, Ore. A member of Print Arts Northwest, her work has been widely shown in the local Portland/Southwest Washington area.

Tufenkian said her work is based on patterns from visual experiences, abstracted, re-seen, re-worked and then layered. She suggests that through the layering process, the meaning of her artwork is expressed.

Parks’ photography will be on display June 28-July 30 in the Student Services Building gallery. His work demonstrates his training as a journalist. Through his photos, Parks seeks to display one moment that tells a whole story. Most of his imagery is abstract, and all of the images in the exhibition are giclee prints, which are produced without mechanical devices giving them all the tonalities and hues of an original painting. Parks records original images on film and then converts negatives to digital files.
 
Entry to both exhibits is free. WSU Vancouver galleries are open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. WSU Vancouver is located at 14204 N.E. Salmon Creek Ave., east of the 134th Street exit from either I-5 or I-205. Parking is available in the blue lot for $1.50 or at parking meters.