No Condition is Permanent

The guest gallery features wood block prints and paintings by Nigerian artist Eze Anamelechi. Though he now resides in Seattle, Anamelechi’s work remains tied to his homeland; his mixed media images depict both traditional Igbo culture and modern-day Africa. A self-taught artist, Eze communicates through an art form he calls “communal interactive installations." The Igbo's refer to it as “mgbe” – moment, where art, ritual, myth, nature, healing and community converge to connect the living, spiritually, to the ancestors and the Earth. Eze describes his expressions as “living art, or art for life's sake,” and says his work is intended to “affect people and is meant to be imbedded indelibly like a tattoo on the soul.”