2025 Past Exhibitions
Aaron Loveitt: Succession,
Within a Landscape Unfolding
June 28 - September 28, 2025
“The condition of this region’s landscape is experiencing a period of accelerated change. From a climactic ecosystem to a harvested territory, we are bearing witness to an unprecedented transition.” -Aaron Loveitt
This exhibition of Aaron Loveitt’s work takes the visitor through past, present and future tense to explore the condition of this region’s environment through the installation of three large scale sculptures: Revere, Reap and Recover. Succession presents a succinct and powerful narrative of our interconnected relationship within the Northwest landscape.
Through the Light: The Sublime in Contemporary Northwest Art
June 28 - September 28, 2025
The Pacific Northwest is often synonymous with nature, but what is it about the landscape that inspires such an emotional, intuitive, and often immediate response? The artists included in Through the Light: The Sublime in Contemporary Northwest Art all view nature through a unique lens tied to various elements found in our world: light, water, earth, and energy. Contrary to earlier understandings of the sublime, these artists have an intimate and personal connection with nature. Whether through technology, ease of travel, or increased scientific knowledge, the world is now viewed as both large and small. These artists provide viewers with an insight into the complexities of nature by creating small moments with personal interventions that inspire guests to consider their relationship with the surrounding environment in a different way.
MoNA Ceramic Invitational 2025: Build Me Up, Tear Me Down, Why Don’t You Love Me Babe Like There’s No One Around? features 12 remarkable artists from the Pacific Northwest whose engagement with clay offers a seductive account of the expressive possibilities of the medium. The exhibition features work by Iván Carmona, Emily Counts, Daniel Duford, Claudia Fitch, Ariana Heinzman, Holly Hudson, Ryan W. Kelly, Dirk Staschke, Chris Theiss, Timea Tihanyi, Tip Toland, and Patti Warashina. Inaugurating the Museum’s new series of thematic Invitationals, Build Me Up, Tear Me Down, Why Don’t You Love Me Babe Like There’s No One Around offers a window into the contemporary landscape of clay sculpture which, modeled by hand, becomes an extension of the body and the being which inhabits it.
Aaron Loveitt, Revere, 2025, Salvaged Aluminum, 105" x 80" x 60", courtesy of the artist.
Drie Chapek, Breezy Dawn, 2023, oil and acrylic on canvas, 60 x 78 inches, courtesy of the Artist and Greg Kucera Gallery
Patti Warashina, Passage Through Venetian Light (detail), 2012, low-fire clay, underglaze, glaze, mixed media, 122.25” x 60” x 60”