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AB2571 – Seattle
August 26 @ 6:00 pm PDT

Art Battle Seattle – August 26, 2023
Doors @ 6:00pm / Painting @ 7:00pm
Leif Erikson Hall – 2245 NW 57th St., Seattle, WA
Assemble your squad and get ready for a night of epic creativity!
Watch as talented artists battle it out in three rounds of 20-minute masterpieces, all created with open materials.
The pieces will be auctioned off and the crowd will crown the ultimate champion of the night!
Be a part of the fun as a spectator, or participate as one of the featured artists by applying online at artbattle.com/artists!
REGISTER NOW TO VOTE
Artists
Artists can apply to compete. Also, most events have a ‘Wildcard’ easel, where artists leave their names at the door and we draw at random to pick the Wildcard Artist. To be a potential wildcard artist, just buy a ticket and show up!
Confirmed Competitors
Indigo Purdy
Instagram: indicadomina
Indigo is a 22 year old queer and Filipino artist originally from Las Vegas, where they were a muralist before. Indigo specializes in oil paints and watercolors, and painting the human form. In their spare time, they are an aspiring tattoo artist and a drag performer./sf
Indigo is a 22 year old queer and Filipino artist originally from Las Vegas, where they were a muralist before. Indigo specializes in oil paints and watercolors, and painting the human form. In their spare time, they are an aspiring tattoo artist and a drag performer.
Debbie
Instagram: @debsterart
Debbie, the owner of Skagit Palettes Paint Parties, paints ethereal, dreaming women in surreal settings. She loves sketching above all, but also painting with acrylic and digital./sf
Rolando Haynes
Instagram: romh_art81
Describing his primarily abstract style as “contemporary, absurdist and surreal, Rolando’s paintings are an invitation to sit with your own doubts and emotions.” Rolando has also said his artwork is “like a road map through trauma, scars and imagery that invites onlookers to hold company a while longer.”/sf
Sophia Trinh
Instagram: Philosophiatrinh
Sophia is a Vietnamese American artist from Seattle. She was first introduced to watercolors at the age of four. Drawing on her early experiences with wet-on-wet watercolor painting, Sophia uses white space to create a meditative and contemplative quality in her work, inviting viewers to connect with the natural world in a visual way./sf
Hello, everyone! I'm Sophia Trinh, a Vietnamese American artist from Seattle.
I'm incredibly excited to take part in my first art battle. Art has been a healing and transformative force in my life, and I hope it brings the same sense of healing to all of you.
Thank you for welcoming me into the AB community, and I'm eagerly looking forward to meeting all of you on the 26th!
David Blackbird McKinsey
Instagram: whiskeyterrafoxtrot
David describes his work as Bright Eyes, Dark Art, somewhere in the area of comfy creepy with a large serving of liminal space. When he isn't writing psychological horror, he likes to create visuals that may not have a concrete story behind them, but can draw someone in and give them permission to be curious and think a little differently./sf
David describes his work as Bright Eyes, Dark Art, somewhere in the area of comfy creepy with a large serving of liminal space. When he isn't writing psychological horror, he likes to create visuals that may not have a concrete story behind them, but can draw someone in and give them permission to be curious and think a little differently.
Paige Nicole
Ryan / That RAW
Instagram: imthatraw
Ryan is a visual artist, graphic designer, and screen printer. He combines elements of pop art and expressionism to create eye catching imagery on various mediums./sf
“Shamone” (Michael Jackson)
Jennifer Holstrom
artvibestudios
Instagram: artvibestudios
Artvibestudios is a pencil and charcoal artist who loves to create portraits, figures, and surreal drawings. His ideas and inspirations come from nature, being outdoors, looking at people’s artwork and abstract drawings that have unique style and colors to it./sf
Go check out my art at IG: artvibestudios & see you at the art battle!
Franswuhh
Instagram: Franswuhh_art
Francis got his start in drawing at a very young age when he saw his first Anime. He was already drawing realism at the age of 10 and continued to evolve as he practiced and studied the greats. He specializes in drawing, painting, graphic design, and tattooing. /sf
Suzanne Gelderloos
Instagram: suzieq_artist
Suzanne's art is eclectic because she is constantly inspired by the beauty all around from a wide variety of topics. She enjoys painting with bright colors and topics that evoke thought and emotion./sf
Greetings! I am a self taught artist originally from Michigan/Chicago. I now reside in Portland, OR.
I primarily paint in oils, as well as mixed media with oil paint and Plaster. In addition I have created custom sneakers. Its fairly recent that I have started painting with Acrylic. It's a great medium but completely different from oils for sure!
This will be my second art battle. I am really excited to again have this opportunity to meet amazing people that share the love of art & self expression!
I hope you enjoy what I create!
Cheers!! 🌟
Son of a Gun
Son of a Gun progressed his career to the action sports industry working on graphics for snowboards, wakeboards and vehicle wraps. Now he does murals for record stores and restaurants and sign displays at Trader Joe’s./sf
My third time competing hope it’s true what they say! Let’s have some art fun!
John Gillespie Jr
Instagram: 3G3Art
John is a local Seattle artist who promotes anti-bullying and anti-violence through art and calls it "Smash the Hate". Most of his experience is in pencil drawings and he specializes in portraits. In addition to those, John also works with sculpting, calligraphy, wood carving and wood burning./sf
I recently started playing with neon and UV activated florescent paints to make some really cool psychedelic pieces. Then to make it more interesting, I ordered the blackest matte paint called Black 3.0 from the UK. So I'm excited to see what I can do for you all this time!