The Artists
Artists
Blades of Change works with artists from diverse backgrounds to create new sculptures from nuclear industrial fan blades.
Jill Drllevich & Craig Breitbach
Founder & Sculptor
Featured: Breathe Deep Series
Jill Drllevich (b. 1950, Brooklyn) is the founder of Blades of Change and a celebrated multimedia artist. Craig Breitbach (b. 1964, Port Angeles) is a prolific sculptor focused on the natural environment.
Lauren Iida
Paper-Cut Artist
Featured: Unknown Memories / Birth of Memory
Lauren Iida's artworks investigate her Japanese American heritage and intergenerational trauma from WWII incarceration. Her paper-cut art has traveled the world.
Tom Gormally
Sculptor
Featured: Metaphorical Portrait of Gerry Garvey
Tom Gormally has exhibited sculpture for over forty years at institutions including The Nelson-Atkins Museum and Des Moines Art Center. NEA and Artist Trust Fellowship recipient.
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Gina Ariko Maroni
Painter
Featured: Interwoven
Gina Ariko is a Japanese-American artist based in Seattle. Her painting on a nuclear fan blade captures a resident elder's life story in vibrant color.
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Emma Joran
Marshallese Master Weaver
Featured: Nuclear Day of Remembrance Sculpture
Emma Joran is a Marshallese master weaver who uses traditional pandanus weaving to create powerful statements about the Marshall Islands nuclear legacy.
Marita Dingus
Sculptor
Featured: Black Lives Matter
Marita Dingus attended Tyler School of Art and San Jose State University. Recipient of a John S. Guggenheim Fellowship and PONCHO Artist of the Year Award.
Peter & Esther Reiquam
Sculptor & Textile Artist
Featured: Mendenhall
Peter Reiquam (MFA Yale) creates interactive public art. Esther Reiquam is a linguist and textile artist. They are lifelong environmentalists based in Seattle.
Colleen Monette
Mixed Media Artist
Featured: Urban Remnants
Colleen Monette is an encaustic, mixed media, and assemblage artist working primarily with vintage ephemera. Founding board member of MAX in Seattle.
Joy Hagen
Painter & Sculptor
Featured: Persistence
Joy Hagen creates "assembled landscapes" using encaustic medium and reclaimed wood. Her work is in permanent collections of Swedish Medical Group and multiple cities.
Carolyn Autenrieth
Ceramic Artist
Featured: Half-Life
Carolyn Autenrieth works with ceramic sculpture exploring themes of decay, growth, and reclamation. Her nuclear blade piece features porcelain clusters emerging from carved openings.