Profane Art | The Opening of the Figure Ground

When 2020, when pandemic hit, Seattle was ground zero in the United States. Art exhibitions—as well as everything else—were cancelled. The world would never be the same. I had always wanted an architecture studio in town, and in 2021, I set out to scavenge a commercial space in Pioneer Square that could be used as both a studio and, perhaps informally, double as an art gallery to give space to artists to show work on First Thursday Art Walks.