Fine Art Gallery

Current:

Claire Violet

Opening January 8th 6 - 9pm

1506 11th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122

Claire is a trans 35mm film photographer whose work plays with color, place, and perspective. This show brings together vibrant color images, monochrome black and white pieces, and a couple incredible large format pieces of Kyoto, Japan.

Past Exhibitions

  • Artist Market

    December 2025

    Our friends and resident artists will be bringing whatever they’ve been crafting lately. There will be art, clothing, crochet creatures, woodwork, and a bunch of things that don’t fit neatly into categories.

  • Nahshon Joshua

    November 2025

    Showcasing the work of Nahshon Joshua a Seattle-based mixed media and figurative oil painter. They explore themes of blackness, queerness, fantasy, and spirituality reconstructing socio-political narratives into vivid new stories through a dynamic color palette and dreamlike composition. Their work invites viewers to see identity and imagination intertwined in bold, transformative ways.

  • 2 Year Anniversary

    October 2025

    October marks two years of Elevation Project, and we’re celebrating with a show close to our dark little hearts 🖤 For this month we’re showcasing a haunted gallery of spooky, strange, and shadowy works by our resident tattoo artists and apprentices. Expect eerie beauty, gothic flair, and a touch of the macabre just in time for Halloween.

  • Bill Brown

    September 2025

    For this month’s Art Walk, Elevation Project is proud to feature the work of mix media artist and painter, Bill Brown!


  • AshaAung Helmstetter

    August 2025

    A Seattle-born oil painter and mixed media artist, AshaAung’s work is rooted in imagination, perseverance, and deep community connection. Through vibrant paintings and layered textures, she explores freedom from within—creating pieces that invite reflection and make space for others to be unapologetically themselves.

  • Ask an Artist

    July 2025

    Meet and ask our artists anything about tattoos!

  • StormLight

    June 2025

    A solo exhibition by Emma Larkin, owner of Elevation Project and the creative force behind much of the studio’s vision. Ethereal, moody, and full of motion, Stormlight explores atmosphere, memory, and inner weather through Emma’s signature textures and layered palette.

  • Ascending

    May 2025

    This May for Capitol Hill Art Walk, we're proud to present Ascending — a showcase of work from our tattoo apprentices. From sketchbooks to skin, this show captures the spark of artists in flight — exploring styles, themes, and the in-between spaces of learning and expression.

  • The Art of Maya Milton

    April 2025

    Maya has embraced art as a powerful and transformative force throughout her journey as a professional multimedia artist. Through her art, she amplifies stories of resilience, fosters spaces for empowerment, and inspires unity and change.

  • Not of This World

    March 2025

    For our March artwalk we are an exploring things unearthly, ethereal, strange, and unusual.

  • Black Creators to the Front

    February 2025

    In celebration of Black History Month, Elevation Project will be using the studio space to ask local Black creators to vend their works for Capitol Hill Artwalk. A market full of photography, fine art, gifts, metaphysical goods, aromatherapy and more! All created by locals here in Seattle.

  • Fire Within

    January 2025

    See works that ignite the soul and widen the eyes. Mixed media works from multiple artists will be on display until March.

  • Small Treasures

    December 2024

    This month we're showcasing small works, nothing bigger than 11x14! Little windows into the minds of local artists right here in the Puget Sound. All different styles and topics, and all small.

  • Fall Studio Show

    November 2024

    Before they were tattoo artists, they were just artists. See what the members of Elevation Project create when it’s not on the skin

  • Unsettling & Beautiful

    October 2024

    This carefully curated exhibition of dark artwork for the fall.

  • Another Lense

    September 2024

    There are many dimensions and shades of life and everyone has their own reality. It is important to take time and look through a different lens. Photography is a great way to demonstrate this.

  • Ghosts & Relics

    August 2024

    Ghosts & Relics features a mix of new and old works by Emma Larkin. The pieces are evocative of dreams and memories, fragmented glimpses into other worlds and that invite the viewer to look beyond the surface and beyond the explicable.

  • Queer Quality

    June 2024

    Creations from local queer artists will be on display through July 4th. Whimsical, contemplative, and intricate illustrations will be available for viewing and for purchase.

  • Leather&Chains

    May 2024

    Leather&Chains features the works of Leatherworkers, Chainmail artists, and Collectors. With gorgeous creations for purchase and custom orders open, these babes have something for everyone.

  • Emergence

    April 2024

    Showcasing art from our current class of apprentices, with lights by Esemplastic studios.
    Featuring:
    Nalisha Estrellas
    Alexander Hayden
    Brian Marshall
    Esemplastic Lights by Graham Wright

  • The Blade That Makes Us

    3/14 - 4/4/24

    The Blade That Makes Us is a comprehensive exhibit of new work on canvas and paper that examines how trauma and adversity can shape the identity over time. Emma's process of addition and reduction builds up a rich background for the ghostly figures that populate her world, blurring the boundaries between figuration and abstraction, process and intent, self and other. ​​​​​​​​

  • Nightwave