Dee Dee Does Downsizing

Name: Dee Dee Does Downsizing
Start: 2026-05-16T13:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-05-16T19:00:00-07:00
Location: 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98144

Schedule

Sat May 16 2026 at 01:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

3001 21st Ave S, Seattle, WA, United States, Washington 98144 | Seattle, WA

A Pop-Up Sale of Artworks by Deborah Faye Lawrence
and celebration of 45 years of incredible work: 125+ collages, priced to move!
WHERE: The Grocery Studios, 3001 21st Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144
WHEN: One day only - Saturday, May 16, 2026 1:00-7:00PM
Meet the Artist 3:00-4:00 PM
A preview of the exhibition and works for sale is at: https://www.deedeeworks.com/pages/popup/popup.html
The Grocery Studios presents Dee Dee Does Downsizing, an installation of over 125 artworks by Deborah Faye Lawrence, an artist who has been registering her grievances against tyranny since 1980. She disrupts us with collaged images that create unexpected juxtapositions paired with an intense choice of words, images, and references. The May 16th pop-up exhibition and art sale features 45 years of powerful collages which address political events, social activism, feminism, and personal history.
In his reference to Deborah’s prestigious Twining Humber Award in 2015, Michael Spafford wrote, “Deborah has developed over a period of more than forty years, a unique and powerfully visual method of expressing her deep feelings about injustice, waste, and stupidity. It takes great intelligence and amazing effort and skill to do what she does.”
Many events of the past decades provoked rage and compelled Lawrence to create thoughtful, hard-hitting, often sardonic works in reaction. Their messages remain uncannily relevant given our current state of events. Her collages from the mid-2000s often address her personal psychological circumstances after experiencing brain surgery due to a slip & fall accident. Other works, in particular those from the 1980’s-early 90’s, evoke dreamlike, surreal worlds with lush color palettes.
Like so many of her generation, Lawrence now aims to downsize her inventory in anticipation of moving into a smaller, more manageable living situation. This pop-up exhibition and sale offers an opportunity to achieve that goal while also getting her artworks back out into the world, where they can be enjoyed by her admirers, both old and new.