Artist Spotlight: Eliaichi Kimaro has been with Columbia City Gallery for 7yrs. Her newest work in “Sanctuary” will be on view thru 1/7.
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Favorite Seattle neighborhood
• Columbia City, Seward Park ~ happy to love where I live.

Favorite Seattle restaurant & menu item
• El Kiosko’s carnitas burritos, Marination’s spicy pork kimchi fried rice, Chucks Hop Shop’s fries, Hey Day’s pesto bacon toast, King Donuts’ chocolate old fashioned.

Favorite Seattle park
• Seward Park

Favorite style of house
• Craftsman

Favorite movie theater
• I love(d) Harvard Exit, Egyptian, Seven Gables

Who would play you in the movie of your life?
• Octavia Spencer could pull off my blend of funny + earnest.

What’s your go-to comfort food?
• Bibimbap, waffles.

Where’s the coolest place you traveled?
• Gombe National Park, walking amongst chimpanzees for days.

Favorite karaoke song
• Faithfully, Killing Me Softly, The Jeffersons theme song

What’s your best Halloween costume?
• Morpheus (The Matrix)

What’s the last TV show you binge-watched?
• Reservation Dogs, The Bear

What TV shows are you watching right now?
• Beckham, Please Like Me, Bad Sisters

What movie could you quote by heart?
• Princess Bride, Spinal Tap, the original Star Wars

What’s the best advice you ever received?
• Live within your means.

What’s the worst advice you ever received?
• No one will care about your family documentary (“A Lot Like You”) because there’s no one famous in it. I made it anyway…and they were wrong.

Most creative time of day?
• Morning.

Favorite artists?
• Diebenkorn, Klee, Miro, Kline, Richter.

Favorite color palette/color combo?
• Blue & orange.

What’s your favorite medium, and why?
• Cold wax medium mattes the glossiness of my oil paints and allows me to do cool things with textures & layering.

Has your art practice help you in other areas of your life?
• I’ve become clearer about my Yes’s & No’s. In art and in life, I’m more decisive and have learned to trust my gut.

How do you define success as an artist?
• Making art that speaks to my soul & brings me joy ~ and that connects viewers to a part of themselves that’s beyond the reach of words.

More about Eliaichi Kimaro
Website: elikimaro.com
Instagram: @elikimaro