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The pattern on the wing of a moth evolves naturally from unseen conditions or forces in its environment.

In my studio I seek to create conditions where invisible currents and structures that shape the world around me can emerge naturally as visual conscious forms on a canvas. The painting then becomes a window to somewhere I haven’t been before. Something ineffable is revealed that stretches beyond the canvas.

The motor driving my obsession is the desire to create something visual but the synesthesia here is strong. So color is experienced as sensation. Movement becomes sound becomes music becomes emotion, which turns to color and form again. The paintings are created and experienced while crossing back-and-forth across boundaries of senses, memory and awareness, so some aspects of the work will always remain invisible or unnameable.

Unnameable or not, I hope that the physical joy and the engaging process of curiosity in making the work will be apparent and stay with the viewer.

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Taproot Theatre Gallery, Seattle, WA
March 19 – June 6, 2022

Dual Exhibition with Soo Hong, Chatwin Arts, Seattle, WA
July 3 – August 2, 2025

The Bold and the Beautiful, Figure Ground Gallery, Seattle, WA
Paintings by Kevin Cosley - sculptures by Sandy Frank, February 2023

Somewhere I’ve Never Been Before, Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue Wa. October 1 - January 29

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Juried Exhibition, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
July 2021

Juried Exhibition, Gallery Mack, Seattle, WA
December 1, 2021 – January 29, 2022

Axis Gallery, Seattle, WA
August 4 – October 6, 2022

May Showers, RailSpur Building, Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA
ART X IV and FFTNW production
May 2023

Biennial Juried Exhibition, Ryan James Gallery
July 2023

RailSpur Summer Art Show, Seattle, WA
July 25 – September 7, 2023

Artist Preview, Yuan Ru Gallery, Bellevue, WA
November 18 – December 17, 2023

Year of the Dragon, Yuan Ru Gallery, Bellevue, WA
January 20 – February 19, 2024

Group Exhibition, Ryan James Gallery, Kirkland, WA
May 1 – May 30, 2024

Featured Artist, Seattle Art Fair through Ryan James Gallery
July 17 – 20, 2025

Group Exhibition, Ryan James Gallery
August 2025

Somewhere I’ve Never Been Before, Meydenbauer

October 2025 - January 2026

RESIDENCIES AND PUBLIC PROJECTS

ART X IV Residency, RailSpur, Seattle, WA
One-month residency producing work for Hotel Weston
May 2024

Public Mural Installation, RailSpur Building
10-foot square mural installed at 419 Occidental Ave S
Seattle, WA
July – December 2023

Mural Installation, Equinox - Georgetown
10-foot square mural installed at 6520 5th Ave S
Seattle, WA
March - 2024

Large Works Installation, Meydenbauer cultural and convention center
Bellevue, WA
October 2025 - January 2026

GALLERY REPRESENTATION AND AFFILIATIONS

Ryan James Gallery, Seattle, WA
Joined gallery roster, June 2025

Paper Boat Launch Studios, Seattle, WA
Resident artist with monthly public art walk participation

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
Flack and Trowbridge Ateliers
Drawing and Painting
2015 – 2019

First Place, Best of Gage
Abstract Category, 2019

Juried show at the Schack Art Center in Everett Wa. July 2021

Juried show art Gallery Mack in Seattle Wa. December 1 2021 - January 29th 2022

Solo show Taproot Theatre gallery space Seattle Wa. March 19th - June 6th 2022

Axis Gallery Seattle Wa. August 4th - October 6th 2022

16 works at The Bold and the Beautiful show at Figure Ground Gallery in Seattle Wa

“May Showers” show at RailSpur building in Pioneer Square Seattle. An ARTxiv and ffttnw production May 2023

10 foot square mural hanging outside the RailSpur building at 419 Occidental Ave S. Seattle from July 16 through December 2023

RailSpur Summer art show - Seattle Wa July 25th - Sept 7th 2023

Artist Preview - Yuan Ru Gallery, Bellevue Wa November 18 - December 17, 2023

Year of the Dragon - Yuan Ru Gallery, Bellevue Wa January 20 - February 19, 2024

Monthly art walk showings at Paper Boat Launch Studios and Gallery space

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Kevin Cosley is a Seattle-based painter working in abstraction, known for a process-driven approach rooted in intuition and material responsiveness. He maintains a studio in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood, where his work can be seen during monthly art walks and special exhibitions. For much of his early life, Cosley was self-taught, working across a range of materials and responding to an equally wide range of influences. In 2015, he enrolled at the Gage Academy of Art in Seattle, studying drawing and painting in the Flack and Trowbridge Ateliers. Upon graduating in 2019, he was awarded First Place in the Best of Gage abstract category. Moving into a large studio in 2020 his painting and drawing has expanded into larger dimensions. Cosley’s work has since been presented in solo and group exhibitions, as well as public and residency-based projects throughout the region. His practice is grounded in sustained studio exploration and active participation in Seattle’s visual arts community.

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