NEW YORK TIMES
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In Seattle, Creating Community by Collecting Art and Artists
By Paulette Perhach | Jan. 9, 2019
“…SEATTLE — Shaun Kardinal, 36, doesn’t know where he’d fit another piece of art in his one-bedroom apartment, which is bursting already with more than 100 works.
“Art tends to find the nooks and crannies for things to happen,” he said. Mr. Kardinal’s collection was born of the artistic community he has tapped into since his early days working at a frame shop.
The items he pointed out in a visit to his Seattle home chronicle his 18 years there: There’s a colored-pencil drawing of him and his cat by Troy Gua; a painting by a neighbor of her bathroom, which is identical to his; and several pieces acquired through
trades with artists he has befriended over time. Now he is the lead web developer
at Civilization, a design studio, and has made a name for himself as a conceptual artist, especially with his embroidered postcards.
These are edited excerpts from our conversation…”