The City of Auburn Art Galleries offer a look at the diverse work created by outstanding artists who live and work in the region. The galleries display rotating exhibitions featuring two-dimensional and small three-dimensional works by emerging and established artists from all around the Puget Sound region. The works are selected to highlight an array of artists and art works that demonstrate vitality, technique, and diversity in medium and subject. For more information on the artwork below, view the searchable document City of Auburn Art Galleries (PDF).
The Postmark Center for the Arts
Address: 20 Auburn Ave, Auburn, WA, 98002
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Gallery exhibits change quarterly
Auburn Community and Event Center Gallery
Address: 910 Ninth St. SE, Auburn, WA, 98002
Hours: Open Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Bi-monthly exhibits
Current Exhibitions
Rachel Barnes - September 4 - November 6, 2025
The City of Auburn and the Auburn Arts Commission pleased to present the work of Rachel Barnes, on view September 4 - November 6, 2025.
Artwork Statement:
"Rachel Barnes is a fiber artist based in the greater Seattle area, specializing in vibrant, tactile rug installations designed for vertical display. Her work blurs the line between visual art and immersive experience, inviting audiences not just to observe, but to physically engage with each piece. Through bold color palettes and varied pile heights, Barnes creates richly dimensional surfaces that beckon to be touched - offering a multisensory encounter that is both playful and profound.
Driven by a fascination with the emotional resonance of color and the narrative potential of texture, Barnes explores themes ranging from dream symbolism and fantastical realms to the untranslatable nuances of language. Her collections often reflect a curiosity about the invisible or overlooked - transforming abstract concepts into tangible, touchable forms.
Barnes’s artistic mission is to weave color and texture into the fabric of daily life, fostering creativity, sparking connection, and embracing the beautiful chaos of shared human experience." -Rachel Barnes
Weston Lambert - September 4 - November 6, 2025
The City of Auburn and the Auburn Arts Commission pleased to present the work of Weston Lambert, on view September 4 - November 6, 2025.
Artwork Statement:
"In the studio, I accelerate the slow violence of geological processes. My materials are engaged in a condensed passage of time - modified by my brief tenure, on a timeline charted by millennia, not decades. The heat of the kiln allows molten glass to nestle into stone and days of grinding/polishing simulate eons of erosion. In my pursuit of permanence, I create invulnerable, seamless objects that have been broken and mended outside of geological time.
My work is about dualities and the balancing of contrasting forces. I’m looking for the place where transparency/opacity, and ephemeral/eternal coexist, each taking part in creating equilibrium. This dynamic relationship turns fragility into an asset and rigidity into liability.
In the context of human lives, rock embodies strength, consistency, and timelessness. There’s safety in its solidity, but the natural world is in constant flux. Granite and sand share each other's future - forever shattered and recast. Glass is delicate, but when combined with the durability of stone, the pairing embodies harmony." - Weston Lambert
Cheryl Sallee Gallery
Address: 808 9th St SE, Auburn, WA, 98002
Hours: Open Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Bi-monthly exhibits
Current Exhibition
Miles B. Jordan - September 3 - November 5, 2025
The City of Auburn and the Auburn Arts Commission are pleased to present the work of Miles B. Jordan at the Cheryl Sallee Gallery, on view September 3 - November 5, 2025.
Artwork Statement:
“My project, 504-907, delves into a visual comparison of two distinct yet intertwined regions - Southern Louisiana and Interior Alaska - through the lens of diptych compositions. Inspired by personal experiences and pivotal events such as Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon disaster during my upbringing, this body of work seeks to unearth the daily rhythms and cultural subtleties that define these landscapes. Through a fusion of traditional street and documentary photography techniques, I capture the essence of daily life in New Orleans, Louisiana and Fairbanks, Alaska. The diptych format serves as a storytelling tool, juxtaposing ordinary elements and unique characteristics of each locale. People, dwellings, and the minutiae of urban life - like graffiti - converge to reveal underlying connections and distinctions. At its core, 504-907 is a reflection on the profound yearning for connection and the preservation of cultural identity in the face of relentless change.” – Miles Jordan
Auburn City Hall Gallery
Address: 25 W Main Street, Auburn WA, 98002
Hours: Open Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Ongoing exhibits
Ongoing Exhibition
This gallery hosts a photographic exhibition featuring images of the City's Public Art Collection. The Auburn City Hall Gallery occasionally features special exhibitions.
For our site-specific galleries, head to The Vault Gallery or Art on Main. For information on application process please visit our Calls to Artists webpage.