Baso Fibonacci Believes in Seattle Art

Baso Fibonacci, in his Pioneer Square studio, has faith in Seattle’s art scene.

When Baso Fibonacci visited Barcelona more than 20 years ago, he marveled at how artists there didn’t sneak around when creating street art: “It opened my eyes to what could be done in the renegade art scene,” he remembers. In his home city of Seattle—he grew up on Issaquah’s Tiger Mountain—Fibonacci uses traditional oils along with photo transfers and house paint, even found materials. He directs his own renegade impulses into artworks depicting drug overdoses and life among the unhoused, along with still lifes and nature scenes. He now paints in a well-lit room in Actualize Air,

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