2016 Stranger Genius Award Nominee Rob Rhee

by Jen Graves KELLY O
Sculptor Rob Rhee had a one-word reaction to being nominated for a Stranger Genius Award.
"What? What??"
Maybe that's two words. His disbelief belies the respect many other artists have for him, too. He's been in Seattle since 2012; he's an assistant professor at Cornish College of the Arts. In 2015, he had two big shows. For his solo at Glass Box, he revealed a series of what looked like gourds being tortured. They were squeezed into metal cages he'd welded. You can see a