June Sekiguchi

Artist Bio     Artist Statement     Artist Resume

RESUME

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Studio Art 1983
University of California at Santa Barbara

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

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  • Artist in Residency to Luang Prabang, Laos
    2010 recipient of 4Culture Special Projects grant for an artist in residency to Laos for research and observation of art practices in wood cutting and weaving to inform new responsive work that will be exhibited at ArtXchange Gallery in 2011.
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  • Shift/Candyland: Part 4
    Gallery exchange between Seattle and Stockholm. Candyland Collective. Stockholm, Sweden
  • Fayetteville Underground
    Shift exchange between Seattle and Fayetteville, AR. Fayetteville Underground, Fayetteville, AR
  • The Blood That Runs Through Us
    Tacoma Artscapes installation. Collaboration with Mary Coss and Pam Hom. Tacoma, WA
  • Farewell
    Columbia City Gallery, curated by Byron Auyong, in conjunction with Spectrum Dance Company production by Donald Byrd, music by Byron Auyong. Seattle, WA
  • Bloodlines
    Columbia City Gallery, curated by Mary Coss. Three person show with Mary Coss, Pam Hom, June Sekiguchi. Seattle, WA
  • Fresh Eyes
    ArtXchange, Seattle, WA
  • Bloodlines
    Columbia City Gallery, curated by Mary Coss. Three person show with Mary Coss, Pam Hom, June Sekiguchi. Seattle, WA
  • American/Asian: ArtXchange Artists
    Seattle City Hall, Anne Focke Gallery, curated by Deborah Paine, Seattle, WA
  • Linear Progression
    ArtEAST Gallery, curated by June Sekiguchi with artists Etsuko Ichikawa, Margie Livingston, Carol Milne, Milenko Matanovic, and June Sekiguchi. Issaquah, WA ArtXchange Gallery. Light as sculptural art. Seattle, WA
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  • Parts of the Whole: Two Visions
    Two Person Show with Mary Coss. Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • Shift Exchange Seattle/Houston
    G Gallery, Houston, TX
  • Interactive
    Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Art Inspired by Textiles
    ArtXchange, Seattle, WA
  • Kinetic Collective Works
    artEAST Gallery, Issaquah, WA
  • American/Asian
    ArtXchange, Seattle, WA
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  • Pattern Play
    ArtXchange, Seattle, WA
  • A Brief Walk on the Edge
    Shift Gallery, Tashiro Kaplan Building, Seattle, WA
  • What Does Compassion Look Like?
    Artxchange, Seattle, WA
  • Inaugural Exhibition
    Canvas, Seattle, WA
  • Art at Urban Hardwoods
    Urban Hardwoods, Seattle, WA
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  • How the Soy Sauce Was Bottled
    Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA
    Tracy Fugami, Jason Huff, Alan Chong Lau, Ethelyn C. Abellanosa, jurors. Five artists selected to use artifacts from the museum collection for new work
  • Small Works Members' Show
    Shift Gallery, Tashiro Kaplan Building, Seattle, WA
  • Pratt Fine Arts Instructor/Student Show
    Pratt Gallery, Tashiro Kaplan Building, Seattle, WA
  • artEAST Member's Show: Out of the Box
    artEAST Studios co-operative gallery, Up Front [art], Issaquah, WA
  • Annual Regional Juried Art Show
    Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, South Puget Sound Community College, Olympia, WA
  • Demographic Tapestry: Strands of Our Culture
    Inaugural Exhibition Sammamish City Hall. Dianne Elliott, curator. Sammamish, WA
  • Intergenerational Moments
    Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
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  • A Circular Route
    Co-sponsored by the Tibetan Healing Fund and the Tibetan Nun's Project. Curated by Debbi Lester. Vidya Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • Women Beyond Borders
    National traveling exhibition paired with Yuri Kochiyama and commencing at the Palo Alto Arts Center. Palo Alto, CA
  • Plugged In and Caffeinated
    Kamla Kakaria, Larry Calkins, Barbara Shaiman, jurors. Columbia City Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • Solo Exhibition: Infusions
    Floating Leave Tea, Seattle, WA
  • Shrines for the Environment
    Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR
  • Collective Works
    Featured artists from the Art Collective Issaquah, WA
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  • Contemporary Works of Asian Traditions: The Other Roadside Attraction
    Tatsuo Tomeoka curator. Mount Vernon, WA
  • Gilda's Club Red Door Campaign
    Juried selection. Seattle, WA
  • Greenwood Art Walk
    Stephen Lyons, Dionne Haroutunian jurors. Birdem Turban Gallery, Seattle, WA
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  • Northwest Women's Arts and Crafts Show
    Karma Place, Bow, WA
  • Techlink Engineering Resources
    Corporate Headquarters, Belleveue, WA
  • Greenwood Art Walk
    Birdem Turban Gallery, Seattle, WA
  • Blue Heron Gallery
    Vashon, WA
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  • New Work: Ajrak Series
    Chazen, Seattle, WA
  • Aurora Women's Health Center
    Seattle, WA
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  • Coastal Kitchen
    Seattle, WA
  • Joe Bar
    Seattle, WA
  • Dynamik Space
    Seattle, WA
  • June Sekiguchi and Garrison Coverdale
    Blue Heron Gallery, Vashon, WA
  • International Microwave Symposium, Guest Programs
    Seattle, WA
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  • Heart of the Beast Invitational
    Recipient of Best of Show. Silverwood Gallery, Vashon, WA
  • Spontaneous Explorations
    Adell McMillan Gallery. University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
  • City of SeaTac
    Peggy Weiss juror. SeaTac, WA

AWARDS

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  • 4Culture Special Projects Grant
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  • King County Public Art Collection: Portable Works
    4Culture Special Projects Grant
    Artist Trust GAP Grant
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  • George Tsutakawa Sculpture Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center
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  • Artist Trust EDGE Program

CURATORIAL

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  • Linear Progressions
    Etusko Ichikawa, Margie Livingston, Carol Milne, and Milenko Matanovich, artEAST Gallery, Issaquah, WA
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  • Idiosyncratic Twists
    Alicia Bassinger, Chris Buening, John Brucker, and Yun Hong Chang. artEAST Gallery, Issaquah, WA
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  • Over the Edge+
    Artists and others from the Artist Trust Edge Program. Rickie Wolfe, Deborah Kapoor, Pirjo Berg, Susan Lockwood, and Mary Coss. artEAST Gallery, Issaquah, WA
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  • Building C and 619 Western
    2 exhibitions bringing artists from Seattle studios to the Eastside in the Collective Works exhibitions of artEAST Studios.
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  • Collective Works
    10 exhibitions for artEAST Studios, Issaquah, WA

AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

  • ArtXchange Gallery
  • Shift Collaborative Studio
  • artEAST Founding Member and Board Member
  • Issaquah Arts Commission
  • Artist Trust
  • 4Culture Local Arts Agencies

COLLECTIONS

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  • Chefchaouen Municipality, Chefchaouen, Morocco
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  • Wing Luke Asian Museum
  • King County Public Art Collection Portable Works

PUBLIC ART

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  • artEAST collaboration, Issaquah, WA
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  • King County Public Library System, Fall City Library, Fall City, WA

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

  • Legacy Partners, Mercer Island, WA
  • Coast Hotel, Bellevue, WA
  • Protingent Staffing (formerly Techlink NW), Redmond, WA
  • Flow Yoga, Redmond, WA
  • Stephen L. Nelson Offices, Redmond, WA
  • Cummins Residence, Bellevue, WA
  • Starr Residence, Vashon, WA
  • Domingo Residence, Newport Beach, CA

ART RELATED TRAVEL

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  • Viet Nam, Laos
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  • Japan, Sweden
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  • Morocco, Spain, Czech Republic
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  • Laos, Cambodia, Thailand
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  • France, Italy
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  • Mexico
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  • Japan, Malaysia, Singapore

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Edwards, Haley. "Modern Asian Art Flavored with History," Seattle Times, January 5, 2007, p45H