June Sekiguchi, Exploring Interconnectivity Friday, January 22, 2016 | by Amanda Manitach and Miguel Edwards June Sekiguchi makes modular, interlocking sculptures that transform with each consecutive installation. Inspired by Islamic, Laotian and Moroccan design, most of her heavily-patterned pieces are made of quarter-inch MDF (medium-density fiberboard) that Sekiguchi hand-carves with a scroll saw. It’s her…
Tiny Bubbles: The Effervescent Pastorals of Marcio Diaz, exhibition review of Marcio Diaz’s 2015 solo exhibition. Written for the Seattle Times.
Richard Walker 9/23/15 SEATTLE – Nooksack visionary Louie Gong wants to change not just how people see Native art, but how people see Native artists. The most common business model is this: Art dealer acquires artwork from the artist outright or on consignment. Art dealer markets the artwork and sells it for a profit. And…
Recently, the City of Seattle commissioned artist Louie Gong to create a gift for the President of China. Jen Graves from The Stranger published an insightful interview with him about the commission. Read the whole interview here.
The folkloric and fantastical meet in “Mythos: Cultural Narratives and Personal Mythologies,” a whimsical show at ArtXchange Gallery that serves up “mythologies for the modern era.”
Congratulations to ArtXchange artists Humaira Abid and June Sekiguchi, who both received an Artist Trust Fellowship! To read their profiles, and see a complete list of Artist Trust Fellowship recipients, click here.
ArtXchange artist Jonathan Wakuda Fischer will creating a series of outdoor panels for Hirabayahi Place, a building honoring civil rights activist Gordon Hirabayashi and the Japanese Americans struggles for justice. More information can be found on their website here, or in Alan Lau’s article for the International Examiner here.
City Arts published an insightful interview with Laura Castellanos, which you can read here.
Art Radar speaks with artist Humaira Abid from her Seattle base, discussing how her most intimate experiences are being fleshed out in mahogany, pine and ebony. Click here to read the interview!
Joan Wortis’s folded fabric piece, Coiling and Spinning, featured in the recent issue of Luxe magazine!
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