June Sekiguchi

Born in Fayetteville, Arkansas Bachelor of Arts Degree in Studio Art 1983, University of California at Santa Barbara

AWARDS:

2019 Willapa Bay Artist in Residency, Oysterville, WA

2019 Open Studio Cambodia, Artist in Residency, Siem Reap, Cambodia

2018 4Culture Tech Specific Grant, for Silkpunk Sci Fi Genre exhibition at the Wing Luke Asian Museum

2016 4Culture Individual Projects Grant to transform work from solid to malleable

2015 Artist Trust Fellowship in the category of Visual Arts

2014 4Culture Individual Projects Grant to produce work for the Bellevue Arts Museum Biennial Exhibition

2012 James Washington Foundation Artist in Residency, Seattle, WA

2010 4Culture Individual Projects Grant, travel grant to observe Lao art practices to inform new work and initiate artist exchange, Luang Prabang, Laos

2007 4Culture Special Projects Grant, translate work from wood to metal

2007 Artist Trust GAP Grant

2005 Artist Trust EDGE Program

PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS:

2023 12th & Yesler Project, Bill Gaylord art consultant, Central District, Seattle, WA

2021 Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, Little Rock, AR

2021 Glacier Middle School in Buckley, WA via Washington State Arts Commission

2020 SeaTac Sensory Room in the Interfaith Prayer and Meditation Room, SeaTac Airport

2018 Vertical Drops, Arras Apartments, Spring Street District, Bellevue, WA

2008 The Greater Whole, King County Public Library System, Fall City Library, Fall City, WA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2021 The Pulse of the Ocean, Ocean Fest, Foss Waterway Seaport Museum, Tacoma, WA

2020 The Pulse of Water, Atrium Solo exhibition, San Juan Island Museum of Art, Friday Harbor, WA

2020 Ancestral Heritage of an Unknown Artist, BONFIRE Gallery, Seattle, WA

2019 The Pulse of Water, Solo exhibition, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA

2016 Flow: Navigating Series, Solo exhibition, Edmonds Community College, Edmonds, WA

2015 Wormhole and Arch: Iterations of Within/Without, Center on Contemporary Art at Rubix, Seattle, WA

2012 Within/Without. Solo exhibition of work in response to artist-in-residency to Luang Prabang, Laos 4Cultural Individual Artist Projects Grant. ArtXchange Gallery. Seattle, WA with collaborative light and sound time based elements integrated into the installation by Spar Wilson and Rob Millis.

2008 Pattern Play. ArtXchange Gallery solo exhibition Seattle, WA.

2006 A Brief Walk on the Edge. Shift Gallery, solo exhition. Tashiro Kaplan Building, Seattle, WA

A Circular Route. Vidya Gallery. Solo exhibition. Co-sponsored by the Tibetan Healing Fund and the Tibetan Nun Project. Curated by Debbi Lester. Seattle, WA

Infusions. Floating Leave Tea. Solo exhibition. Seattle, WA 2003 New Work: Ajrak Series. Chazen. Seattle, WA.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2021 Like Mother, Vason Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA

2020
Shunpike Storefront at former Macy’s, Seattle, WA

Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair at BONFIRE Gallery

2019
Slash and Burn, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA

Like Mother, North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA

2018
Silkpunk, Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific Experience, science fiction genre exhibition, Seattle

Art ꓵ Math, Center on Contemporary Art, curated by Kate Vrijmoet, Dan Finkel, and Katherine Cook

The Intersection of Art + Math, The Schack Art Center, Everett, WA

Like Mother, Tacoma Art Museum community room, curated by Kelly Lyles

Artist Trust auction photo backdrop

Ghost of a Waterfall, Shunpike Storefront, South Lake Union, Seattle, WA

2017
Like Mother, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA

Travel to Cambodia, Laos, Morocco, France, Portugal, Ireland on Artist Trust Fellowship

2016
Logic of Chance. Three person exhibition with Romson Bustillo, Rachel Hall Kirk, June Sekiguchi. Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA

The Incredible Intensity of Just Being Human: De-stigmatizing Mental Illness, traveling exhibition, artEAST Art Center, Issaquah, WA in conjunction with $20,000 anonymous grant through the Issaquah Schools Foundation to focus on youth, curated by Kate Vrijmoet

Digital Exhibition, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

2015
FEAT 2015: Fellowship Exhibit Artist Trust, Galvanize, concurrent satellite venue of Art of the City Fest during the Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA

Thought Patterns, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, curated by Greg Robinson, Winslow, WA

The Incredible Intensity of Just Being Human, Anne Focke Gallery, Seattle City Hall, De-Stigmatizing Mental Illness, curated by Kate Vrijmoet with funds received from the Neighborhood Matching Grant from the City of Seattle.

ArtXchange Artists, concurrent with Seattle Art Fair, ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA

Slash and Burn, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA

2014
Bellevue Arts Museum Biennial Exhibition, Knock on Wood, Bellevue, WA

Against the Grain, Three person exhibition of ArtXchange artists included in the 2014 BAM Biennial, exhibiting with Humaira Abid and Elaine Hanowell at ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA

Meaning of Wood traveling exhibition with new work, Kenneth J. Minneart Gallery, Olympia, WA

2013
Nihon Wa, White River Valley Museum, Auburn, WA

Method Founder’s Show, Method Gallery inaugural exhibition, Seattle, WA

The Meaning of Wood, curated by Suze Woolf, Lower Columbia College, Vancouver, WA

Studio 54, Enumclaw, WA

ArtXchange Gallery, Seattle, WA

2012
Bellwether Biennial: Re-generation, Bellevue City Hall

Re-Shift. Invitational, Shift Collaborative Studio, Seattle, WA

Ethnic Heritage Art Gallery. Seattle Municipal Tower. Preston Hampton coordinator, Seattle, WA

SAM Gallery Re-install sculptural installation of Within/Without, curated by Barbara Shaiman, Seattle

The Material Calls: James Washington Residents, Hedreen Gallery, Seattle University

Artist Trust EDGE Graduates. Convention Center, Seattle, WA

COLLECTIONS:
2020 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 20th Anniversary commission for 2 works. Seattle, WA

2017 University House Wallingford, Era Living Property, Seattle, WA

2015 Ethnic Heritage Art Gallery Purchase, City of Seattle, Municipal Tower

2011 Prince Nithakhong Somsanith, Luang Prabang, Laos

2008 Chefchaouen Municipality, Chefchaouen, Morocco; Asian Counseling and Referral Service

2007 Wing Luke Asian Museum; King County Public Art Collection Portable Works