Kay Sekimachi

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b. 1926, San Francisco, California

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

American Craft Museum, New York, NY
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Arkansas Arts Center, Decorative Arts Museum, Little Rock, AR
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine WI
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
The Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Musee des ARts Decoratifs, Paris, France
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2005 Scents of Purpose: Artists Interpret the Spice Box, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
Art of the Book, Treasures from the Bay Area, Contemporary Fine Arts Gallery, San Anselmo, CA
2004 Beyond Tradition: New Ply-Split Fiber Sculpture, Contemporary Crafts Museum, Portland, OR
California Design 2004, Baulines Craft Guild, San Francisco, CA
Asian Fusion, Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Constructions & Compositions, Virginia Brier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Celebrating Nature: Craft Traditions/Contemporary Expressions, Craft & Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Clay, Paper, Wood, Metal, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
2002 The Red Thread, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Baskets Now:USA, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Expanding the Girth, Bampton, Oxfordshire & Nehru Centre, London, England, UK
2001 Japan: Under the Influence, Browngrotta Arts, Wilton, CT
2000 Making Change: 100 Artists Interpret the Tzedekah Box, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
The 7th International Shoe Box Sculpture Exhibition, University of Hawaii Art Gallery,
Honolulu, HI
1999-2000 Material Witness: Masters of California Crafts, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1998-1999 Views Inside & Outside of Hawaii, Studio 7 Gallery, Holualoa, HI
Held and Let Go, California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA
1998 Modus Operandi: A Survey of Contemporary Fiber, Snyderman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997 The Fabric of Life: 150 Years of Northern California Fiber Art History, San Francisco State University Art Department Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Baskets: Expanding the Concept, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
1996 CCAC: Past, Present & Future, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA