Statement on the Artist
Sekimachi is an internationally acclaimed artist who has been on the forefront of the transformation of fiber arts over the last sixty years:
“Kay Sekimachi’s work is marked by simplicity of form and lightness, while representing a revolution in contemporary weaving techniques. She is an accomplished master of technique and a minimalist, an artist who challenges traditional sculptural approaches while widening the potential of fibre and paper media. ‘Kay is her art,’ comments Kenneth R. Trapp, former Curator-in-Charge of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. ‘Humble, honest, sincere, brimming with integrity and dignity, and always in search of new expressions…Putting it simply, to me Sekimachi’s art is the essence of purity. Studied, thoughtful, contemplative, deliberate, assured, quiet and calm, her art expands our restricted world to embrace fibres as wondrous materials for creative expression.’ ”
      Kevin Wallace, Craft Arts International, No. 66, 2006

Selected Permanent Collections
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Contemporary Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI
Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI
de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Long House Reserve, East Hampton, Long Island, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mingel International Museum of Folk Art, Balboa Park,
      San Diego, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Mint Museum of Craft & Design, Charlotte, NC
Musée Des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
Renwick Gallery of The National Museum of American
       Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland