Featured Artists
Kim Seyesnem Obrzut - Featured Artist
Kim Seyesnem Orbzut is an award winning American Indian woman artist who has carved a respectable niche in the Southwest Art scene. Her grandfather, a Hopi Kachina doll carver, was instrumental in preparing Kim for her journey into the artist world. She completed her Bachelors in Fine Art, summa cum laude, at Northern Arizona University, 1991, in Flagstaff, Arizona. Kim started her career in art by offering Hopi Maidens in water based and natural clays using the traditional scrape and smooth method. These unique interpretations of traditional designs were an immediate success and afforded her the opportunity to venture into Bronze.
She learned bronze casting techniques at NAU and her style developed as she began to offer bronze renditions of her Hopi Maidens and several other traditional motifs from her Hopi roots. Kim moved to all bronze sculptures in 1996 and has sold out of over 20 editions. Since her first sculptures, Kim has earned respect from her peers and her collectors. Along the way she has received many awards at national American Indian art competitions including Best of Show at the Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff; and the Eiteljorg, American Indian and Western Art Museum in Indianapolis, Indiana; and the Best of Division at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. She travels to 15 art shows each year across the United States, and has museum, corporate, and international collectors.
Kim was honored, along with four other artists, at a museum show sponsored by the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles. "American Indian Artists of the 21st Century" opened at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in October 2000. "These artists were chosen, because they have made great contributions to Native American Art. The Museum foresees that these artists will continue to have profound influences on Native art of future generations."
