SEQUIN KAY - Barbie Pink Coin

Technique: 3,600 Swarovski crystals hand placed individually by the artist and hand leafed with 23-karat gold leaf. Over 45 hours of work.

Edition: unique edition

Certificate of authenticity: provided 

Size: 66 x 66 x 3 cm

Weight: 3kg

Information about the artwork:  Barbie Bitcoin’ is a luminous tribute to feminine power, value, and sovereignty. Created in radiant pink Swarovski crystals this piece draws from the sacred language of Venus; beauty, sensuality, abundance, and harmony.  In a digital economy often shaped by masculine energy; aggression, speed, conquest; Barbie Bitcoin reintroduces the feminine as a force not of softness, but of sovereignty. It asks: what if value was shaped by grace?  This work reclaims the ultra-feminine aesthetic; long dismissed as superficial; and positions it at the heart of a conversation about wealth, freedom, and the evolving mythology of Bitcoin.

Barbie, the ultimate symbol of curated identity and idealized femininity, becomes a vessel for economic commentary. These Venusian values echoed in this piece with beauty as intelligence, desire as intuition, material as meaning. The Swarovski crystals are not just embellishment; they reflect the multiplicity of light, choice, and perspective. In a world obsessed with scarcity, Barbie Bitcoin radiates excess, allure, and magnetism. This artwork is not satire; It’s an invocation of a future where feminine coded aesthetics are not marginalised but mythologized; where pink is potent and where currency carries curves. Barbie Bitcoin is a jewel of resistance; soft, sparkling and unshakable power. 

Information about the artist: Sequin Kay grew up in South London, a vibrant multicultural hub that shaped her creativity and artistic voice. She studied Fine Art and Painting at Camberwell College of Arts (UAL) and Goldsmiths, University of London, before developing her signature reflective and embellished style across studios in London, Malta, Ibiza, Switzerland, and India.

Her work has been collected internationally. Sequin has led creative workshops at Soho House, Shoreditch House, and The Idler Academy, as well as community programs in Beirut, Goa, and Malta. She continues to design bespoke textile and Swarovski crystal artworks for private clients while developing new collections in Ibiza and London.

Of Moroccan and Irish descent, Sequin draws on themes of adornment, Egyptology, geometry, transpersonal psychology, and psychedelia. Her works layer research, ritual, and meditation, exploring light, reflection, and transformation. Reflective materials hold symbolic meaning in her practice, representing the divine and mirroring the inner world that guides her process.

Collaboration is central to her journey, including projects with geometer Stephen Meakin, architecture studio Hylemo, and audiovisual artist Paul Mortimore.

“The act of making art calms the chaos which shakes my soul. At a time of great planetary change, I humbly work piece by piece to create a more illuminated world. Art has the power to transform, inspire, and awaken us all to a more beautiful, wondrous way of being.” – Sequin Kay, 2024