Collection: RICCA OKANO

RICCA OKANO

ARTIST STORY

Ricca Okano makes pottery at her atelier in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture.
Her works are characterized by the beautiful contrast between her gentle pale colors and the eye-catching vivid colors. Her works have parts that are blue and smooth, like glass, and parts that are multicolored and uneven. This is to express two sides of the same coin in one work.
Because she did not want to be influenced by other potters, she and taught herself pottery and art. At the age of 22, she felt various things while traveling and decided toshe never took on an apprenticeship become a potter.

Nature-Inspired Everyday Artworks

She is very attracted to abstract lines and colors that emerge from the unconscious, and creates her works based on those emotions. The inspiration for her works also comes from the magnificent and
beautiful forest that surrounds her studio.

She says that she wants to reflect her daily emotions in her works, such as the natural world, which changes every day with its various colors, and the flow and
changes of water that circulates from rain to mist, clouds, sky, and earth.
We feel that her works are the artworks that we can feel closest to and use in our daily life.
Their unique forms and colors of her each works add beautiful color and richness to our lives.

Our gallery ennen. is the only place in Shanghai, China where you can see her work in person.
We would like to take this opportunity to experience artworks that can be used in your daily life. We are sure you will encounter an exciting feeling.

She is very attracted to abstract lines and colors that emerge from the unconscious, and creates her works based on those emotions. The inspiration for her works also comes from the magnificent and
beautiful forest that surrounds her studio.

She says that she wants to reflect her daily emotions in her works, such as the natural world, which changes every day with its various colors, and the flow and
changes of water that circulates from rain to mist, clouds, sky, and earth.
We feel that her works are the artworks that we can feel closest to and use in our daily life.
Their unique forms and colors of her each works add beautiful color and richness to our lives.

Our gallery ennen. is the only place in Shanghai, China where you can see her work in person.
We would like to take this opportunity to experience artworks that can be used in your daily life. We are sure you will encounter an exciting feeling.

Nature-Inspired Everyday Artworks

She is very attracted to abstract lines and colors that emerge from the unconscious, and creates her works based on those emotions. The inspiration for her works also comes from the magnificent and
beautiful forest that surrounds her studio.

She says that she wants to reflect her daily emotions in her works, such as the natural world, which changes every day with its various colors, and the flow and
changes of water that circulates from rain to mist, clouds, sky, and earth.
We feel that her works are the artworks that we can feel closest to and use in our daily life.
Their unique forms and colors of her each works add beautiful color and richness to our lives.

Our gallery ennen. is the only place in Shanghai, China where you can see her work in person.
We would like to take this opportunity to experience artworks that can be used in your daily life. We are sure you will encounter an exciting feeling.

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  • RICCA OKANO - CANDLE STAND +VASE④

    RICCA OKANO - CANDLE STAND +VASE④

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  • RICCA OKANO - EGG VASES③

    RICCA OKANO - EGG VASES③

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BIOGRAPHY

1965 Born in Tokyo, JAPAN
1985 Graduate from Kyoritsu Women's Junior College
1990 Graduate from Tajimi Technical High School Advanced Ceramics Course Award, Art Fair, etc.
2009 Art Fair "art KARLSRUHE 2009" (Gallery SUDO|Germany)
2015 SHINANO Primitive Sense Art Festival 2015
2017 20thTARO Award Finalists -Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum|Kawasaki
2018 Artist in Residence HAKONE | Sengokuhara
2022 Thirst Exhibition_Contemporary Asian Craftsmanship x Sydney Design Week (overduestudio |Sydney )


Currently participates in many solo and group exhibitions not only throughout Japan, but also in Sydney, Los Angeles, Toronto, Dubai, and other parts of the world.