Emi Ozawa
Emi Ozawa | |
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| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Tokyo, Japan |
| Education | Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo University of the Arts, University of the Arts |
| Alma mater | Rhode Island School of Design |
Emi Ozawa (born 1962) is a Japanese-born American visual artist, sculptor, and furniture designer. She is known for her woodworking that is also interactive sculpture, which she started creating in the early 1980s.[1] Originally from Tokyo, Ozawa lives and works in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[2]
Biography
Emi Ozawa was born in 1962 in Tokyo, Japan.[3] Her father was an accountant and her mother was a stay-at-home mother; they encouraged her at a young age to pursue art.[3]
Ozawa attended Joshibi University of Art and Design, followed by study in 1985 at the Tokyo University of the Arts.[3] After two years she transferred as an exchange student to the University of the Arts in Philadelphia to study woodworking.[3] She later earned an MFA degree in furniture design from the Rhode Island School of Design. She had studied furniture design under Michael Hurwitz, Alphonse Mattia and Rosanne Somerson.[3]
Ozawa creates painted wood wall sculptures that optically shift when viewed from different perspectives.[4] These wall paintings are constructed from many pieces of wood that are screwed together to construct a multi-dimensional surface.[5] Color is strategically arranged to create compositions that shift when viewed from different perspectives.[6] Her sophisticated surface application and meticulous design reveal an emphasis on craftsmanship.[7] Her work is associated with constructivism and minimalism.
References
- ^ Fitzgerald, Oscar (2021-02-01). Little Book of Wooden Boxes: Wooden Boxes Created by the Masters. Fox Chapel Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60765-648-7.
- ^ "Serious Play". Eventful. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ a b c d e Fitzgerald, Oscar P. (2009-10-01). New Masters of the Wooden Box: Expanding the Boundaries of Box Making. Fox Chapel Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60765-034-8.
- ^ Pulkka, Wesley. "Art review: Exhibit by Albuquerque artist Emi Ozawa playful, superb". www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Richard Whitten and Emi Ozawa work featured at Dedee Shattuck Gallery". The Herald News, Fall River, MA. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ Pulkka, Wesley. "Local art show includes pinhole photos by former UNM professor". www.abqjournal.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Baldon, Russell. "Next". Furniture Studio: The Heart of the Functional Arts.