Featured Artworks

Akaeza Garden unfired porcelain and weeds, 44 x 72 x 32 inches, 2025 This installation was created in an area of Japan known for its porcelain clay. The piece began with gathering weeds from a garden, which were pressed into porcelain and shaped by plaster molds. The unfired clay pieces were then stacked and left to naturally degrade over time in a backyard garden. The work attempts to create order from disorder, yet its very nature ensures an eventual return to the cycles of decay and renewal.
Beneath the Green installation from solo exhibition at Goldfinch, Chicago, 2024 Created during a residency at the European Ceramic Work Center, this work draws from the natural environment of Oisterwijk, Netherlands to examine time, place, and memory. Plant materials were embedded in clay and fired, leaving fossil-like impressions that were subsequently enhanced with glaze and pigment to clarify their textures and details. Through the medium of ceramic, the work captures and preserves the fleeting qualities of nature, attempting to make the impermanent permanent.

The Undergrowth installation from solo exhibition at Gallery Heptagon, Kyoto, Japan, 2025 Some Like the Sun, Some Like the Shade (left), porcelain, 10 x 10 x 9 inches, 2025 Bamboo at Night (back), washi and plants, 80 x 40 x 1 inches, 2024 Forest Floor (front right), washi and plants, 80 x 40 x 1 inches, 2024. In this exhibition, I presented work in washi, textile, and ceramics to investigate permanence and transformation through a regional naturalistic lens. Dimensional washi works encasing local flora were developed in residence at Awagami Factory in Tokushima, Japan. Ceramic works informed by a range of plant matter were produced in Arita, Japan.

Nettle Vessel (before, after) unfired clay and plants (left); fired clay and ash (right), 7 x 4 inches each, 2023 This vessel was made by pressing foraged nettle plants into the raw clay’s surface. What remains of the nettle after firing is ash and its imprint in the fired ceramic. This is an example of a work where the delicate ash can only be preserved through photography, an aspect of my work that I would like to deepen with a 3A Next Level Award.