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]
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.
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