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Fine Bronze
Sculptures by Aiko Morioka Artist
 Born
in Oregon, I spent my childhood on a farm in California before moving to San
Francisco as a young adult. After a career as a Financial Planner and
Co-owner of a SF based financial/tax advisory company.
I left the security
of that world six years ago and jumped head first into the unexplored
territories of the right brain. It had been a 30 year detour before I
rediscovered the artistic interests of my childhood. I used to love figure
drawing in my youth, but the focus of a career in the corporate world led me
away from what, I am now certain, I came into this life to do.
The first time I touched clay
nine years ago, my hands began to move with a knowingness that both
surprised and yet somehow remembered. At that moment I knew that inside that
earthen clump was the answer to a yearning. A secret door opened that day.
I’ve been walking into the unknown, trusting the path that has transformed
me. Sculpture has become my life.
During the last nine years,
I’ve studied privately with local sculptors and have had the opportunity to
study with many internationally renowned sculptors as well. My work is
collected nationally and has been featured in many national publications;
twice on the front page. My sculpture is also published in “Art of Northern
California”, “American Art Collector”, “American Art Collector West”.
In
2007 I installed my monumental sculpture “Windows of Wisdom” into the plaza
of a Northern California business complex. In 2008 my work graced the covers
of Southwest Art Magazine July issue and Sculptural Pursuits Magazine Spring
issue as the winner of the Art and Literary contest on the theme of
Universal Peace.
Aiko's Sausalito studio is open
twice a year for the Annual Marin Councils Spring Open Studios (1st and 2cd
weekend in March) and the ICB Building Winter Open Studios (1st weekend in
December) events. The ICB Building event includes 90 eclectic artists; all
are within the ICB building. For exact dates, visit this web site
www.sausalitoartistsopenstudios.com
Currently I am developing three separate bodies of work in the figurative
genre. I let the clay tell me what waits to be released inside and how it
wishes to be expressed. It can be representational, modern or earthy
abstractions of the figure. I believe diversity keeps the creative process
fresh.
Represented by: Desert Art
Collection, Palm Desert, CA. Nussbaumer Fine Art, Sante Fe, NM. The
Churchill Gallery, Newburyport, MA. |
