Aiko Morioka Fine Bronze Ceramic Sculptures

 

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.

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.