Mari-Ruth Oda
North Wales, United Kingdom

B. 1974
CERAMIC SCULPTOR

“My work says more than I can with words,” says artist Mari-Ruth Oda. “The processes of art making allows me to find a meditative mind space, where thoughts can flow and dissipate.”

The Japanese artist was born in Papua New Guinea, and now lives and works in North Wales. Oda’s serene, emotive sculptures reflect her fascination with fluid lines and natural forms, in materials such as jesmonite, resin and ceramics. “I am inspired by nature, in its various shapes and forms as well as my feelings of reverence towards it,” she says. Oda’s works have been exhibited in the Royal Academy of Arts London and the Victoria & Albert Museum of London.