Oku

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Name of the organization or individual

Kathleen Reilly

subsidy category

start-up subsidy

Grant Type

single year individual

FY 2024 1st Startup Subsidy

Oku by Kathleen Reilly (2024), photo by Nemesurillo, direction by Pazcastro

Oku by Kathleen Reilly (2024) Photo by Tian Khee Siong

Oku by Kathleen Reilly (2024) Photo by Tian Khee Siong

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Business Overview

The first solo exhibition of Oku, a new knife design. Oku is a knife with a distinctive creased handle created in collaboration with skilled craftsmen in Tsubame Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture, a metalworking town with a history of over 400 years. It won the Dezeen Awards in 2022. At the exhibition, wooden boards made in collaboration with Karimoku Furniture, a representative wooden furniture manufacturer in Japan, will be exhibited together with Oku. Oku also exhibited a collection of British and Japanese objects that inspired his designs, a poem he created printed on Japanese paper, a scene from his studio reproduced in one corner of the gallery, and a video work expressing the fusion of Eastern and Western cultures.

implementation period

Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 22nd (Sun)

Place of implementation

Galleria Objets (London/UK)

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Profile

[Kathleen Reilly]
Scottish artist/metalsmith. After studying metalwork and jewelry at the Glasgow School of Art, he graduated from the Royal College of Art in England. In 2019, he went to Japan as a recipient of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and trained for 2 years in Tsubame City, Niigata Prefecture. Currently based in Tokyo.