Oku
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Kathleen Reilly
- subsidy category
- Startup Grant
- Grant Type
- single year individual
FY2024 1st Startup Grant
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.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Saturday, September 14, 2024 - 22nd (Sun)
- Venues
- 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.