Yoko Sekino-Bové

1970 Born Osaka, Japan

EDUCATION

1994 BFA Graphic Design, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan

1998 AA Advertising Design, Glendale Community College, Glendale, California

2004 MFA Ceramics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

APPRENTICESHIPS & RESIDENCIES

—Apprentice, Rowantrees Pottery, Blue Hill, Maine

2004-2005 Residency, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida

2009 McKnight Artist Residency Fellowship for Ceramic Arts, Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2012 Artist-in-Residence, Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

2014 Arts/Industry Residency, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Kohler, Wisconsin

2015 Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine

2015 Fall Residency, Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana

2016 Summer Residency, Cerdeira Village, Lousa, Portugal

2016 Residency, Southern Georgia University, Statesboro, Georgia

PRIMARY WORK EXPERIENCE

2004 Ceramic Instructor, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma

2010-2011 Part-time faculty, Waynesburg University, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania

2017—Adjunct Instructor, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Yoko Sekino-Bové makes functional porcelain wares including pouring vessels, tea sets, and jars. Sekino-Bové’s work is often decorated with illustrations of Japanese animals, cranes, goldfish, koi fish, and swallows.

Frequently the device of the comic book speech balloon is used to engage these illustrated figures in "conversation". Other decorative techniques used are carvings, multiple glazes, and at times lusters.

Sekino-Bové was born in Osaka, Japan studied graphic design, and advertising and later pursued her interest in ceramics.  She is an Adjunct Ceramic Instructor at Seton Hill University.