Rusu Aki was born in Miyagi Prefecture in 1976, and graduated from Tama Art University with MFA degree in 2002. While seriously facing the main material of her work, iron, she explores and discovers her own relationship with iron, rust, and welding. By making full use of various methods, including the technique of stacking small iron chips one by one and roasting them, she has created a spatial axis with a compelling form that takes advantage of the time consuming process of rusting and decay. Based on the artist's fresh sensibilities, insatiable inquisitiveness, and intelligence, the poetic works that have been reconstructed while dismantling predetermined views and values are powerful examples of how space changes dramatically due to the presence of matter. By all the senses we receive from Rusu’s work, viewers feel stimulating yet comfortable rhythms.
Selected Public Collection
Victoria and Albert Museum | London, UK
Ise Cultural Foundation | Mie, Japan
The Ritz Carlton, Nikko | Tochigi, Japan
Kikuchi Kanjitsu Memorial Tomo Museum | Tokyo, Japan
Yamaguchi Prefectural Hagi Uragami Museum | Japan