Akiko Jackson’s Where Do We Go When We Open the Heart? is a meditation on grief, love, and the challenge of vulnerability. Through black clay coils that echo braided hair and maternal care, Jackson explores the tension between strength and fragility. A gilded, kintsugi-inspired wall anchors the accompanying sculptures, asking: Can we honor brokenness without fetishizing pain? Can love survive beyond our fears and limits?
Bio: Akiko Jackson is from Kahuku, a rural north shore community on the island of O'ahu, Hawai’i. She holds an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts and an MA from California State University - Northridge, Mike Curb College of Arts, Media, and Communications.
Jackson has been the recipient of fellowships and residencies throughout the country, which include the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, the Roswell Artist in Residence Program, Pottery Northwest, Vermont Studio Center, and the Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts. Exhibitions include the 4th World Ceramic Biennale in Incheon Republic of Korea; the Wing Luke Museum of Asian Pacific American Experience in Seattle; the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Los Angeles; and the USC Pacific Asia Museum.
