Katsuyo Aoki is best known for her intricately formed and complex ceramic skulls. Working almost exclusively in white porcelain, Aoki evokes a feeling of spiritual tranquility and awe. Her labrynthine objects are hand-sculpted in bone-white porcelain whose bright simplicity underwrites the works' complex, bourgeoning details. Katsuyo Aoki (b. 1972, Tokyo; lives and works in Tokyo) studied ceramics and painting at Tama Art University in Tokyo. She has exhibited in numerous museums, including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her work is featured in many museum collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Toledo Museum of Art, and the RISD Museum.
