Art in the New Normal

Shoshi Watanabe

Shoshi Watanabe

“As much as it has isolated all of us... there has been a lot of collective effort to make things better.”

— Shoshi Watanabe

Biography

Shoshi Watanabe works with interior design, hotel projects, dishware for restaurants, and exhibits sculptures and installations as an artist. His work can be found locally in the Line Hotel LA, Made Hotel NY, Two Bunch Palm Springs, Hinoki and the Bird, as well as in Tokyo, Korea, and France.

In recent years, he has become more active in Japan, creating custom dishware for restaurants such as kabi.tokyo, CAVEMAN, and Chompoo Shibuya. In 2020, he had his first solo show in Paris at Gallerie Lefebvre.

He has also been active in the academic field as the Ceramics Lab Supervisor at UCLA, and instructor at USC.

Learn more: www.shoshiwatanabe.net | Follow: @shoshiwatanabe

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