Rie Osogoe’s lithe, layered compositions revitalize Modernism’s fixation with color and shape, giving geometric abstraction a fresh face. In Osogoe’s acrylic paintings, angular planes of color dynamically pile up, one on top of another, like note cards or swatches artfully stacked on a table. Osogoe experiments with arrangements and relationships, tilting shapes on their side, playing austere hues off against warm ones, or allowing fields of color to slip off the canvas’ edge.

Influenced by Warhol and Pop Art, Osogoe is particularly attuned to the rhythms and color schemes present in contemporary culture.

The inspiration for her work often comes from found paper that she has collected and she sees these diversely colored sheets as microcosms of human life. Ultimately, her work exists to intensify people’s sensorial reactions, giving them an enlivened awareness of the world they see around them.

Osogoe currently lives and works in Okayama City, Japan, where she exhibits her work and teaches art to children.

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