OKS
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OKS (Oksana Todorova) 'Have a Nice Day' Bag, 2021 Glazed porcelain
OKS (Oksana Todorova) Russian Vodka Set, 2021 Glazed porcelain, luster, gold-leafed cork Bottle: 5 3/4 L x 13 1/2 H x 5 W in Cup: 5 1/4 L x 2 1/2 H x 4 W in
OKS (Oksana Todorova) Heineken Beer, 2018 Glazed stoneware 4 L x 9 1/2 H x 3 W in
OKS (Oksana Todorova) Liquor Bag, 2021 Glazed porcelain, luster
OKS (Oksana Todorova) I Love New York Shopping Bag, 2021 Glazed Stoneware 11 x 8 1/4 x 8 in
OKS (Oksana Todorova) Bleach Set, 2021 Glazed porcelain, cork Bottle: 6 ¼ L x 10 ½ H x 5 ½ W in Cup: 5 ½ L x 2 ¼ H x 4 W in
OKS (Oksana Todorova) Bleach Set, 2021 Glazed porcelain, cork Bottle: 6 ¼ L x 10 ½ H x 5 ½ W in Cup: 5 ½ L x 2 ¼ H x 4 W in
OKS (Oksana Todorova) Happy Face Bag, 2021 Glazed porcelain
Biography
Oks (Oksana Todorova) is a New York-based artist, born and raised in the USSR. In 1993, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Oks moved to New York City and has stayed there ever since. She currently resides and works in the East Village, creating her art with mediums that include: ceramics, painting, drawing, and pyrography.
The idea of making functional art is essential to her practice; playing with distortion of the image or intended purpose of iconic American commercial items, such as the plastic “Thank You” bag, or a jug of bleach, is a peek into what inspires her satirical pieces. Her recent collaboration with Sanrio, HELLO KITTY×OKS, was in exhibit at the Isetan gallery in Tokyo, Japan, entitled “HAVE A NICE DAY.”
The whimsical pieces highlight Oks’ intention to create work that promotes the simple pleasures of our day to day, the things that make us smile, such as that morning cup of tea in a porcelain clorox cup.
Having relocated to NYC in the 90’s, Oks found a sense of adolescent freedom within the anonymity and pace of the city, and since then has continued to admire everything about New York. There’s a certain dark humor that accompanies a creative young person’s daily struggle to survive, which continues to live on and be felt in her art and practice. Oks’ considers much of her work as a ‘love letter’ to the city, her adopted home that she shares with her daughter and beloved puppy, Chewy.