Cecilia Yoko Emi

Cecilia Yoko Emi is a sculptor and furniture maker working in Brooklyn, New York. Born and raised in the borough, she graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2020 with a BFA in Furniture Design and has since built a practice that moves between functional furniture and sculptural objects.

Her pieces, among them chairs, benches, side tables, shelving, cabinets and vessels, combine hand-shaped wood with colour and found form, in series such as Sigil, Brancusi Windsor and Raining Men. The work has been shown at Isola Design Gallery during Milan Design Week, at the Wharton Esherick Museum and in galleries across New York.