Born in Osaka, Rika Kikuchi is a painter working primarily on commissions and exhibitions. Since her early twenties, she has kept notebooks to capture and organize uncontrollable emotions, using the process as a way to find calm. Informed by these experiences, her work seeks to convey the importance of facing one’s own heart, often through paintings of skies that mirror inner states of mind.
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“chamber”
It is only natural for humans to wish away feelings too heavy or difficult to accept.
Yet every emotion is yours to acknowledge.
Prepare a chamber within your heart, a space to face them.
Any feeling is allowed to dwell there.
Listen closely to your heart,
and attune yourself to the voice within.