About
Ogi Low was born in Boston, United States in 1968, on Valentine's Day. Her childhood unfolds in Colombia in a family environment marked by the difference of cultures: a Japanese Shinto-Buddhist mother, and a Colombian father of Catalan Catholic and German Jewish origins.
She began her studies of Textiles and Artistic Workshops in Bogotá, which she had to interrupt, going into exile in Miami when her father, in a period of strong violence, was appointed Minister of Justice in Colombia.
She graduated as a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Florida International University (FIU), and returned to Bogotá in 1991. A few months later, her father was murdered by the Colombian mafia, which prompted her to leave again. Thanks to a scholarship awarded by the Japanese government she pursued her master's degree in metal sculpture at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts and Music (Geidai) in Japan.
In 1996 she moved to Brooklyn, NY where she had an accident that caused her to lose part of one eye, and was forced to abandon metal work, turning to other materials such as clay.
In 2002 she moved to Venezuela, where strikes and tear gas were part of every day life at the beginning of the chavista era. There she continued her work with ceramics together with social work in the poor district of Petare.
Upon returning to Bogotá after fifteen years of absence, she began street art work
"Framing" pot holes in the streets, parallel to her work in sculpture and continuing social work in the municipality of Soacha.
In 2011 she moved to Paris where she currently lives.
Her work diverses into questioning the role of powers and its usefulness in society, and the struggles to keep one self together while weaving existence.
Ogi Low
Collaboration, Communication, Project Management, Creativity, Common sense