Jo Ko is a ceramic artist born and raised in Oakland. Through her sculptures, she ventures into the unknown, breathing life into foreign beings and uncharted realms; shaping a new landscape where new myths emerge and unfold.

Her work is inspired from the natural geometry in nature and by carving into a new identity through building unknown ambiguous forms. Her surrealist style embodies the raw feelings of mortality and the unknown: vulnerability, strength, and resilience all erupting out.


Workshops and Teaching

Outside of her ceramics practice she also teach workshops at a local level. She teaches private lessons out of her studio in Oakland.

2025
Clayroom, San Francisco, CA
Hand Building Funky Furniture

2024
Clayroom, San Francisco, CA
Hand Building Funky Furniture

Clayroom, San Francisco, CA
Sculptural Lamp Making

The Pottery Studio, San Francisco, CA
Hand Building

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June Steingart Art Gallery | Clay, Paper, Wood | February 2025 | Oakland, CA

Cult Aimee Friberg | Exquisite Thing | 2025 | Oakland, CA

SOMArts + Clayroom Studios | Time and Memory | September 2024 | San Francisco, CA

June Steingart Art Gallery | Student Show | Laney College | May 2024 | Oakland, CA

CCACA, 37th Annual Conference | April 2024 | Sacramento, CA