Yasuko Kanno (Japan) work explores impermanence, transformation, and the quiet tension between material and form. Working primarily in silver and brass through lost-wax casting, Kanno pursues forms that resist conveying the weight and permanence typically associated with metal.
Her practice is grounded in the belief that objects change, break, are discarded, and transform over time, a philosophy that shapes both the physical and conceptual nature of her jewelry. By observing the shapes and colors of everyday objects as temporary attributes, Kanno reimagines the familiar as something newly precious and quietly poetic.
Kanno earned her BFA from Musashino Art University in 1989 and completed a master’s degree at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1991. She has received numerous distinctions, including the Judge’s Prize at the Japan Jewellery Competition in 2016 and the Gioielli in Fermento Award in 2019. She exhibited her latest collection aMPORANIA Barcelona.
