Okanemi

Ethereal Essence vase, 2025

Hand sculpted and wheel-thrown vase created from a combination of dark brown and big red cone-10 clay. I used a clear glaze for the top and no glaze on the lower half. This piece stands approximately 12 inches high and is perfect for any statement or accent piece needed to spruce up a room looking for vibrance.

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Justen Okanemi

b. 1992 —

From Dayton, Ohio but based in Los Angeles, the journey from beginning to present as an artist has been nothing other than a blessing and possibility bestowed from God himself.
I believe that art is an experience and mirror of life, where one doesn’t exist without the other. From language, visual arts, biology, supreme mathematics, music and so forth. There’s a rhythm in everything, and the pulse of that rhythm is the artistic expression that is life.

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Radiant child iI, 2023

Composed, she knows..
The worth of hers.
Her soul, so radiant.
The scent of her essence indulged by many,
from distance.

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Bali, 2019

A goal of mine since childhood was to never confine myself or expression to one dimension. I’ve always envisioned for myself that I would always explore new avenues towards artistic expression within and journey the path of mastering creative expression.

This photograph was captured during my backpacking trip through Europe and Asia, while exploring Bali, Indonesia. This journey confirmed and reaffirmed that I am walking the right path towards seeing this goal through.

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