Kelly Akashi is an American sculptor whose work and installations often emphasize the reciprocity of touch. Having initially studied photography, Akashi’s interest in the photographic process of transformation through time and space urged her to explore candle making, sculpture, and glassmaking. Kelly Akashi’s sculptural objects bear a complex relationship to geometric and industrial forms. She often casts organic materials in bronze, an iconic medium of traditional sculpture, and displays these pieces alongside works using short-lived materials such as candle wax. She forges experimental, dynamic objects that that negotiate the tricky territories of permanence and monumentality within the history of sculpture.

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