Rika Kova

RIKA KOVA is an Arizona-based artist and sculptor who mainly focuses on ceramics. Her works include sculptures, lighting, and hand-made custom furniture pieces. Each is a combination of art and design, abstract and functionality. Rika was born and raised in a small town in Siberia to a family of local indigenous peoples. At the age of nineteen, she immigrated to the US where she developed her artistic skills and received her B.F.A. in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. After graduation, she spent a year traveling around the States in a camper van. Currently, Rika resides just outside of Phoenix and works in her studio in downtown Scottsdale.