John Koga
Artist
John Koga is a Hawaiʻi-based sculptor and painter whose work ranges from small paintings to large sculptures and environmental installations. His work is featured in museum and private collections and exhibited globally.
Koga earned an MFA in ceramics and sculpture from the University of Hawaiʻi and studied sculpture in Pietrasanta, Italy. He’s known for his abstract modernist aesthetic that conveys a sense of serenity, balance, and space inspired by the artists Satoru Abe, Tadashi Sato, and Isamu Noguchi. Koga has received several awards from the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Hawai‘i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. Through his artwork, Koga strives to share the beauty of natural elements, including stone, the ocean, and the sky.