Riko Shuri Monma (b. 1994) is a Japanese–New Zealand artist working primarily in oil painting. Her work explores accumulation, equilibrium, and the relationships between individual forms and larger systems. Through recurring pearls and atmospheric landscapes, she examines processes of formation and transformation, and the shifting boundaries between interior and exterior, material and experience.

Her practice has also developed through periods of independent artistic research and painting across Japan, New Zealand, France, the United Kingdom.

Pearl — Unit of inquiry
Field — Conditions of formation
Relationship — Contact, exchange, transformation

Selected Exhibitions

2026 — Rivers in Ceremony, SUN.CONTEMPORARY, Bali, Indonesia
2025 — Small Correspondences, Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
2025 — Art Jakarta, SUN.CONTEMPORARY, Jakarta, Indonesia
2025 — Sungai Watch Charity Exhibition, SUN.CONTEMPORARY, Bali, Indonesia
2024 — Earth Angels, Street Dreams Studios, Tokyo, Japan
2022 — Tiny Box Exhibition on Self-Love, Laforet Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
2021 — Slowscapes (solo), THE KNOT TOKYO Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
2021 — how we HOPE shape, studiolab404, Tokyo, Japan
2021 — tsumugu, Space Banksia, Tokyo, Japan

Residency

2026 — Dangami House, Ōzu, Japan. Artist residency and programme development

Selected Curatorial & Programmatic Work

2026–present — Nami Nami, co-founder and creative direction
2024 — The Perennial Curation, ArtXAuction, Tokyo, Japan. Concept, curation and direction
2024 — Sensescape, ArtX × ArtReview, Tokyo, Japan. Concept, curation and direction
2023–2025 — ArtX Editorial & Conversation Programme, Tokyo, Japan. Concept, editorial and video direction
2023 — Dwellers, RVCA Shibuya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Artist, concept, curation and programme direction
2023 — Understanding Origins of Beauty through Antiquities, ArtX, Tokyo, Japan. Concept, curation and direction

Selected Media & Features

2024 — ArtReview, Disrupting the Norms of the Japanese Art Scene through ArtXAuction
2024 — ARTnews Japan, Women Who Live in Art
2021 — Bose, QuietComfort Earbuds global campaign

Other Practice

Alongside her artistic practice, Monma works across cultural programming, art advisory, and interdisciplinary collaborations.

Her background spans research in dermatology, formulation, and organoelemental chemistry, followed by work in cultural programming and the development of relationships between artists, institutions, and international partners.