略歴 / Biography

高崎市美術館に学芸員として勤務し「ボヘミアガラスの１００年展」担当ののち、4年間プラハに滞在。カレル大で学ぶと同時に、調査をかねて各地の美術・博物館や作家を訪ねる。2014年、ヴィオルカを設立し、チェコの藍染めを使った作品制作を行いながら、チェコの工芸や文化を日本に伝える活動をはじめる。徳島県教育委員会より委嘱され、チェコでの高校生の藍染め研修実施に携わった（2020年）。

カレル大学哲学部ボヘミア学科チェコ学コース修了、成城大学大学院文学研究科美学美術史専攻博士課程前期修了、チェコ共和国大使館勤務。2007年から2017年まで、チェコ美術の展覧会の準備に関わり、主にカタログ等の翻訳に携わった。
訳書に『藍染めのアポレンカ』（2023年求龍堂）共著に『チェコを知るための60章』（2024年明石書店）など

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Rie Ogawa completed a master’s degree in Aesthetics and Art History at the Graduate School of Seijo University in Tokyo, Japan.  She joined the Takasaki Museum of Art in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture where she was the curator of the "100 Years of Bohemian Glass" exhibition. During this exhibition she became re-acquainted with the art and culture of the Czech Republic where she later spent four years traveling and experiencing its customs and traditions. This is also when she discovered and became an enthusiast of the art of modrotisk resist block printing and indigo dyeing.  During her stay, Ms. Ogawa completed additional coursework in Czech Studies and the Czech language at Charles University in Prague. And also researched the Czech Japonisme movement as part of her graduate thesis at Seijo University. In 2014, Ms. Ogawa established “Violka” introducing the Czech culture and its traditional indigo dyeing to the people of Japan. Ms. Ogawa continues her work and love of the Czech Republic through “Violka” and a variety of other activities throughout Japan including her work as a translator in the field of art and related studies.