Textile Artist · Born in 1985 - Japan

Lena Okamoto (Sukhoveeva)

21 Artworks

Kobachi ~Green Collection~/ KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
33x25in

$3,620

Pines Through Seasons / KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
35x39in

$4,620

Pine forest ~Longivety~ II/ KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
35x39in

$4,620

Sakura ~Ephemerality~/ KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
20x20in

$1,540

Rising Sun ~Renewal~/ KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
20x20in

$1,540

Peacock Feathers ~Royalty~/ KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
35x39in

$4,620

Under the Sun ~Serendipity~/KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
29x21in

$2,730

Moonlight sakura ~Transience~/ KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
20x20in

$1,850

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Cloud of Pines ~Timeless~/ KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
20x20in

$1,540

Plum Blossom Night ~Resilience~ / KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
29x21in

$3,250

Plum Blossom ~Resilience~/ KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
20x20in

$1,540

Marble Story ~Healing~/ KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
29x21in

$2,730

Broken Vase ~kintsugi~/KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
29x21in

$2,730

Flower of Life ~Bonds~/ KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
20x20in

$1,540

Yin–Yang ~Balance~ / KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
20x20in

$1,540

Sunset Timelapse ~Ephemerality~/ KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
29x21in

$2,730

Prosperity Tree / KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
29x21in

Sold

Waves and clouds ~Eternity~ / KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
33x25in

Sold

Fern ~Connection to Nature~/KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
39x35in

Sold

Sealine ~Transitions~/ KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
20x20in

Sold

Prosperity Tree / KIMONO Upcycled

Embroidery on Wood
29x21in

Sold

Lena Okamoto (Sukhoveeva)

Japan

Lena Okamoto is a Tokyo-based textile artist and the founder of ikasu, an art collective that reimagines antique kimonos into contemporary textile artworks. With a BA in Japanese Cultural Studies and a Master’s degree from Tokyo University, my work blends traditional craftsmanship with a modern aesthetic, exploring themes of memory, identity, and transformation.

Each piece begins with a kimono once worn, loved, and aged. Faded colors and imperfections are honored as traces of time. Upcycling a kimono is a quiet dialogue between past and present.

As a certified Kimono Meister and former creative director in advertising, I bring precision and poetic sensibility to practice. My work has been exhibited internationally, inviting viewers into a space of quiet reflection and emotional connection through layered narratives woven in silk and thread.

For me, textile is memory made visible—a way to preserve, reinterpret, and give new life to cultural heritage.