RIKA KOVA is an Arizona-based artist and sculptor who primarily 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 BFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2022). Currently, Rika works and teaches ceramic classes in her studio in Scottsdale.