Rie Egawa grew up in Tokyo, Japan, and after graduating from Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY) w/ BFA in Printmaking, spent decades working as a textile designer in NY fashion industry and an illustrator/designer in Kansas City, Missouri, while also creating home furnishings and large scale public art projects/commissions with husband/partner, Burgess Zbryk. Currently living and happily making smaller scale work in 130 yr-old former Kosher Market & Sausage Factory building located in the Crossroads Arts District in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.