Christine Aiko Beck was born in London, raised in California, and spent her childhood eating mandarins in her grandparents' orchards in Japan. Influenced by her father's collection of Hagi Yaki and her observations of tidepool creatures from California to Japan, she has always lived between worlds. This lived experience of diaspora— of moving between countries, languages, and identities—became the foundation of her artistic practice.

After leaving jewelry design, Beck found her voice in ceramics by embracing organic imperfection, heavy texture, and the unpredictable beauty of high-fire glazes. She is in a relational resistance to the discipline's traditional emphasis on uniformity and control.

Her work has been featured in exhibitions at The Berkeley Art Center, The Berkeley Potters' Guild, The Potters' Studio in Berkeley, the Ceramic Studio in Oakland, and most recently won the Jurer’s Award at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek .