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In pursuing her desire for the transcendence in art, Yuriko's objects of carved wood are of deceptive simplicity and great evocative strength. She seeks to visualize poetry like a haiku, through sculpture—spare, suggestive and connotative. Her vertical wall-stacked rows of objects hint at forms—a pod, nut, shell, beehive—but do not completely represent those objects, but rather the metamorphosis of what the object might become. Her work also draws on the themes of earth, air, water and fire—the four elements of life.
A native of Osaka, Japan, Yuriko began her career as a sculptor after moving to the United States in 1971. She melded the aesthetic traditions of her homeland with a labor-intensive poetic synthesis and direct carving.
She is a recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Virginia Commission of the Arts. Her work is collected by museums around the world. Yuriko has completed numerous public art commissions.