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For Yumiko Irei-Gokce, a native of Japan residing in Chicago for decades, making art is a life-long vocation. It is her never-ending endeavor to examine and depict the continuously changing truth in nature as well as man's inner environment.
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Her works are rather abstract, yet they interact and resonate with the landscape. Plant-inspired organic growth, the mysterious forces of vegetation life, and outbursts of germination fascinate her.
![](pixel.gif) Yumiko fuses the Japanese perception of art and the sense of time, space, color, texture, material, and method with principles of Western art-making to constitute singular pieces, often becoming unexpected creations and provocative hybrid works of art.
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Printmaking has been her chief medium, but to simply call her a printmaker is misleading. Yumiko's art ranges from works-on-paper, drawings and prints, Sumi-ink and brushworks to experimental- mixed medium print constructions, e.g. hanging scrolls, pulp sculptures, wire and prints on Washi for floor lamps, and print installations. This body of inventive work allows Yumiko Irei-Gokce to push the boundaries of the conventional print medium. MORE
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