Yuko Yamaguchi is a Japanese-born monoprint artist and textile designer whose work explores the fusion of constant transformation—learned from fashion—and the fluidity of water. She studied under printmaker Sylvie Cosby, Nihonga (traditional Japanese painting) artist Yukino Fukazawa, and fashion illustrator Hiroshi Tanabe. Yamaguchi began her career as a fashion illustrator, but as she sought a broader visual language, she was guided by a philosophy that nothing—trend or otherwise—remains fixed, and everything is in continuous flux. This led her to monoprinting with watercolor, a medium that reflects both impermanence and motion.

Rooted in the ever-changing nature of fashion, her work attempts to capture the ephemeral—like water that constantly shifts in form—through layered, abstract surfaces. She often gravitates toward the color black, a choice unconsciously influenced by the aesthetics of traditional Japanese culture in which she was raised. Using a range of experimental techniques, she seeks to “fix” the unstable onto paper, embracing ambiguity as a central element of her practice.

Now based in Miami after relocating from New York, Yamaguchi draws inspiration from the city’s distinct cultural energy as she continues to expand her visual language. Her work investigates the poetic tension between movement and stillness, presence and disappearance.