Yuka Petz

Yuka Petz is an artist straddling multiple disciplines. Her creative practice is centered around paper, language, and text, and encompasses printmaking, drawing, books, and one-of-a-kind and limited-edition works. Her work has been exhibited internationally and across the U.S., and her artist’s books are in numerous special collections. Yuka hosts the Artists’ Books Unshelved video series for the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art and teaches youth and adult book arts workshops around the country.

While living in New Orleans, she was an artist member of Antenna Gallery and a principal organizer of the Artist’s Book Collection at Paper Machine. She also previously co-founded SIFT, an interdisciplinary arts organization in New Orleans, and served on the Board of Directors at Seattle Center for Book Arts. Yuka holds an MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and a BFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design. She is currently based in Tacoma, WA.