Yuki Nakamura is a Japanese-born multidisciplinary artist based in London, whose practice spans clay-based art, ceramics, sculpture, digital media, and site-specific installation. Having grown up in a rural town in Shikoku, Japan, and spent part of her career in the Pacific Northwest, USA, her work is informed by cross-cultural experiences and an ongoing exploration of materiality, identity, place and transformation. Her practice also extends beyond the studio through participatory workshops and collaborative approaches, bringing together people, materials, and experiences through shared creative processes.

Her practice-based PhD research at the University of Westminster investigates clay as a collaborator, examining how material agency emerges through the ongoing engagement between clay and the artist during the making process. Through studio experimentation, participatory workshops, and installation, she explores how the properties and behaviour of clay influence her physical actions and artistic decisions, and how working with the material can change her understanding of the creative process and open up unexpected artistic possibilities.

Nakamura earned a Master of Research in Creative Practice with distinction from the University of Westminster, an MFA from the University of Washington, Seattle and a BFA from Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo. She is a member of the artist collective ART BEASTIES and her work can be viewed at yukinakamura.com.