Yuki Nagashima was born in Tokyo in 1989. After completing her graduate studies at Tama Art University, she has participated in artist-in-residence programs both in Japan and abroad, including Zea Mays Printmaking (USA) and Ratamo Printmaking and Photography Centre (Finland). Her works are held in the collections of the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taiwan) and the Jyvaskyla Art Museum (Finland). Nagashima works primarily with monotype, a printmaking technique believed to have originated in 17th-century Italy, in which an image is painted directly onto a plate and transferred to paper in a single, unrepeatable impression. By layering pigment multiple times onto a single plate, she gradually builds up each composition into a singular, complete work. Her practice involves observing fragments of a complex and ever-shifting world from multiple perspectives, and poetically reconfiguring them to suggest new forms and meanings. Nagashima’s expression—rooted in deep contemplation and delicate sensitivity—quietly pushes against the conventional boundaries of printmaking and painting, offering a fresh and resonant approach to image-making in the present day.