Yuko Takahashi

Yuko Takahashi was born and raised in Yokohama, Japan. She migrated to Australia in 2005. She creates her bronze sculptures at Greg James Sculpture Studio and Gallery in Fremantle.

She has shown her works in various exhibitions, including Sculpture @ Bathers 2017 and 2020, as well as Sculpture by the Sea Cottesloe 2015, 2020 and 2021. Her sculptures are held in public and private collections, including Minderoo Foundation, Janet Holmes à Court Gallery, the City of Melville, the Town of Claremont and the City of Wanneroo. 

She received Second Prize in the 2014 Castaways Alcoa Sculpture Awards in the City of Rockingham, First Prize in the Sculpture Walk 2016 in the City of Melville, Highly Commended at Community Art Awards & Exhibition 2016 in the City of Wanneroo and First Prize in the Town of Claremont Art Award & Exhibition 2017.

FEATURED WORK

2021

Yuko aims to express the eternal harmony that is present among various life forms in nature. The beautiful sheaths of the palm flower are floating on the water. The playful river otters use them like little boats. Japanese river otters are now extinct, the last official sighting was on the island of Shikoku in 1979. This artwork is a reminder of nature’s fragility and our role as its guardians.