About

Izumi Yokoyama's intricate line drawings and time-haunted installations explore and embrace human struggles within the context of nature. Apparitional motifs in her works are dark and transcending. The concepts are characterized by the presence of absence in her use of negative space. Yokoyama meditatively threads ephemeral and eternal, while evoking nostalgia for the unknown.  

Izumi Yokoyama is a multi-media artist and art educator whose creative journey spans from her roots in Niigata, Japan, to her life in Taos, New Mexico. After earning her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, she found inspiration in the high desert landscape. Her artistic world is rich and varied, encompassing intricate ink pen drawings, immersive installations, murals, calligraphy, collaborative community projects, and dynamic performances. Yokoyama’s work has been shown locally, nationally, and internationally. Recently, the Harwood Museum of Art welcomed one of her drawings into its permanent collection. She also shares her passion for drawing as a professor at the University of New Mexico - Taos Art Department.

A portrait by Paul O’Connor from his latest TAOS CHARACTERS VOLUME V.