04/15/2026
Tacoma based artist Yoshi Nakagawa (she/her) is 1/2 of the collaborative team behind the stunning linocut print “Sound” now on view in the Store Alcove. Yoshi has specialized in printmaking since 1999 and has shown and taught workshops regionally and internationally. Her practice is informed by her experiences living in Oaxaca, Japan, and the Pacific Northwest. “I’m grateful to have continual work as a full-time visual artist teaching workshops and selling at events and galleries,” she says. “Some other projects this year are procuring funds to self-publish my second volume art book, and individual shows at the Auburn Community Center Gallery July-September, and the Seattle Japanese Garden September-November.”
Yoshi’s designs in “Sound” speak to her ongoing art practice and interest in the natural world and Japanese textiles. “I chose images seen in my past work,” she explains, of the hexagons depicting wind blowing through a willow, the sound of a foghorn coming from the Tacoma Narrows bridge, a Northwest Flicker pecking a tree, the movement of water stylized like a Japanese woodcut, and gentle raindrops pitter-pattering on the Puget Sound. Yoshi says that she and her collaborator share a common love for nature, gardening, and land stewardship. “We wanted to reflect that in our piece, along with expressing our heritage and identity.”
Yoshi stays busy making art, participating in gallery shows and leading demonstrations in the PNW. Follow .nakagawa36 for upcoming regional events and classes and be sure to stop by the Store so you can view “Sound” through the end of
