Nishimura Yuko was awarded notable prizes for her innovative paper reliefs while still a student of architectural design at Tokyo�fs Nihon University. Using her skilled fingers as her tools, she transforms crisp, single white sheets of Japanese hand made paper into two dimensional panels and three dimensional objects that are filled with lyrical and rhythmic patterns comparable to music. Even the most subtle play of light across these intricate folded surfaces endows them with an unusual energy and excites the senses.

Beginning with a single folded line, the constantly changing length of each subsequent fold determines the final square, circular or oval patterns that sweep across the surfaces of her large scale reliefs. Nishimura says that these folded surfaces allow her to project the play of light and shadow into physical space and free her to express her feelings about space more fully.