Biography

Sandra Yagi is a painter who lives and works in San Francisco, California.

Her work reflects her interest in understanding the natural world, our existence and mortality. With a viewpoint rooted in logic and science, and a curiosity for the macabre, she explores themes such as mortality, human experience and our impact on the natural world.  Recent work explores mythology and our understanding of the world before the age of science. Recently this has included the world of Japanese Yokai, a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore, which can be seen as personifications of "supernatural or unaccountable phenomena..”  Her exploration of Japanese mythology has deepened her appreciation of her Japanese-American heritage and culture.