Yukie Adams

In 1984 artist Yukie Adams married Henry Adams. Henry was an Alaskan Tlingit tribal citizen. When Yukie married him she became a part of his Tlingit culture. Yukie naturally became interested in the native art of the Northwest Coast. Yukie studied and with her newly acquired knowledge, she began creating contemporary Northwest Coast Native designs. Yukie put her designs on drums, paintings, serigraphs, and prints. After her husband passed away, she began to take her work to a new level. Yukie started to create woodcarvings and mixed media. This combination of modernism and traditionalism is unique to her works of art.