Artist’s statement “The versatile combination of the poetic, printmaking and book art holds an endless fascination and inspiration for me.” Yoka van Dyk is a multi-media artist with a focus on making all kinds of books- with or without content, traditional or non-traditional, one-offs and limited editions. Making books is the intimate process of writing, creating images, exploring concepts and formats to bring it all together. These artist books are her letters of existence, marks left behind through her life's journey as an expat living between New Zealand and The Netherlands. Yoka participates in a current exhibition at Taylor-Jensen Fine Arts in Palmerston-North. UNFOLDING is an exhibition by a group of artists who create works of art realised in the form of a book that comprises multiple images which the artists feel is more compelling than a single image. Contemporary artists have made the artist book a distinct genre.

Yoka at work                     Vita Silente, poem&lithographs, mezzotint Yoka van Dyk, River Series, concertina, etching Yoka van Dyk, Written Exposures, concertina, etching

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