United States
About Yoko
Yoko Kubrick is a Czech and Japanese sculptor working in marble, granite, stainless steel, and bronze. She trained in traditional bronze casting in San Francisco and marble carving at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Carrara, Italy. Her sculpture has been featured in Architectural Digest, The New York Times Style Magazine, Kinfolk, and Surface Magazine, with installations at the San Francisco Decorators Showcase, Filoli Historic House and Garden, and the University of San Francisco. She creates work at scales from intimate studio pieces to large monumental sculpture for architectural and outdoor settings. Based between the Bay Area, Tuscany, and Japan, she is open to site-specific commissions for private estates, hotels, public spaces, corporate campuses, and landscape projects.
I grew up in Guam, Hawaii, California, and the former Czechoslovakia. All very different places, but each one shaped the way I see form and material. Most of my sculpture starts with something I've noticed in nature. The curve of a petal. The undulations of moving water. The sheltering shape of a cave. I've always been drawn to forms that carry a kind of quiet presence, shapes that feel familiar even when you can't quite explain why. As a kid I was fascinated by sculpture that felt watchful and mysterious. Guardians, sphinxes, cathedral figures. That early sense of awe still shapes how I approach a piece in marble or bronze or granite. I'm interested in how abstract form can hold space and suggest something deeply human without being representational. I love working on commissions because every space has its own personality. Whether it's a private residence, a hotel lobby, or a public garden, I like to visit the site, spend time with the light and the proportions, and let the concept come from there. There's something really satisfying about making a monumental sculpture or an intimate stone piece that feels like it belongs exactly where it is. I'm always open to new conversations about site-specific projects.
