Yukako Sakakura is a Japan-based contemporary artist working primarily in painting.

Through abstract forms and subtle figurative elements, Sakakura explores quiet emotional transitions, often evoking a sense of presence that appears and disappears like a fleeting moment. Her paintings create contemplative spaces where emotion, memory, and perception quietly intersect.

Works by Sakakura have been placed with private collectors in London and internationally, and she is developing relationships with international collectors, including those from the Middle East. She maintains ongoing relationships within private collector environments, as well as in selected luxury contexts, including associations with Clive Christian, the British luxury fragrance house, where her works are held within the brand’s collection.

Her work has previously been featured on Vogue.com and BBC “In Pictures”, and one of her solo exhibitions was reviewed in the Financial Times “Critics’ Choice” by chief art critic Jackie Wullschlager.

In September 2026, Sakakura presented her work in the VIP room at Clive Christian Perfume’s Mayfair boutique in London, welcoming guests for private viewings. Among the visitors was Duchess Nivin El-Gamal.

Artist Statement

Climate of Mind

I do not paint emotions;
I paint the air that precedes and outlives them—
a climate of mind where emotion takes shape, dissolves, and becomes air again.

My flowers breathe these emotions; in bloom or in decay, they drift through this inner landscape,
their voices echoing softly through the space.

The spheres command the space,
yet they do not possess the force to alter its flow.
They remain fragile, fleeting, vulnerable—
silent forms that carry the flowers as they float somewhere beyond.

In an age where information dulls the senses, the world is quietly forgetting how to feel.
My work seeks to restore warmth to the heart— to remind us that sensitivity is not weakness, but the last frontier of being human.