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Yuki Toyooka Smith
Education
MFA, Fine Art. California State University Los Angeles, CA
BFA, Printmaking. State University of New York New Paltz, NY
AA, Fine Art. Fulton Montgomery Community College, NY
Yuki Toyooka Smith (Yuki Toy) is an artist and author in Los Angeles. She grew up in Hokkaido, Japan, and she specialize in Anatomy Illustration and Figure Drawing. She has been published in multiple medical illustration books and her artwork has been part of the curriculum at聽USC聽and聽Cal Tech. Yuki received an MFA from聽California State University Los Angeles, and a BFA from聽SUNY New Paltz, and is a regular contributor to the聽Huffington Post Japan. Known for anatomical illustration in muted, pastel tones, her colored pencils create a subdued and nostalgic feel鈥揺voking a tradition that spans from聽Nicolas Henri Jacob聽to聽Frank Henry Netter. Yuki continues to create her anatomy illustration for a future text book to help her art students, and has art exhibitions annually at Gallery 30 South in Pasadena, CA.