Spring Fountain by Yuria Okamura

acrylic and pen on paper | 87 x 74

Yuria Okamura brings together and reinterprets diverse metaphysical imaginings from across cultures through the utopian language of geometry and diagrammatic aesthetics. She maps and reconfigures forms that reference patterns in nature, esoteric diagrams and spiritualist abstract painting, as well as religious symbolism, architecture and decoration. Positing the garden as a site of harmony, her work envisions a garden-like temple combining geometric and botanical imageries to enshrine nature within imagined architecture. In this way, Okamura visualises a contemplative space where nature and culture and the physical and metaphysical worlds come together to invite holistic interpretations of the world around us.