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The Prince Street Gallery is pleased to present the work of Yookan Westfield in an exhibition titled “Peaceful Day,” from April 23rd through May 18 th , 2024. A reception to meet the artist will be held on Thursday, April 25 th from 6 - 8 pm.

Yookan Westfield was born in Nanao-City, on the Noto Peninsula in Japan (the site of the January 1st, 2024 earthquake). She earned a BFA from Kanazawa Art University and an MFA from Musashino Art University in Tokyo. In 1997 and 1998, she received the Dokuritsu Prize at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in Japan. Westfield came to the United States in …