About Kri

Kri Yamada is a visual artist, writer, facilitator and global fashion creative. She arrives today in this incarnation as a queer, disabled and neuroemergent edge-walker of mixed Japanese and European ascent. Her creative praxis explores themes of identity, spirit, ecologies of relation and non-linear time as invitations to deeper meaning, connection and belonging. Yamada’s work is grounded in the paradox of re-integrating fragmented pieces of self, while releasing the notion of “self” altogether.

Her work is included in The Remembrance Gallery on the grounds of the former Puyallup Assembly Center incarceration site and the forthcoming Washington State Queer Poetry Anthology. Kri is an alumna of the Fashion Institute of Technology (New York) summa cum laude, Polimoda (Italy) and the University of Nicosia (Cyprus). She’s been seen in Marie Claire, W, Elle UK, VEVO and others.

Kri is a certified positive psychology coach with Wholebeing Institute and graduate of the Embodied Social Justice Program co-directed by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams, further trained in Somatic Sex Education at the ISSSE. She is a member of the Tsuru for Solidarity Healing Arts Collective/Healing Justice Campaign, with a history of work in local organizations including Young Women Empowered’s API Solidarity Group and the IRC, alongside work abroad co-facilitating intensive 9-day healing retreats with plant medicine and offering integration coaching in the Peruvian Amazon. A humble student of the Dharma whose yoga is deeply rooted in devotion, Kri holds space for meditation and chanting from time to time.

Interviews & Profiles

“Generosity and Creativity Abound, Volunteers Sew Masks for Newcomers” on IRC (2020)
“What to Pack for Fashion Week with Nordstrom Global Trend Reporter Kristin Yamada” on Nordstrom’s The Thread (2017)
“Our Photographer’s Favorite Milan Hangouts” on Nordstrom’s The Thread (2017)
“How to Look Great at Work, According to 3 Women with Fashion Dream Jobs” profile Marie Claire (2016)
“Weekday Chicday” profile Marie Claire, October Issue (2016)
”For the Love of Art” campaign and profile Seattle Art Museum (2016)
“Fashion Week Dossier” profile on Nordstrom’s The Thread (2016)

Features & Media

“Vince Staples – Style Mix Designed by Nordstrom” presenter on VEVO (2016)
“Betty Who – Style Mix Designed by Nordstrom” presenter on VEVO (2016)
“Bahari – Style Mix Designed by Nordstrom” presenter on VEVO (2016)
“Sophie Beem – Style Mix Designed by Nordstrom” presenter on VEVO (2016)
“Bethany Consentino – Style Mix Designed by Nordstrom” presenter on VEVO (2016)
“People Wore Their Best Gucci to Gucci” Fashionista (2016)
“Coachella Street Style 2016: All About Accessories” W Magazine (2016)
“Best Street Style from Coachella 2016” Racked (2016)
“Coachella 2016: Street Style” Elle UK (2016)

CONTACT

e: studio(at)kriyamada(dot)com

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