Yuka Okane Inoue was born in 1961 and raised in a suburb of Tokyo. She started her career in the pharmaceutical industry and developed as a professional. She eventually realized her true passion and potential rested elsewhere: expressing her imagination and creativity by making art. After moving to the United States, Yuka began taking metalsmithing classes at a public college. Over several years, she explored design and processes to create three-dimensional objects using metals. Yuka produces contemporary objects through the implementation of traditional raising, forming, and fabrication  techniques. She continued her studies at a local art center and developed her own body of work influenced by her Japanese culture. Throughout the years she has received international, national and local awards recognizing her achievement as an artist.