Yukie was born in Hokkaido, Japan.
In 1984 She married Henry Adams ( Alaskan Tlingit ).
Since She married into an Alaskan Native family and became part of the Tlingit culture, she has made a study of the native arts on the Northwest Coast and have been creating designs for Paintings, Wood carvings and Mixed madias. Over 20 years she has been showing works through Art Gallerys and Arts $ Crafte shows.
The modernism and the Traditionalism is a unique identity of her works.