place of birth: Europe. After school for design and photography I worked in theaters. From 1983 my activities have included theatre costume, set, puppet, toys and visual promotion design, sound creating, acting, directing, choreography and performing. My work includes exhibitions as well as documentary videos and dance performances. Since 1995 I have been working on computer art: music, graphics, animation, logo-types, and have been creating web-sites and participating in Computer Demo parties, signing my work with the pseudonym Sofia Youshi. Six years ago I started to work with animals in the Zoo. I create constructions and toys to enrich their life. My main work interest is in animal enrichment, with focus on careful and construction-aware design. Many years of experience in theatre set design help me to find quick, safe and solid solutions to make animal care as best as possible. The focus of my work is on the qualities of safe construction, ease of use, sanitary standards, money and time saving, which will engage the spirit and emotions of the animal, evoking a sense of mystery, excitement, or joy.
SofiaYoushi is a member of ! # 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE !, 1 on 1: The Fine Art of Portraiture , Bubble Jeopardy, All Things Orange Artwork Gallery, Complex Simplicity of Art, Floral Watercolours! and Pastels! (2 a day ), The Fruit and Veg Shop(2 uploads a Day), Yellow Gallery, ! 100% !, ! All Street Portraiture And Photography !, !Burst! > Anime and Manga!, " Little Things To Make You Smile " , "Mornings & Evenings -- Sunbeams & Storms" 1 a day, "Real" Life Artwork, ** Super Macro Photography (Two Per Day ), **Wildlife-Appeal**, *A Beautiful Blur, *ACEO's - All Creators Experts or Otherwise, *Alice in Wonderland*, *Berries, Fruits & Seeds* - 3/day, *Chocoholics Anonymous*, 12 Great Features - Challenge Themes ONLY, 1620, 1:1 Macro Photography (Limit: 2 posts per 24 hour period), 3D Animals Abound, >>>Movement: Motion Blur, A Class of Its Own, A Vector Tshirts Only Group, Abandoned Dark Creepy, Abstract Art, Abstract Macro Urban Art (eg Grungy), Abstract Realism, Abstracts from Nature, Accentuate The Eyes, African Art and Photography, After Dark, Agent Provocateur - T-Shirts with Messages, Agro-Tees, All About Boating, All About Flowers, All About Water, All About Your Best Work, All Around the Styles, All Countries ~ Wetlands, Ponds, Lakes and Rivers , All Out Emotion, All Pets Great and Small, All the Colors of the Rainbow, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Alt, Alternative and Progressive International Art, Alternative Process and Experimental Photography, Animal Kingdom, Animal Photography - Limit 1 Photo Submission a Week, Animation Domination, Anthropomorphic Animals, Anything and Everything FUN, Architectural Photography, Architecture and cityscapes photography, ART ACTION UNION - CREATIVE ACTIVISM, Art and Stories Made For Children, Art from the Workplace, Art in Math, Art of the Doll, Art of the Middle East, As Is, Astronomy, Austria, Avant-Garde, AW Welcome Center, B&W - Character - People Shots, Baby Love, Back In Black ( sorry~NO PHOTOGRAPHY), Beach Art, Bears of the world, Big Cats, Big Pixels, Birds and Creatures of Flight, Birth and Maternity, Black and White Photography, Blast from the Past, Blooming Trees - 2 per day, Blowing In The Wind, Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, & Other Winged Insects, Candid Photography, Capturing Emotion, Cards: Best of Your Best, Cars, Motorbikes and Motorsports, Cartoon Paddock, Cats and Dogs (1 per day), Challenge Café, Character Development, Childhood, Cityscapes and Skylines, Clever Designs, Collaboral Damage, Color Me a Rainbow (Current Color: Rainbow), Colour Me Vibrant Red!, Conservation Photography, Contemporary Architecture, Creative Inspirations - [2pw], Creative, Talented, and Unknown, Cutest of the Cute, DaDa Land, Designers United, Deviant Art Welcome, Digital Art Compilations, Digital Interface, Digital Modern Portraiture, Domestic and Pedigree Cats, Domestic Art - Home is Where the Art Is, Don't Fence Me In, Drawn to Cotton- Art on T-shirts, Electronica/Dance Events & Culture, Endangered Species, Environmental Awareness, Equine Art and Photography, Everyday Life, Everything Winter, Exotic Mammals, Experimental, Eye Macros, Fabulous Flowers, Falling Leaves, Fantasy Art, Fashion and Editorial Photography, Fine Arts, Food for Thought, For the Love of Cats , 2 images a day, For the Love of Teddy bears, For the love of type, Forests, Full Frontal Facades, Funny Kritters, Gay Men, Glamour, Globes, Spheres and Curves - 2 per day, Gods and Goddesses, Graphic Arts, Green!, Hands, Happy Haven Photography Limit 2 images per day, Have Your Say on TShirts, Historic Landmarks of Europe, History, Horizons, Horse and Rider , Human and Nature, Humorous Illustrations ( NO PHOTOGRAPHY ) , Humour Captured, I ♥ Patterns, Icy Cold, In the Pink, Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day), Italy and all Things Italian, Japanfluence, Just Lines, Kawaii Characters, Landscape Photography, Lesbian and Bi-Women's Art, Light and Reflection 1/24, Light In The Darkness, Lightwave, Live, Love, Dream, Love & Romance , Macro Untouched. 2 per day only, Macro Water Photographic Gallery, Mans Best Friend's (Dogs only), Masterpiece: Art, Masterpiece: Clothing, Masterpiece: Photography, Mecha Mecca, Medieval Living History, Medium and Large Format Film Photography, Minimalism, Mixed Media, Natural Developments, Natural Textures, Nature's Macro Canvas (No flowers), Nature's Reclamation, New Zealand Made, Nirvana, Nostalgic Art and Photography, Numbers One to a Trillion, Old & Rusty, Our K9 Friend 2 images a day, Out of the Blue, Out of the Past, Panoramas, Parody, Passions, Pencil Drawing (2 per 24 hrs), People and Portraiture Photography, Pets Are Us, Photo-Zen, Photography 101, Pop Art, Practising the Dark Arts, Primate Art, Railway Art and Photography, Rain Drops , Raw Art, RedBubblers, Respectful Retrievers, Retro Tees., Ruins, Ancient and Derelict Buildings, Rusty, Crusty and Falling to Bits, Scenery, Sci Fi , Seashells, Sentara Group, Shanime: Inspired by Anime', Shoes, Shots in the Fog, Simple Witty Shirts, Simply White Artwork Gallery, Smiles, Something To Say, Spiritual Art, Sports Photography, Still Life Photography, Still Life ~ Food Photography and Paintings, Stop and Smell the Roses, Street & Shelter Cats, Street Photography and Photojournalism, StreetArt, Strictly Human Faces , Sunrise, Sunset, Symbolism in Art, Tattoo Designs, Tattoo, Piercing and Body Modification, The Art of Sport, The Birds, The Eyes Have It, The Fine Art of Photography, The Sensual Word, The Tilt-Shift Photography Gallery, The Urban Environment, Top Shelf Wildlife & Nature Art, Toy Camera, Toys and Puppets, Trains, Travel and Adventure, Two Beings Group, Two Word Challenge, Underwater & Sealife (Limit 2 Per Day), Vector Goodness Lounge, Vibrant and Vivid Color, Vibrant Plants, Videogame Lovers, Windows and Doors, You're Accepted and Zoophoria (2 per day, approval required).