About

I am an artist, educator, and researcher specializing in the typology of non-maze labyrinths based on their underlying mathematical patterns. In 2015, I completed a Master of Fine Arts in Intermedia focusing on land art and liminal aesthetics, especially the design and use of labyrinths.

While building labyrinths, facilitating walks, and leading workshops, I continued to explore mathematical concepts such as permutations, open meanders, symmetry groups, and recursive algorithms, and convened an international research group to discuss labyrinth typology.

In 2024, I was accepted into the PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies program at the University of Maine and my research proposal for a domain-specific spatial ontology for the classification of non-maze labyrinths was approved.

Clark, Yadina, and Jeff Saward. “Labyrinth Typology: A Century of Fascination.” Caerdroia: The Journal of Mazes & Labyrinths, no. 54 (2025): pp. 52–57.

Saward, Jeff, & Yadina Clark. “Labyrinth Typology: Overview of Past and Current Research.” Presented at the 23rd Annual Gathering of The Labyrinth Society, online, October 23-24, 2021. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8ix-tMu_9o

Clark, Yadina Z., "The Sacred Art of Labyrinth Design: Optimization of a Liminal Aesthetic" (2015). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2337. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/2337

This website presents the latest developments from Yadina Clark — in conversation with Dani Novak, Tony Phillips, Jeff Saward, Richard Myers Shelton, Andreas Frei, Erwin Reißmann, and Walter Pullen — and builds upon work by:

Tony Phillips (US)
Richard Myers Shelton (US)
Jeff Saward (UK)
Andreas Frei (Switzerland)
Erwin Reißmann (Germany)
Hermann Kern (1941-1985, Germany)
Jacques Hébert (1938-2007, Canada)
Silke Wolf and Werner Kaufmann (Germany)
Alex Champion (US)
Walter Pullen (US)
Robert Ferré (US)
Lars Howlett (US)
Willem Kuipers (The Netherlands)
Herman Wind (The Netherlands)
Pierre Rosenstiehl (France)
Craig Wright (US)
Ellen Galo (US)
Mary Teetor (US)
Niels Mejlhede Jensen (Denmark)
Ben Nicholson (US)
Thorn Steafel (Scotland)
Sig Lonegren (The Netherlands)
John Kraft (Sweden)
And others whose work has inspired and informed

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