Leiko Ikemura

Leiko Ikemura (イケムラレイコ, Ikemura Reiko, born August 22, 1951 in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese-Swiss painter and sculptor.

Leiko Ikemura
Born1951 (age 68–69)
Tsu, Japan
NationalityJapanese/Swiss
Alma materAcademia de Bellas Artes, Spain
Known forMelbourne International Biennial, 1999
Stylepainting, sculpture, drawing, watercolor, prints, and photography
Websitewww.leiko.info

Biography

Leiko Ikemura studied at Osaka University from 1970-1972. She then left Japan to study in Spain from 1973 to 1978 at the Academia de Bellas Artes in Granada and Seville. In 1979, Ikemura moved to Zurich to live and worked there for 4 years. The first of her mature paintings developed around 1980. The first solo exhibition in a public institution took place in 1983 at the "Bonn Kunstverein", in Bonn, Germany. That same year, she spent as an artist in residency in Nuremberg, ("Stadtzeichnerin" upon invitation of the city of Nuremberg). During the next several years, Ikemura had numerous solo exhibitions in galleries and public institutions, such as: the Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel (1987), Melbourne International Biennial 1999, in the Japan Pavilion. In 1985, she moved to Cologne. Her interest in working with sculpture began in 1987. In the 1990s, the female figure crystallized as the main focus of her work. In 1991, Ikemura became a Professor for Painting at the Universität der Künste (University of the Arts) in Berlin.

Leiko Ikemura lives and works in Berlin and Cologne.

Awards
  • 2020: 70th Japan Ministry Award for Fine Arts in the 1st year of Reiwa
  • 2014: COLOGNE FINE ART Prize
  • 2013: JaDe-Prize of the JaDe-Foundation (Japan-German-Foundation)
  • 2008: August Macke Prize of the city of Meschede and the Hochsauerlandkreis Meschede, Germany
  • 2007: Iserlohn Art Prize, by the Citizens Foundation of the Savings Bank of Iserlohn, Germany
  • 2002: The Josef & Anni Albers Foundation, Artist Residency, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  • 2001: "Deutscher Kritikerpreis" Critics Award for Visual Arts, German Association of Critics, Berlin, Germany
  • 1988: Prize of the Jury, International Triennale for Original Graphics, Grenchen, Switzerland
  • 1983 - 84: "Nuremberg Stadtzeichnerin", Artist residency grant by Faber-Castell & the City of Nuremberg
  • 1982: Art prize of Kaiserswerth, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • 1981: Prize of the Fountation for Graphic Art in Switzerland, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
  • 1981: Grant of the City of Zuerich, Switzerland
  • 1981: Grant of the Kiefer Hablitzel Foundation. Federal Bureau for Culture of Switzerland

Shows (selection)

Public collections (selection)

Books
  • "Leiko Ikemura. Our Planet. Earth & Stars イケムラレイコ　土と星" authors: Mitsue Nagaya, Anita Haldemann, Michiko Kasahara, Stefan Kraus, Wim Wenders, Udo Kittelmann, Atsushi Tanaka, Toshiyuki Horie, Kenjiro Hosaka, editors: Mitsue Nagaya, Mina Hisamatsu, Shiori Takano
  • "u mi no ko" (jap) poems and drawings by Leiko Ikemura, The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Akaaka (Japan), ISBN 4-903545-04-0
  • "andalusia" authors: John Yau, Leiko Ikemura, Weidle Verlag, ISBN 3-931135-96-9
  • "Leiko Ikemura: Sculpture, painting, drawing" authors: Hans-Jürgen Schwalm, Wilfried Dickhoff, Britta E. Buhlmann, Elisabeth Bronfen, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen ISBN 3-929040-81-6
  • "beyond the horizon" de, en, jap, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art; T. Kitagawa, editors: Fölbach, Dietmar ISBN 3-934795-50-1
  • "Leiko Ikemura" authors: Udo Kittelmann, Friedemann Malsch, Noemi Smolik, editor: Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, Cologne, Milano
  • "Leiko Ikemura" authors: Gerard A. Goodrow, Kimio Jinno, Friedeman Malsch, Alexander Pühringer, Cantz, ISBN 3-89322-803-9
  • "Alpenindianer" authors: Leiko Ikemura, Akira Tatehata, editor: Satani Gallery, Tokyo
  • "Hundertundelf Haiku" authors: Matsuo Bashō, 22 drawings from Leiko Ikemura, editor: Amman Verlag, Zurich
  • "Leiko Ikemura: Gemälde, Zeichnungen 1980–1987", authors: Dieter Koepplin, Museum für Gegenwartskunst (Basel) ISBN 3-7204-0053-0
  • "Der stumme Schrei" authors: Kenzaburō Ōe, Leiko Ikemura, editor (Nobel Prize Edition): Coron Verlag (CH)
  • "Shadows" authors: Leiko Ikemura, editor: Johan Jonker, Amsterdam et Gabriele Rivet, Cologne
  • "Leiko Ikemura" authors: Curt Heigl, Anton Wolfgang Graf von Faber-Castell, Kunsthalle Nürnberg
  • "Ancestors" authors: Leiko Ikemura, edition, Kunstverein St. Gallen, (CH)
  • "Wild cats and domestic cats" authors: Leiko Ikemura, 61 drawings, Edition Stähli, Zurich
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