Leiko Ikemura
1951
Geboren in Tsu, Präfektur Mie, Japan | born in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, Japan
Lebt und arbeitet in Berlin und Köln | lives and works in Berlin and Cologne, Germany
2014 – today
Professorship at Joshibi University of Art and Design, Kanagawa, Japan
1990 – 2016
Professorship at Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
1973 – 1978
Studied at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría, Sevilla, Spain
1970 – 1972
Studied at the State University Osaka, Japan
Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) | Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2022
Leiko Ikemura: Mehr Licht!, Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Humboldt Forum, Berlin
Leiko Ikemura: Infinitely Transparent, ShugoArts, Tokyo, Japan
2021
Leiko Ikemura: Usagi in Wonderland, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK
2020
ZIG ZAG, Galeria Filomena Soares, Rooftop, Lisboa, Portugal
Leiko Ikemura – von Ost nach Ost, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany
2019
Leiko Ikemura, Wundersame Welten, Galerie Michael Haas, Germany
Leiko Ikemura, The Case of Hiroshima, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
Leiko Ikemura, Der Schrei, Zionskirche, Berlin, Germany
Leiko Ikemura, Metamorphoses, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden
Leiko Ikemura, Nach neuen Meeren, Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
2018
Leiko Ikemura. Islands awake, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Leiko Ikemura. More Than Ever, Galerie Kewenig, Berlin Germany
2017
Leiko Ikemura, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Leiko Ikemura, Women of Fire Dancing with Tree, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
No No Noh. Leiko Ikemura in dialogue with selected works of the Diethard Leopold Collection, BE
International Fine Art, Vienna, Austria
Leiko Ikemura, Märchenwald, Hetjens-Museum Dusseldorf, Germany
Leiko Ikemura, ShugoArts Tokyo, Japan
2016
Leiko Ikemura. ...und plötzlich dreht der Wind. Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
Leiko Ikemura. Mountains in Exile. Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
Leiko Ikemura und Paula Modersohn-Becker. Galerie Haas, Berlin, Germany
Leiko Ikemura. Mindscape. Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Leiko Ikemura. Poetics of Form. Nevada Museum of Art, Reno (Nevada) USA
Leiko Ikemura. Das unbekannte Archiv, DRK Klinken Westend Berlin, Germany
2015
Leiko Ikemura. Galerie Mirchandani + Steinrücke, Mumbai, IndiaPrelude: Leiko Ikemura – ein Dialog mit Utagawa Hiroshige. Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
Leiko Ikemura. All About Girls and Tigers. Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Cologne, Germany
2014
Leiko Ikemura. Last und Lust. Neues Museum Nuremberg, Germany
Leiko Ikemura. Pioon. The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
Leiko Ikemura. Hilfiker Kunstprojekte, Luzern, Switzerland
Leiko Ikemura. Zarathustra. Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, Canada
Leiko Ikemura. Zwischenwelten. Altana Kulturstiftung, Bad Homburg, Germany
Leiko Ikemura & Odilon Redon. Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany
Sonderschau Leiko Ikemura. Preisträger Cologne Fine Art, Cologne, Germany
2013
Leiko Ikemura: i-migration. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
Leiko Ikemura. oro y plata. Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
Leiko Ikemura. Los Espantos. Galería Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Leiko Ikemura. Sueño de los árboles rojos. Poligrafa Obra Grafica, Barcelona, Spain
Leiko Ikemura. Hilfiker Kunstprojekte, Luzern, Switzerland
2012
Leiko Ikemura. Korekara oder die Heiterkeit des fragilen Seins. Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany
Leiko Ikemura. Mare e Monti. Kolumba, Cologne, Germany
Leiko Ikemura: Beyond the Lake. Landschaften aus den Jahren 2008 bis 2012. Galerie Haas AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Leiko Ikemura. Silver Flame. ShugoArts, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Leiko Ikemura. Wußtest Du, ich habe zwei versteckte Flügel. Museum Burg Wissem, Troisdorf, Germany
Leiko Ikemura: Transfiguration. The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie, Japan
Leiko Ikemura. Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
Leiko Ikemura. Flame and Fire. Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany
2010
Leiko Ikemura. Lichtbilder. Gundel Gelbert Showroom, Cologne, Germany
Leiko Ikemura. August Macke Prize Laureate, Sauerland-Museum, Arnsberg, Germany
Leiko Ikemura / Philipp von Matt – Asuka. Loock Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2009
Leiko Ikemura. Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Leiko Ikemura. Me Za Me. ShugoArts. Tokyo, Japan
Leiko Ikemura. Face Scape. Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
2008
Leiko Ikemura. Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Leiko Ikemura. Tag, Nacht, Halbmond. Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
La Notte. Galerie Tony Wuethrich, Basel, Switzerland
Leiko Ikemura. Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin, Germany
2007
Neue Arbeiten. Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany
2006
Leiko Ikemura. The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, USA
Leiko Ikemura – Andalusienbilder. Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
u mi no ko. The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
Leiko Ikemura. Pacific. ShugoArts, Tokyo, Japan
Leiko Ikemura. Iserlohner Kunstpreis. Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, Germany
Gruppenausstellungen (Auswahl) | Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2022
A Woman Is A Woman Is A Woman..., Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Schweiz
The Day I Saw You: Retratos de la Colección Fundación AMMA (2022), Fundación AMMA, Ciudad de México, MexicoMuseum Ludwig, Cologne - History of a Collection with Civic Commitments, The National Art Center, Tokyo and the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
2021
Portraits, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
25th Anniversary Collection Exhibition VISION. Who is Making the work? - existence / non-existence of “I”, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2020
Sehnsucht 02. Fotografien aus der Sammlung Michael Horbach, Kunsträume der Michael Horbach Stiftung, Cologne, GermanyFour Years, gifts and acquisitions, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, SwitzerlandHeaven and Hell, Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita, Japan#StayMuseum. Special Exhibition from the Mie Prefecture Art Museum Collection, Mie Prefecture Art Museum, Tsu-shi, JapanArtists on Color and Form: Selection of Artists in the Collection vol.2 Toeko Tatsuno & Leiko Ikemura, Iwaki City Art Museum, Fukushima Prefecture, JapanSystemically important?, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, GermanySo wie wir sind 2.0, Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
2019
Atlas. Cartographie du don, MCBA – Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, SwitzerlandMasterpieces from the Collection of Menard Art Museum, Komaki, JapanFrieze Sculpture, English Gardens, Regent’s Park, London, GB
2018
Leiko Ikemura. Corsin Fontana, Galerie Tony Wuethrich, Basel, Switzerland
Leiko Ikemura in Dialogue with Donata and Wim Wenders, Stiftung Brandenburg Tor / LiebermannHaus, Berlin, Germany
The Collection of the Takamatsu Art Museum + In Spilling Light with Chuta Kimura, Takamatsu Art Museum, Shikoku, Japan, Exhibition for the Prix de Dessin, Fondation Daniel & Florence Guerlain Paris, France
Art on Paper, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
2017
A Trip through the Tokyo Station Gallery Collection. From Railway Art to Picasso, Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
OneHundredAndONe. Works, Tony Wuethrich Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
jung und wild. Die 1980er Jahre in München, Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich, Germany
To n , S c h e r b e n , S t e i n e , G a l e r i e T h o m a s R e h b e i n , C o l g o n e , Germany
BERLIINI >>> NASTOLA,Taarasti art centre, Nastola, Finland
Ikemura & Nolde, Kunstmuseum Ahrenshoop, Germany
Weather Report. About Weather Culture and Climate Science, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Germany
Schlaf. Eine produktive Zeitverschwendung, Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen, Germany
„Wir Magier“ –Leiko Ikemura und Meisterschüler, Galerie Evelyn Drewes, Hamburg, Germany
2016
Painter of Poetry, Poet of the Picture. Himeji City Museum of Art Hyogo; Ahsikaga Museum of Art Tochigi; Hakodate Museum of Art Hokkaido, Japan
Ceramix -Art et Céramique de Rodin à Schütte. La Maison Rouge Paris, France
Sein. Antlitz. Körper -Kirchen öffnen sich der Kunst. Berlin Cathedral, Germany
Donations -Florence & Daniel Guerlain, Collection Centre Pompidou at Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
Sharing as Caring no.5/ Beyond Documentation, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Germany
All living things. Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka, JapanReady for the Stage / Act 1 (1900 –2016), Arp Museum, Remagen, Germany
Тhe 56th October Salon „The Pleasure of Love“, Belgrade, Serbia
Kumo no ito, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2015
Ce qui je suis maintenant. Ein Zimmer für Alfred Flechtheim. Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany
Koelnskulptur #8 –Skulpture Parc Cologne. Cologne, Germany
Rohkunstbau XXI. Apokalypse. Berlin, Germany
The Red Thread -On Structures in Narration. Kolumba Museum, Cologne, Germany
Ceramix. Ceramic art from Gauguin to Schütte. Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Belgium
Einfühlung und Abstraktion. Die Moderne der Frauen in Deutschland, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
2014
LOVE AIDS RIOT SEX 2. NGBK Berlin, Germany
Distant Observations. Fukushima in Berlin. Kunstraum Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Höhenrausch. Arp Museum –Bahnhof Rolandseck, Bonn, Germany
Esprit d’une collection: GUERLAIN. Musée des Beaux-Arts Libourne, France
Japan ART Switzerland. Kunsthaus Interlaken, Switzerland
Wild Heart. Art Exhibition of German Neo-Expressionism since the 1960s, China Art Museum Shanghai, China
St. Moritz Art Masters. St. Moritz, Switzerland
Klee und der ferne Osten. Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne, Germany
2013
Von Japonismus zu Zen. Paul Klee und der Ferne Osten. Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland
Back to Earth. Die Wiederentdeckung der Keramik in der Kunst. Gerisch-Stiftung. Neumünster, Germany
Schöne Landschaft –Bedrohte Natur. Alte Meister im Dialog mit zeitgenössischer Kunst.All Kind of Ceramics –20 Years of the Artist in Residence Program. The Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan
Macht. Wahn. Vision. Der Turm und urbane Giganten. Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Germany
Painting Forever! Keilrahmen. Kunst-Werke Berlin –KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
2012
DOKI DOKI. The Fascination of Ceramics, the Excitement of Art. Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art. Shigaraki, Japan
Beyond Memory. Museum on the Seam. Jerusalem, Israel
Art as Magic: Visionary Artists and Their Inner Supernatural World. Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art. Nagoya, Japan
2011
Fukushima and the consequences. KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Mit Feuer und Flamme. Keramik in der Gegenwartskunst. Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden –Rot, Germany
2010
Schweizer Kunst im Aufbruch. Die Neuen Wilden, Kunst(zeug)haus, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
Plastic Artists and their Grafic Work, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Expanding Art. Introduction to the Contemporary Art, Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Mie, Japan
Geheimnisvolle Zwischenwelten, Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
2009
Emotional Drawing. SOMA Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2008
A Perspective on Contemporary Art 6. Emotional Drawing. MOMAT The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Emotional Drawings. National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, MOMAK, Japan
2007
Fiction for the Real. National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Zwischenräume / The Spaces Between. Leiko Ikemura & Günther Förg, Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany
2006
The Child. Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Japan
Berlin –Tokyo Tokyo –Berlin. Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Preise | Awards
2020
70th 'Art Encouragement Prize of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Japan' for 2019
2014
Cologne Fine Art Prize, Germany
Sparda Art Prize NRW, Hasen-Tempel, Recklinghausen, Germany
2013
JaDe-Prize of the JaDe-Foundation (Japanese-German-Foundation), Cologne, Germany
2009
August Macke Prize, August Macke Curatorial & HSK Meschede, Germany
2008
Artists Residency, "Casa Aguacate", Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Artists Residency by the Duncan & LeBaron Families of Lincoln, NE, USA
2007
Art Prize ofIserlohn, Community Foundation of the Sparkasse Iserlohn, Germany
2002
Artist Residency, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, New Haven, CT, USA
2001
Critics Award for Visual Arts, German Association of Critics, Berlin, Germany
1996/98
EKWC (European Ceramic Workcentre), ´s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
1988
Prize of the Jury, International Triennial for Original Graphics, Grenchen, Switzerland
1983/84
"Nürnberger Stadtzeichnerin", Artist Residency Grant by Faber-Castell & Nuremberg, Germany
1982
Art Prize of Kaiserswerth, Dusseldorf, Germany
Prize of the Foundation for Graphic Art in Switzerland, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Second Prize of the International Drawings Triennal of the Youth, Nuremberg
1981
Grant of the City of Zurich, Switzerland
Art Prize of the Kiefer-Hablitzel Foundation, Switzerland
