biography of Leiko IKEMURA (1951)

Personal data


Birth : 1951 - Tsu, Japan
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Japan

Address

Cologne, Germany

Education

1970 – 1972 : Osaka Art University – Osaka, Japan
1973 – 1978 : Art College of Granada – Granada, Spain

Professional data


Work and Life

1985:Lives and works in Köln, Germany
1972:Moves to Europe


Other professions

1991 : Professor
HdK Hochschule der Künste Berlin – Ernst Reuter Platz 10 – Berlin, Germany

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting :
Sculpture-Volume :
Photography :
Drawing-Watercolor :

Subject

human being
imagination
nature
opposition/conformity

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2002

Kunstmuseum – Vaduz, Liechtenstein
2002 – 05/12/2002

2001

Galerie Haas & Fuchs – Berlin, Germany
2001

Les années lumières / Lichtjahre
Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
2001

2000

Le rire silencieux de Miro
Galerie Karsten Greve – Paris, France
2000

The Memory of Innocence
Morat Institute – Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
2000

1999

Migration
Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art – Marquette University – Milwaukee WI, United States
1999

Galerie Pablo Stähli – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1999

1998

Satani Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1998

Van Laere Contemporary Art – Antwerp, Belgium
1998

1996

Michael Hue-Williams Fine Art – London, United Kingdom
1996

Galerie Karsten Greve – Paris, France
1996

1995

Being
Galerie Ham – Nagoya, Japan
1995

Galerie Volker Diehl – Berlin, Germany
1995

1994

Résidence des Anges
Galerie Karsten Greve – Paris, France
1994

1992

Salzburger Kunstverein – Salzburg, Austria
1992

1991

Hase und Paprika
Galerie Karsten Greve – Paris, France
1991

1990

Alpen Indianer
Satani Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1990

1989

Kunstverein Saarbrücken – Saarbrücken, Germany
1989

1988

Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
1988

Kunstverein & Kunsthalle Lingen – Lingen, Germany
1988

1987

Museum für Gegenwartskunst – Basel BS, Switzerland
1987

Forum Kunst – Rottweil, Germany
1987

1985

Kunsthalle Waaghaus – Winterthur ZH, Switzerland
1985

1984

Kunsthalle Nürnberg – Nuremberg, Germany
1984

1983

Bonner Kunstverein – Bonn, Germany
1983

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman – Adamgasse 7a – Innsbruck, Austria

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – Via Maistra 4 – Saint Moritz GR, Switzerland

2003

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Stähli Köln – Neusser Strasse 46/48 – Cologne, Germany

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie & Edition Artelier – Glockenspielplatz 4/1 – Graz, Austria

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – 5 rue Debelleyme – Paris, France

KUNSTKÖLN 2003 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
04/05/2003 – 04/09/2003
Represented by : Stähli Köln – Neusser Strasse 46/48 – Cologne, Germany

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – 5 rue Debelleyme – Paris, France

Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Haas & Fuchs – Niebuhrstrasse 5 – Berlin, Germany

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – 5 rue Debelleyme – Paris, France

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Frameworks Verlagsgesellschaft mbH – Gumpendorfer Strasse 89 – Vienna, Austria

Art in CASO
CASO Contemporary Art Space Osaka – Osaka, Japan
04/25/2002 – 04/29/2002
Represented by : Gallery Ham – Ginnosuke bld B1F, 1-3-8 – Nagoya, Japan

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – Via Maistra 4 – Saint Moritz GR, Switzerland

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – Drususgasse 1-5 – Cologne, Germany

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Van Laere Contemporary Art – Verlatstraat 23-25 – Antwerp, Belgium

KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – Drususgasse 1-5 – Cologne, Germany

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Karsten Greve – Drususgasse 1-5 – Cologne, Germany

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Ryszard Varisella – Tanusstrasse 45 – Frankfurt, Germany


Group exhibitions

2008

Anatomie – Les peaux du dessin
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Picardie – Amiens, France
10/10/2008 – 01/17/2009

2000

Visage
National Museum of Modern Art – Tokyo, Japan
2000

1999

Signs of Life – 1st Melbourne International Biennial
The Ian Potter Museum of Art – Melbourne VIC, Australia
05/14/1999 – 06/27/1999

1998

Der unendliche reum dehnt sich aus
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden – Baden-Baden, Germany
1998

Nontime Meditation
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts – Tochigi, Japan
1998

1997

Befragung der Räume
Kunstmuseum Kloster unser lieben Frauen – Magdeburg, Germany
1997

1996

Female Identity
Okayama Prefectural Museum – Okayama, Japan
1996

Wiederbegegnung mit Unbekannten
Diozesanmuseum – Cologne, Germany
1996

Intangible Childhood
Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
1996

1995

Das Lied von der Erde
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein – Munich, Germany
1995

1994

Hauttief
Helmhaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1994

Jeder Haus ein Kunsthaus
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1994

Haupt und Nebenwege
Künstlerwerkstatt – Munich, Germany
1994

When the body becomes Art
Itabashi Art Museum – Tokyo, Japan
1994

1993

Adam and Eve
Museum of Modern Art – Saitama, Japan
1993

Gesichte
Museum zu Allerheiligen – Schaffhouse SH, Switzerland
1993

Sie nenne es Liebe
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien – Berlin, Germany
1993

1991

Silent Passion
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts – Tochigi, Japan
1991

1989

Colour and/or Monochrome
National Museum of Modern Art – Tokyo, Japan
1989

Drawing as itself
The National Museum of Art Osaka – Osaka, Japan
1989

Das Verhältnis der Geschlechter
Bonner Kunstverein – Bonn, Germany
1989

1988

Hara Annual
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art – Tokyo, Japan
1988

Exhibition of Contemporary Swiss Art
The Seibu Museum of Art – Tokyo, Japan
1988

1987

Offenes Ende – Junge Schweizer Kunst
Institut für Moderne Kunst – Nuremberg, Germany
1987

Stiller Nachmittag
Kunsthaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1987

1985

Vom Zeichen
Frankfurter Kunstverein – Frankfurt, Germany
1985

Räume heutiger Zeichnung
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden – Baden-Baden, Germany
1985

1983

Aktuell 83 – Kunst aus Mailand, München, Wien und Zürich
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1983

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

2002

Leiko Ikemura im Kunstmuseum
in: Kunst-Bulletin n° 4 p. 52
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
04/2002

Legals