Ikeda Iwao

1940 Born in Tokyo, the eldest son of Ikeda Hyoa I I, bamboo art master.

1950 Begin his studies in bamboo art under his father.

1956 Start his study of tea-ceremony under Dohi Kozen, tea master of Edo-Senke

1960 Study urushi under Akaji Yusai (living national treasure of urushi art) ［–’84］

1963 Graduate from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, majored in urushi art

1965 Study urushi art under Matsuda Gonroku (living national treasure of urushi art) ［–’87］

1968 Start his study of tea-ceremony under Suzuki Souho, tea master of Ura-Senke ［–’83］

Selected Solo ｜Group Exhibitions ［2002–］

2002 

“The New Way of Tea,”the Japan Society Gallery, New York, USA

Solo Exhibition, Aso Bijutu, Tokyo, Japan ［’06,’12］

2006 

“Contemporary Ceramics for Tea Ceremony,” Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan (receives the special grand prix)

“Tobi Art Fair,” Tokyo Art Club, Tokyo, Japan ［’08,’11,’12］

2008 

Solo Exhibition,

“Urushi, New Experience,” Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan

“New Bamboo: Contemporary Japanese Masters,” Japan Society Gallery, New York, USA

2010

“About the Tea Ceremony－A Viewpoint on Contemporary Kogei (studio Crafts),”

Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

2011 

“Kissako,” Kuroda Toen, Tokyo, Japan

2012 

“New Footing: Eleven Approaches to Contemporary Crafts,”Crafts Gallery, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan

“Inheritance and Progression of Bamboo Art,” Oita Prefectural Art Center, Oita, Japan

“The Tea Ceremony Today－Utility and Form,” Musée Tomo, Tokyo, Japan

“Urushi and Clay: Abe Anjin × Ikeda Iwao,” Fukuoka HEIS Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan

2013

Solo Exhibition,

“Ikeda Iwao: Bamboo and Lacquer,” Asian Art Museum,National Museums in Berlin, Berlin

“21st century Exhibition,” Tokyo Art Club, Tokyo, Japan ［’14,’15］

2014

Solo Exhibition,

“Ikeda Iwao: Bamboo and Lacquer,” Museum of Lacquer Art, Münster, Germany

Solo Exhibition,

“Bamboo and Laquer. Works of Iwao Ikeda,” Manggha(The Museum of Japanese Art and Technology), Kraków, Poland

“Beauty of KOGEI: Art and Crafts in Japan,” Japan Creative Center

(Organized by The Japan Foundation Asia Center), Singapore

2015

Solo Exhibition,

“Ikeda Iwao,” Kuroda Toen, Tokyo, Japan

“Sueharu Fukami and Iwao Ikeda,” Organized by Nakacho Konishi Arts, Osaka, Japan

2016

Solo Exhibition, Kandori, Tokyo, Japan ［’88,’91,’94,’97,’01,’02,’05,’06］

Solo Exhibition “The Life of Bamboo－The Spirit of Urushi,” Erik Thomsen Gallery,Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts, New York

2018

“Iwao Ikeda and Yukio Nakagawa,” Art Fair Tokyo 2018

Solo Exhibition “Iwao Ikeda The Life of Bamboo－The Spirit of Urushi Kikkouchiku,”

Nakacho Konishi Arts, Tokyo

Solo Exhibition

“Ikeda Iwao, Estrangement of Awareness,” Shumoku Gallery, Nagoya

Public Collections

The Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, USA

The Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Kraków, Poland

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York