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IKE Michiko

“Crazy Queen - Lying Down,” 2024, Kobe Buburindou Gallery (Kobe)

“Hyakunen no Kodoku (One Hundred Years of Solitude),” 2008, Gallery Maya (Osaka)

“Mirai Ningen White Man (Future Human White Man),” 2010, Gallery Maya (Osaka)

photo:Shuzo Ogushi

IKE Michiko

Born in Kochi Prefecture, lives in Osaka Prefecture

The eternal themes are the immutable essence of nature, namely, life, death, and human love. The soul may be satisfied and healed by superficial beauty, but isn’t it perhaps through shaking the universal existence deep within the human being that healing is found when one falls into extreme sadness and suffering? I am simply drawn to things with great energy (high potential). I feel this is a fundamental human instinct. When great energy is given, the potential of matter increases, and the power hidden within it grows. I want to give energy to the people who see my works. The “Mirai Ningen White Man” is a pure figure created by Michiko Ike in the early 21st century, representing the desire of people to free the world from all inequalities and tragedies, such as race, gender, economic disparity, religion, and wars. I will never stop hoping that “Mirai Ningen White Man” will soar deeply and freely through the minds of people worldwide as equal earthlings.

Major Exhibitions

Solo exhibition “Crazy” at Kobe Buburindou Gallery (Hyogo), 2024

Solo exhibition “Saisei no Tame no Hakaijutsu - Belt Conveyor Sakuhin (Destruction Techniques for Regeneration--Belt Conveyor Art),” Amano Gallery (Osaka), 2021

Solo exhibition “Genzai Ushinawaretsutsuaru Mono (What Is Being Lost Now),” Osaka Contemporary Art Center (Osaka), 1998

Major Awards

Selected as one of six groups in the first round of screenings for the Kyoto International Festival of Contemporary Culture exhibition draft. Gave a presentation on nerve regeneration during the public presentations in the second round of screenings. (Kyoto Art Center), 2014

Selected for 6th Yoshihara Jiro Prize Competition Exhibition (Contemporary Art Center), 1990

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