Chinatsu Ikeda
Chinatsu Ikeda
She/her
chinatsuikeda (at) gmail (dot) com
Chinatsu Ikeda (b. 1980 in Osaka) is a Japanese artist exploring the intersection of Western and Eastern perspectives through her whimsical fantasy. Drawing from influences ranging from medieval Japanese paintings to the works of artists like Henri Matisse and Paula Modersohn-Becker, as well as Mingei Japanese folk art and woodcuts, she seeks to blend these diverse cultural elements. Limited to just a watercolor set and sketchbook upon moving to Germany in 2018, she found creative inspiration in the simplicity of paper, describing it as 'the most accessible yet profound material.'
Ikeda studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (BFA, MFA) with a focus on drawing and painting. She skillfully merges her Western academic training with her Eastern heritage in her artistic practice. She has exhibited internationally in Japan, the USA, including Green Gallery (WI), Zola-Lieberman Gallery (IL), Fort Gansevoort (NY), Drawing WOW 3 in Austria, and Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel in Germany, among others. Ikeda is an art educator in both Japan and Germany. Currently, she lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
2008-2010 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Masters in Fine Arts, Painting & Drawing, Chicago, IL, USA
2005-2007 School of the Art Institute of Chicago,Bachelors in Fine Arts, Painting & Drawing, Chicago, IL, USA
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Where the Rain Starts, Kunsthalle Hilsbach, Aurach, Bayern
2022 SOWA SOWA Chamber, the micro art space the cell, Berlin
2021 Wunderhaus, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel, Wolfenbüttel, Lower Saxony, Germany
2019 Rhythmic Stir, UNO Gallery Projekt Raum, Berlin, Germany
2017 Chinatsu Ikeda New Work, A couple’s Counseling, Brooklyn, NYC, USA
2016 Good-Bye Old Friends, Institut fur alles mögliche, Berlin, Germany
2011 Chinatsu Ikeda Works, Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
Group Exhibitions
2024 title undecided upcoming in November, HilbertRaum, Berlin
2024 title undecided upcoming in June, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin
2024 EVERYONE BUT CASPER!, Künstlerhaus Sootbörn, Hamburg
2022 Drawing Wow 3, Vienna, Austria
2022 The Boundary 5th Anniversary Spectacular, The Boundary, Chicago, USA
2020 !A cloud in a box”,curated by Terry R. Myers, Fort Gansevoort, NYC, USA
2017 Silent Art Auction, Drawing Hub Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2017 Triple Happiness, Project Space Boundary, Chicago, IL, USA
2017 Festival, Gallery works, Osaka, Japan
2017 Night Bloomers, curated by Sean Ward, Compound Yellow, Oak Park, IL, USA
2017 Works on Paper, Gallery UNO, Berlin, Germany
2016 PDF-OBJECTS, MANA Contemporary Chicago, IL, USA
2013 Plant Life, curated by Geoffrey Todd Smith, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, USA
2011 The Questions of their Content, curated by Carly Silverman, Zola/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2011 PAINTED, curated by Tyson Reeder, Green Gallery EAST, Milwaukee,WI, USA
2011 Whitney Huston Biennial, Murder Town, Chicago, IL, USA
Artist Residencies
2019 Hilsbach Kunst Kultur e.V, Hilsbach, Bayern, Germany
2016 Institut für alles mögliche, Berlin, Germany
2013 33OC, Toffia, Lazio, Italy
2012 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, USA
2006 Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI, USA
Publications / Awards
2024 FLZ Zeitung, Mars “Kunsthalle Hilsbach: Die Regentropfern von Chinatsu Ikeda” https://www.flz.de/kunsthalle-hilsbach-die-regentropfen-von-chinatsu-ikeda/cnt-id-psbcb36db6-0714-4388-8340-9593e9780435
2021 Dez Wolfenbütteler Zeitung, Ein Farbenrausch vertreibt den Novemberblues
2021 Nov Wolfenbütteler Zeitung, Chinatsu Ikeda zeigt ihr Wunderhaus im Kunstverein
2021 Nov Wolfenbütteler Zeitung, Wunderhaus Fenster in eine andere Welt Chinatsu Ikeda
2019 "A suitcase and a pair of scissors; a conversation with Chinatsu Ikeda”, ADF Web magazine
2012 Weiz Family Foundation Fellowship, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, USA
2010 Candidate Nominated for Edes Foundation Prize for Emerging Artists, SAIC, Chicago, IL, USA
Lectures
2021 Artist Talk with Art historian Jan Phillip Fruehsorge, Wolfenbüttel Kunstverein
2012 Art Talk Lecture, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE, USA
2009 Graduate Lecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
© 2018 by Chinatsu Ikeda