“SYNESTHESIA” — introducing the artist Introducing the artist IKU→
IKU→
While working primarily in fashion, IKU→ sought freer means of expression and, immersing themselves in art-making, moved to the United States. After signing with a New York gallery and beginning a career as an artist, they held several exhibitions. On returning to Japan they worked under the name khayah, and since 2020 as IKU→. I longed to meet myself. Yet precisely because I am myself, that meeting can never happen. I am aware of being “me,” but what is that self, and why does it exist? Through the creatures connected to me and the flow of a single fleeting moment, I become aware of myself. Drawing inspiration from everyday feelings and lived experience, IKU→ contemplates views on life and death, and the location of that thing we call a “face” as it arises from relationships with others and with the self — giving form, through questioning, to a variety of psychological faces.
Biography
After returning from New York, worked under the name khayah
From November 1, 2020 – working under the name IKU→
2019
・The 1st Exhibition in New York / NY One Art Space (group show); offers in NY; covered by NHK
・Ochanomizu College of Art group show, OCHABI Gallery, Tokyo ・Selected as key visual for the Shibuya Entertainment Tech XR art exhibition “INVISIBLE ART IN PUBLIC”
・Nighttime VR/AR exhibition, Tokyo
・Khayah Special Exhibition at CITYSHOP SHIBUYA CAST, Tokyo
・Shibuya Printone “art x fashion” event exhibition, Tokyo / 2020
・Solo exhibition: Khayah closed exhibition, Shibuya Cast, Tokyo
・Participated in auction
・Solo exhibition “Ego Search no Teiri = ? (The Theorem of Ego-Searching = ?)” TRiCERA gallery, Tokyo
・100-nin 10 exhibition, Shinwa Auction, Tokyo / 2022 ・“Borderless” exhibition, Hilltopia Art Square, Tokyo
Works
Freerun
Acrylic on canvas
H 727×W606×D 20(mm)2022
Bidama Haneru (A Marble Bounces)
Acrylic on canvas
H652×W530×D20(mm)
2022
Drawn to the energy inherent in water and light, and to color and its ever-shifting states, the artist builds a story in their own way from a single fleeting everyday moment, creating a variety of faces of the inner mind.
Watashi no Kuni (My Country)
Acrylic on canvas
H530×W455×D20(mm)
2022
Drawn to the energy inherent in water and light, and to color and its ever-shifting states, the artist builds a story in their own way from a single fleeting everyday moment, creating a variety of faces of the inner mind.
15-nichi (The 15th)
Acrylic, circular wooden panel
H530×W530×D20(mm)
2022
Drawn to the energy inherent in water and light, and to color and its ever-shifting states, the artist builds a story in their own way from a single fleeting everyday moment, creating a variety of faces of the inner mind.
Me (Bud)
Acrylic on canvasH410×W318×D20
2022
IKU→ — browse all works ▽
https://pls-art-shop.com/collections/iku
Installation Views
These works seem to glitter and shine. Please do take a look!
The circular works have a beauty reminiscent of glass marbles.
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Staff Comment
From the glittering texture and vivid colors, you sense a beauty as if the subject were lit from many angles.✨ These are works to savor slowly, imagining what expression the depicted figures wear and what feelings they hold. (Kawahara)
Exhibition Details
“SYNESTHESIA”
This exhibition brings together ten diverse, up-and-coming artists, with the aim of helping every visitor refresh their sensibility and cultivate new values through art. The title “SYNESTHESIA” refers to the experience of perceiving color in letters or sounds, or sensing shape in taste or smell. We hope that the rich variety of expression woven together by these ten artists will become an occasion for you to encounter something already within yourself.
▼ Participating Artists
neuronoa｜buggy｜杉本憲一｜清水智裕｜IKU→
オオタキヨオ｜足立真輝｜ナカムラトヲル｜サワダモコ ｜ 鈴木潤
*For each artist's gallery attendance dates, please refer to their respective social media.
Hours: October 31 (Mon) – November 13 (Sun), 2022, 10:00 – 21:00
*Hours are subject to change due to COVID-19. Please check the official website for the latest information.
Admission: Free
Venue: +ART GALLERY
Overview: https://neuronoa.com/exhibition/synesthesia4/
Address: Shibuya Scramble Square, Shops & Restaurants 14F
(2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002)
Access: About 30 seconds to 1 minute from JR Shibuya Station (Yamanote / Shonan-Shinjuku Lines), Tokyo Metro Shibuya Station (Fukutoshin / Hanzomon / Ginza Lines), and Tokyu Shibuya Station (Toyoko / Den-en-toshi Lines).
All works are available for purchase, and are also sold online during the exhibition!
＋ART Online Store：https://pls-art-shop.com/
