{"title":"IKU→","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0540\/1280\/5302\/files\/IKU_cef312be-eab5-4118-9893-3d30e235ea18_480x480.jpg?v=1705489675\" alt=\"\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0540\/1280\/5302\/files\/IKU_cef312be-eab5-4118-9893-3d30e235ea18_480x480.jpg?v=1705489675\"\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e While working primarily in fashion, he moved to the United States to pursue a more free form of expression and devoted himself to art production. He signed a contract with a gallery in New York, began his career as an artist, and held multiple exhibitions. After returning to Japan, he worked as khayah, and in 2020, he worked as IKU→.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Artist Statement\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e We don't know anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e One person alone doesn't know anything.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Even the timeline and the faces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to exist?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e When matter changes, to what extent does it remain \"me\"?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e I wanted to meet myself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e However, I can't meet anyone just because I am myself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e We are aware of our own self, but how can we truly know who we are, why we exist, and the time we pass?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Through memory, emotionally stirring events seem as vivid as if they are happening in the present, allowing us to get in touch with the process of our formation and our timeline.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Inspired by everyday feelings and memories of real-life experiences, he considers the place of his existence in terms of views on life and death, and relationships with others and with himself, and expresses various imaginative faces while questioning the differences in each other's visual perception of events, thoughts, memories, climates, etc.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Biography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e (Brief biography)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Solo Exhibition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 2023 \"IKU→ SOLO EXHIBITION \"PROLOGUE\"\" (Shibuya PARCO 7F 3lftn apartment, Tokyo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e2021 \"The Ego Search Theorem =?\" (TRiCERA galley, Tokyo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 2020 \"Khayah closed exhibition (Shibuya Cast, Tokyo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e •Group Exhibition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 2023 “GINZA ART FESTA 2023”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e (Matsuya Ginza 8F Event Square, Tokyo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"Uncontrollable Memories\" Two-person Exhibition (Gallery Motoko, Kanazawa)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “Now You Know! Vol.3” (Whimsy Works, Taipei)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"+STA group exhibition\" (Plus Art Gallery, Tokyo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"WHAT CAFE EXHIBITION vol.25\" (WHAT CAFE, Tokyo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 2022 \"Exhibition for \"SYNESTHESIA\" vol.4 ~Synesthesia creating the future~\" (Plus Art Gallery, Tokyo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"Borderless Exhibition\" (Hiltopia Art Square, Tokyo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 2021 \"100 People 10 Exhibition\" (Shinwa Auction, Tokyo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 2019 \"Shibuya Entertainment Tech Promotion Project XR Art Exhibition\" (SHIBUYA CAST., Tokyo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"Ochanomizu Art College Group Exhibition\" (OCHABI Gallery, Tokyo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"The 1st Exhibition in New York\" (NY One Art Space, USA)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\"art x fashion\" (Shibuya Printone, Tokyo)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e •Works\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 2022 Siii shop package design\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 2021\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"Earthshot\" TV BS TV Tokyo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Participated in an auction (Kawaguchiko Music Forest Museum, Yamanashi)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"Let me carry your bag!\" TV TBS\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 2019 \"INVISIBLE ART IN PUBLIC\" Key Visual Selection (INVISIBLE ART IN PUBLIC, KDDI, Shibuya Tourism Association, Future Design Shibuya\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"The 1st Exhibition in New York\" NHK Japan, NY coverage\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"News Shibu 5ji\" TV NHK General\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e • Donation of artwork\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Zenkoji Temple\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Shunji Iwai\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"synesthesia-vol4-_iku_bi-damahaneru","title":"Bouncing Marble","description":"","brand":"IKU→","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41923247866038,"sku":null,"price":203500.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0540\/1280\/5302\/products\/1-100_6bd82d5f-abb6-4b57-bf03-1ac75e2cca62.jpg?v=1740507187"},{"product_id":"synesthesia-vol4-_iku_watasinokuni","title":"My Country","description":"","brand":"IKU→","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41923247898806,"sku":null,"price":110000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0540\/1280\/5302\/products\/1-100_5a872dc7-5204-4d3c-b730-47a626d4ed3e.jpg?v=1740507186"},{"product_id":"iku-_wonderful-temperature","title":"A Lovely Temperature","description":"","brand":"IKU→","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42564955898038,"sku":null,"price":66000.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0540\/1280\/5302\/files\/77d59ed10bd8467e80fa154c58f7e5c2.jpg?v=1740506104"}],"url":"https:\/\/pls-art-shop.com\/en\/collections\/iku-contemporary-art.oembed","provider":"+ART GALLERY（Online）","version":"1.0","type":"link"}