Masaya Ike>Woman
- Woman, 2016Sold
- Bamboo (Madake)
H 43 x 24 x 22 cm After abundant research, Ike used straight thin Takehigo (bamboo strips) and created a lithe organic sculpture almost as though made by clay. The recent changes in life of the artist, who recently started a family, can also be found in the work.
Masaya Ike
Biography
- 1983
- Born in Fukuoka, Japan
- 2012
- Graduated from Oita Prefectural Technical Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
- 2013
- Graduated from Beppu Advanced Industrial Arts and Technology Institute, Department of Bamboo Arts, Oita, Japan
- 2014
- New Face Award, 19th Japan Bamboo Arts Exhibition, Tochigi, Japan
- 2015
- New Wave: Oita Bamboo Art exhibition, Beppu City Museum, Oita, Japan
Japanese Bamboo and the World Expo: A Century of Discovery exhibition, Japanese Friendship Garden San Diego, USA - 2017
- International Hokuriku Kogei Summit: World Kogei Selection of 100 Exhibition, Toyama Prefectural Museum of Art and Design, Toyama, Japan
Judging Committee’s Special Award, 22nd Japan Bamboo Arts Exhibition, Tochigi, Japan - 2018 -19
- Japon-Japonismes, Objets inspirés 1867-2018, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France