On the occasion of this year's Gallery Weekend and simultaneously to the exhibition PAPERPOSITIONS at the Bikini-Haus Gallery UNO Projektraum Berlin presents new works on paper from Japanese artist Chinatsu Ikeda.
CHINATSU IKEDA
Works on paper
"The idea of my work comes from my imagination, my dreams, my fascinations for life and daily life. I am inspired by my own experiences in daily life such as patterns, changes, gifts of surprise, pains, sadness, fun, and general awesomeness. Just walking or riding a bike, looking at the sky, finding abandoned places, forgotten reminders are all my gems. Even garbage or landfills inspire me to have images in my head. I also look at many artists’ work; my greatest influences are Henry Matisse, Akira Kurosawa (film maker), Francis Bacon, Caravaggio, Kuniyoshi Utagawa (Japanese prints), etc… I am kind of obsessed with mark making and patterns. I still love drawing in my oil paintings."
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Chinatsu Ikeda was born in Osaka, Japan. When she turned 19, she went to Toronto, Canada for the first time traveling abroad. Chinatsu Ikeda moved to the States by herself in 2003. She then lived in Chicago and went to The school of the Art Institute of Chicago for her BFA (2007) and MFA (2010) in painting and drawing. Her works were shown in many group exhibitions all over Japan, the US and Europe. She held solo exhibitions, for example in Chicago, IL, at Nicole Villeneuve Gallery in 2010 and in Berlin at the Institute für alles mögliche in 2016. She works and lives in Osaka, Japan.
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Gallery UNO Projektraum Berlin
Gegenüber der/ vis-a-vis Werkstatt der Kulturen
Wissmannstr. 12
12049 Berlin-Neukölln
Vernissage: Samstag, 8. April, 18-21h/
Opening: Saturday April 8, 6-9pm
Ausstellung vom 9. April bis 7. Mai/Duration: April 9 until May 7
geöffnet: Samstags 14-18h / opened: on Saturdays 2-6pm
und nach Vereinbarung/ and by appt.: 0176 430 76 966
Gallery Weekend:
Freitag 28. April 2017, 18-21h / Friday April 28, 6-9 pm
Samstag und Sonntag 29. und 30. April 2017, 11-19h / Saturday and Sunday April 29 and 30, 11 am-7pm
oder nach Vereinbarung / or by appt.
Tel./Info: 030 6181550 und 0039 3459922150 (Kuratorin/Curator)
Termine nach Vereinbarung unter press@artexhibitionlink.com
Alle Künstler, Werke und Ausstellungen von Gallery UNO Chicago/Rome/Berlin unter www.artexhibitionlink.com
More information about artists, artworks and exhibitions: www.artexhibitionlink.com
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