Ikeda Manabu

Born in 1973 in Saga Prefecture, Japan. Graduated from the Department of Design at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1998. Through his graduation project, he established his own distinctive technique of intricate drawing using dip pens on paper. In 2000, he completed his MFA at the same university. From 2011, he spent time in Vancouver, Canada, as a recipient of the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs’ Overseas Study Program for Artists. Since 2013, he has been engaged in a long-term residency and production project at the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. With his overwhelming intricacy, unique sensibility, and creative vision, he has received high acclaim both in Japan and internationally. He currently resides in the United States. Recent highlights of his exhibition history include the solo show Flowers from the Wreckage, first held at the Audain Art Museum (Whistler, Canada) in 2022 and later traveling to MOCA Cleveland (USA) in 2023, and the 2024 international group exhibition HOKUSAI in Pisa, Italy.