Born in 1980, Fukuoka, Japan.
Graduated with an MFA from the Tokyo University of the Arts.
Ikeda’s oeuvre is rich and diverse, with engagements spanning from painting, collaborative mixed media projects to publishing critical essays for magazines. Major solo exhibitions include Kosuke IKEDA Exhibition (MEDIASHOP|gallery, Kyoto 2019), Exform – Taipei (Open-Contemporary Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan, 2015), Melbourne Art-Power Plant (RMIT PROJECT SPACE, Melbourne, Australia, 2013) and more. Major group exhibitions include Approaches to Painting – reprise (√K Contemporary, Tokyo, 2021), Malformed Objects (YAMATO GENDAI, Tokyo, 2017), Regeneration Movement (National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, 2016), Aichi Triennale 2013) (Aichi, 2013) and more. Publications include, In Search of Lost Things: Art in an Age of Uncertainty (Sekishobo, 2019).

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