Exhibition IKUTA Kenichiro "Emptiness"

Sat. 20 Sep. 2025 - Sat. 4 Oct. 2025 14:00-19:00　(Close:Tues. and Fri.)

Opening reception: Sat. 20 Sep. 17:00-（500JPY with one drink )
Artist Talk: IKUTA Kenichiro & SOGO Hiroe(CAS Committee Member): Sat. 4 Oct. 16:00-（500JPY）

I'm interested in emotions before they become words, and in the ambiguity that resides in the layers of memory.
Through the material medium of sculpture, we are launching "margins" to touch them.
I do not want to talk about the meaning of the form, but I hope that the existence itself will be an opportunity to open up a sleeping time and feeling in the viewer.
(This text was translated by Mirai Translate traial.)

IKUTA Kenichiro/Sculptor
1966	Born in Osaka.
	Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Faculty of Arts, Department of Fine Arts, Sculpture.
	Currently based in Osaka.

Solo Exhibitions
2024	Kenichiro Ikuta Solo Exhibition “Re:” Gallery HAKU, Osaka
2023	Kenichiro Ikuta Solo Exhibition “OPEN YOUR HEART” Gallery HAKU kuro, Osaka
2022	Kenichiro Ikuta Solo Exhibition “Rebirth – Rebone –” Gallery HAKU kuro, Osaka
2021	Kenichiro Ikuta Solo Exhibition “Something Truly Precious” Gallery HAKU kuro, Osaka

Group & Outdoor Exhibitions
1996-	Participated in “Flower and Sculpture Exhibition,” Utsubo Park, Osaka

Public Projects & Commissions
2014	“Ephemeral Feelings,” commissioned work at Kita-Osaka Shinkin Bank Head Office Hall, Ibaraki, Osaka
2004	“Good Morning,” entrance sculpture at Senrioka Aiikuen, Settsu, Osaka
2003	“Flight,” commissioned work at Kawachinagano City Civic Exchange Center KICCS Hall, Osaka

Residencies
2004	“Universe – Paris – Suita,” L’association pour l’estampe et l’art populaire, Paris, France

Jury & Public Engagement
2010	Chief Judge, “Machikado Art Sculpture Competition,” Suita, Osaka

Awards
2021	Grand Prize, Japan Arts and Culture Award
2020	Grand Prize, Japan Art Encouragement Award – Sculpture Division
2014	Grand Prize, Japan Art Critics Award – Sculpture Division

Artist Statement(Excerpted)
I create sculptures that gently give shape to memories and emotions that defy articulation. Through material and spatial relationships, I open up “ma” — intervals or blank spaces — as potential sites for quiet intersections between people, place, heart, and time.