Shu IKEDA 

Born in Hiroshima, Japan in 1979, Shu Ikeda studied painting in Tokyo Zokei University and graduated in 2004. Ikeda has risen as one of Japan’s up-and-coming artists with his Honorable Mention at Canon’s New Cosmos of Photography in 2009 and winning the Mayor of Judge Prize at Tokyo Wonder Wall 2009.

Ikeda currently lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.


Solo Exhibitions
2011         "Another Yesterday", Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
                  "Please Remember Me", Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
                  "trivial today, transient tomorrow", Tokyo Wonder Site (Hongo), Tokyo, Japan

2010         "Tokyo Wonder Wall 2009", Tokyo Metropolitan Building, Tokyo, Japan

2007         "fragmentary time", atelier Kirigiris, Kanagawa, Japan

Group Exhibitions
2010         "Fragmented Emotions", Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong

2009         "WONDER SEED 2009", Tokyo Wonder Site (Shibuya), Tokyo, Japan
                  "Tokyo Wonder Wall 2009", Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan
                  "New Cosmos of Photography Tokyo Exhibition 2009", Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography,
                  Tokyo, Japan 

2008         "WONDER SEED 2008", Tokyo Wonder Site (Shibuya), Tokyo, Japan

Awards
2009         WONDER SEED 2009
                  Tokyo Wonder Wall 2009 - Mayor of Judge Prize
                  New Cosmos of Photography 2009 - Honorable Mention Award

2008         WONDER SEED 2008