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Leiko Ikemura
1951
WA-00000881
SculptureNeo-ExpressionismExpressionismSymbolism
Representation
None documented
1
Institutional Exhibitions
0
Works in Collection
27
Assets Indexed
15
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0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (1)
Selected Institutional Exhibitions
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Leiko Ikemura: Riding Horizon
Lisson Gallery
Field Verification (8 fields)
5 cross-verified · 3 single-source
- Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
- BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
- Is PublishedAuto Publish· 100%✓
- WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
- NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
- LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
- DeceasedUnknown· 20%
Source Registry (2)
- Phillips-ArtsyTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
- Lisson-GalleryTier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
About
Why this artist matters now
Leiko Ikemura works across oil painting, sculpture, and watercolor to construct hybrid worlds populated by animals, plants, and human figures in states of symbolic transformation. Active since the 1970s, her practice emerged within Neo-Expressionism before evolving toward increasingly layered and dreamlike compositions. Her work is held in major collections including Centre Pompidou, Kunstmuseum Basel, Kunsthaus Zurich, and the National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo. Ikemura divides her time between Germany and Japan, where she teaches at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin.
Source: Phillips Artsy · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago
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Movement
Neo-Expressionism
Medium
Sculpture
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Institutional
Representation & Collections
Gallery
Lisson Gallery
Background
Education
European Ceramics Work Center
Visual Arts · 1995
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Isabel of Hungary
Visual Arts · 1978
Osaka University of Foreign Studies
Spanish · 1972
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