Biography

Exhibitions
Selected Exhibitions
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1985
Art Now’85, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
Neues Glas aus Japan, Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsurehe, Germany
2nd Interglass Symposium Novy Bor, Czechoslovakia
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1987
Musee des Arts Decoratifs Lausanne, Switzerland
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1991
Habitat Galleries, Pontiac, Michigan, USA (’94)
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1992
Contemporary Glass Sculpture, New Jersey Center for Arts, USA
Glass from Ancient Crafts to Contemporary Art, The Morris Museum, USA
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1993
Heller Gallery, New York, USA
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1994
Vänersborg Glass Festival, Vänersborg, Sweden
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1995
Japanese Studio Crafts, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
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1996
The National Museum of Art Osaka, Japan
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2003
The Glass Vessel, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, USA
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2009
Collect, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (’10, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’14, ’15)
Voices of Contemporary Glass, The Corning Museum of Glass, New York, USA
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2011
Yufuku Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- 2012
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2013
Gallery Nakamura, Kyoto, Japan
- 2014
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2015
Art Silicon Valley / San Francisco, San Mateo, USA
- 2016
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2017
Palm Beach M+C, Palm Beach, USA
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2018
Seattle Art Fair, USA (’19 ’22, ’23)
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2019
West Bund Art and Design, Shanghai, China (’20, ’21, ’22)
Silhouettes of Tomorrow, Yufuku Gallery, London, UK
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2020
Kyoto: Capital of Artistic Imagination, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
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2021
Japan: A History of Style, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
The Secret Show, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
RE:OPENING CEREMONY, A Lighthouse called Kanata, Tokyo, Japan
The Armory Show, New York, USA
- 2022
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2023
“Visions of the Sea” – Kanata @ MIKIMOTO New York
Kanata Three Year Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition – Beyond the Abstract World: From Yufuku to Kanata
The Treasure House Fair, London, UK
Awards
1986 Mayor’s Prize, Kyoto Exhibition, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
1987 Japan Glass Artcrafts Association Prize, Glass’87 in Japan
1991 Special Prize, Notojima Glass Art Now
1998 Special Prize, Osaka Triennale Sculpture
2014 Kyoto Art Culture Prize, Kyoto Chuo Shinkin Bank, Kyoto
2017 Kyoto City Cultural Merit Award, Kyoto City
Public Collections
Public Collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts, Switzerland
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, The Netherlands
Yokohama Museum of Art, Japan
Notojima Glass Museum, Japan
Suntory Museum, Japan
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, USA
Corning Museum of Glass, USA
Cafesjian Center for the Arts, Armenia
Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
Toyama Glass Art Museum, Japan
Koganezaki Crystal Park Glass Museum, Shizuoka, Japan
The Museum of Arts and Crafts, Hyogo, Japan
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
The Ringling Museum of Art, USA
Long Museum, China
The Jupiter Museum of Art, China
Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden, Canada
Seattle Art Museum, USA
Selected Commission Works
Oceanic Grace, Japan
Kyoto Brighton Hotel, Japan
Keihan Mall, Japan
Mitsubishi Corporation Life Science Limited, Tsuchiura Factory, Japan
Shashin Kagaku, Kusatsu Factory, Japan
KEPCO building, Japan
OS Building, Japan
Rihga Royal Hotel Kokura, Japan
Hotel Granvia Okayama, Japan
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company, Fuchu Training Center, Japan
Hiroshima Women's College, Japan
The Kobe Shimbun Matsukata Hall, Japan
Bukkyo University, Japan
Yao City Gymnasium, Japan
Hotel Granvia Kyoto, Japan
JustSystems Corporation, Japan
The Japanese Embassy, Vietnam
Tokyo Memorial Park, Japan
Imabari Funeral Hall, Japan
Panasonic Training Center, Japan
Hotel Grand Arc Hanzomon, Japan
NTT DATA, Komaba, Japan
Aoyama Park Tower, Japan
The Peninsula Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
Sheraton Grand Hiroshima Hotel, Japan
MUFG Bank, Ltd. Main Branch, Japan
Shima Kanko Hotel Bay Suite, Japan
Palace Hotel Tokyo, Japan
生田丹代子
Niyoko
Ikuta
Niyoko
Ikuta

Ikuta
- 1953 Born in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
- Lives and works in Kyoto
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02 Awards More
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03 Public Collections More
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WorksWorks
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Ku-170 (Free Essence-170) (2023)
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Ku-169 (Free Essence-169) (2023)
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Ku-168 (Free Essence-168) (2023)
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Ku-167 (Free Essence-167) (2023)
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Ku-166 (Free Essence-166) (2022)
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Ku-164 (Free Essence-164) (2022)
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Ku-163 (Free Essence-163) (2022)
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Ku-162 (Free Essence-162) (2022)
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Ku-161 (Free Essence-161) (2022)
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Ku-160 (Free Essence-160) (2022)
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Ku-158 (Free Essence-158) (2022)
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Ku-157 (Free Essence-157) (2021)
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Ku-156 (Free Essence-156) (2021)
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Ku-154 (Free Essence-154) (2021)
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Ku-153 (Free Essence-153) (2021)
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Ku-152 (Free Essence-152) (2021)
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Ku-151 (Free Essence-151) (2021)
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Ku-150 (Free Essence-150) (2021)
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Ku-145 (Free Essence-145)(2020)
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Ku-144 (Free Essence-144)(2020)
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Ku-143 (Free Essence-143)(2020)
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Ku-140 (Free Essence-140)(2020)
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Ku-111 (Free Essence-111) (2017)
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Ku-108 (Free Essence-108)(2017)
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Ku-102 (Free Essence-102)(2017)
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Ku-98 (Free Essence-98) (2016)
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Ku-82 (Free Essence-82) (2015)
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Ku-69 (Free Essence-69)(2015)
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Ku-18 (Free Essence-18)(2012)
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Ku-12 (Free Essence-12)(2011)
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Ku-10 (Free Essence-10)(2009)
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Swing-144(2016)
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Swing-121(2011)