biography
Born in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture (Japan) 1970–72 Studies Spanish literature at the University of Osaka, Japan 1973–78 Studies Art at the Universidad de Sevilla, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Spain; Degree in 1978 1979–83 Residence in Zurich, Switzerland 1983 “Stadtzeichnerin von Nürnberg”, Grant by Faber-Castell and the City of Nuremberg, Germany 1985 Moves to Cologne since 1991 Professor at the Berlin University of Arts, Germany since 2014 Professor at the Joshibi University, Kanagawa, Japan Leiko Ikemura lives and works in Berlin and Cologne.
AWARDS
2015 Sparda Art Prize NRW, Recklinghausen, Germany 2014 Cologne Fine Art Prize, Cologne, Germany 2013 JaDe Prize of the JaDe Foundation (Japanese-German Foundation), Cologne, Germany 2009 August Macke Prize, August Macke Curatorial & HSK Meschede, Germany 2007 Iserlohn Art Prize, from the Citizens’ Foundation of the Bank of Iserlohn, Germany 2002 Artist in Residence, The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, New Haven, Connecticut, USA 2001 Critics Award for Visual Arts, German Association of Critics, Berlin, Germany 1996/98 EKWC – European Ceramic Workcentre, ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands 1988 Prize of the Jury, International Trienniale for Original Graphics, Grenchen, Switzerland 1983/84 “Nürnberger Stadtzeichnerin”, Artist residency grant by Faber-Castell and Nuremberg, Germany 1982 Art prize of Kaiserswerth, Dusseldorf, Germany Prize of the Foundation for Graphic Art in Switzerland, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 1981 Grant of the City of Zurich, Switzerland Art prize of the Kiefer-Hablitzel Foundation, Bern, Switzerland
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