Akira Ikezoe
Kochi,Japan1979

Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Coconut Heads with Wind and Fish
2019 Oil on canvas 62 x 150 in
Coconut Heads with Wind and Fish
2019 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in
Coconut Heads Creating an Art Exhibition
2019 Oil on canvas 62 x 57 in
Untitled 119
2019 Oil on canvas 20 x 30 in
Untitled 120
2019 Oil on canvas 20 x 30 in
Coconut Heads Reviving Egyptian Civilization
2019 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in
Coconut Heads and Bamboos
2019 Oil on canvas 48 x 40 in
Coconut Heads
2018 Exhibition view Brendan and Griffin New York
Coconut Heads
2018 Exhibition view Brendan and Griffin New York
Coconut Heads in Brooklyn Museum
2017 Oil on canvas 50 x 50 in
Coconut Heads in Guggenheim Museum
2017 Oil on canvas 50 x 76 in
Coconut Heads in Metropolitan Museum
2017 Oil on canvas 50 x 76 in
Coconut Heads in MoMA
2017 Oil on canvas 50 x 76 in
Coconut Heads With Triangles
2017 Oil on canvas 28 x 24 in
Coconut Heads With Four Legs
2017 Oil on canvas 28 x 24 in
Relatumito
2017 Glass and coconut 48 x 48 in
Coconuts Heads in Museums
2018 Exhibition view Liste Art Fair Basel, Switzerland
Coconut Heads in Museo Reina Sofia
2017 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 in
Coconut Heads in Centre Pompidou
2017 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 in
Coconut Heads in Tate Modern
2017 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 in
Coconut Heads in Moderna Museet
2017 Oil on canvas 48 x 48 in
Future Primitive
2017 Exhibition view Frieze Art Fair New York
Future Primitive
2017 Exhibition view Frieze Art Fair New York
Future Primitive
2017 Exhibition view Frieze Art Fair New York
Future Primitive VII
2017 Oil on canvas 48 x 28 in
Future Primitive V
2017 Oil on canvas 48 x 28 in
Future Primitive Shelf
2017 Oil on canvas 61 x 48 in
Untitled 108
2017 Oil on canvas 19 x 24 in
Primitive Future III
2017 Found object assemblage 29 x 7 x 8 in
Primitive Future IV
2017 Found object assemblage 33 x 20 x 5 in
Primitive Future V
2017 Found object assemblage 16 x 8 x 13 in
Primitive Future IX
2017 Found object assemblage 57 x 24 x 24 in
If 6 was 9
2016 Exhibition view NADA, NY
If 6 was 9
2016 Exhibition view NADA, NY
Tama
2016 Oil on canvas 36 x 30 in
Eda
2016 Oil on canvas 36 x 30 in
Hone
2016 Oil on canvas 36 x 30 in
Tsui
2016 Oil on canvas 36 x 30 in
Cigarette Lovers’ Attack I
2015 Oil on canvas 46 x 40 in
The Cigarette Lovers’ Attack III
2016 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in
The End of the East Coincides With the End of the South
2015 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
The End of the East Coincides With the End of the South
2015 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
The End of the East Coincides With the End of the South
2015 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
The End of the East Coincides With the End of the South
2015 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Justice
2015 Oil on canvas 16 x 12 in
Untitled 95
2015 Oil on canvas 14 x 12 in
Untitled 93
2015 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in
Untitled 117
2018 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in
Cultivator
2015 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in
Dread chamelon
2015 Oil on canvas 12 x 10 in
Pineapple
2011 Oil on canvas 45 x 40 in
Untitled 92
2015 Oil on canvas 16 x 13 in
Coconut Head found Kelly Walker
2018 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in
Coconut Heads in the Ceramic Industry
2019 Oil on canvas 26 x 46 in
Coconut Heads in the Boxes II
2018 Oil on canvas 20 x 26 in
Coconut Head found Franz West
2018 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in
Coconut Heads on the Diagram of Coal Fired Power Plant
2018 Oil on canvas 48 x 60 in
Coconut Heads on the Diagram of Gas Turbine Power Plant
2018 Oil on canvas 28 x 56 in
Coconut Heads in the Bird Land
2017 Oil on canvas 62 x 50 in
Coconut Heads in the Starry Sky
2019 Oil on canvas 61 × 50 in
Coconut heads -fish never die-
2016 Oil on canvas 54 x 42 in
Coconut Heads around the Ceramic Studio
2019 Oil on canvas 62 x 50 in
Coconut Heads with Water and Sand
2019 Oil on canvas 62 x 50 in
Coconut Heads between the Snow Mountain and High-Rises
2019 Oil on canvas 62 x 50 in
Almond heads
2016 Oil on canvas 40 x 60 in
Future Primitive III
2016 Oil on canvas 46 x 40 in
Future Primitive III
2016 Oil on canvas 46 x 40 in
Future Primitive Shelf II
2019 Oil on canvas 50 x 62 in
Future Primitive XV
2019 Oil on canvas 48 x 48 in
Future Primitive XVI
2019 Oil on canvas 48 x 48 in
Untitled
2016 Oil on canvas 20 x 20 in
Untitled
2016 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in
Untitled
2016 Oil on canvas 21 x 30 in
Untitled 96
2015 Oil on canvas 18 x 14 in
Untitled 104
2016 Oil on canvas 25 x 31 in
Untitled 105
2016 Oil on canvas 31 x 25 in
Untitled 115
2018 Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in
Untitled 118
2018 Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in
Untitled 137
2019 Oil on canvas 14 x 11 in
Untitled 138
2019 Oil on canvas 14 x 11 in
Untitled 139
2019 Oil on canvas 12 x 9 in
Untitled 141
2019 Oil on canvas 14 x 11 in
Untitled 144
2019 Oil on canvas 11 x 14 in
Fish in the tree
2016 Oil on canvas 26 x 24 in
Palm on the table
2015 Oil on canvas 14 x 20 in
Fish Jump II
2019 Oil on canvas 12 x 16 in
Flight Training I
2014 Oil on canvas 18 x 15 in
Flight Training II
2014 Oil on canvas 24 x 18 in
Comfortable Jungle
2014 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in
Inside and Outside of Ourselves
2014 Oil on canvas 22 x 16 in
Untitled 79
2013 Oil on canvas 14 x 17 in
Birdland
2012 Oil on canvas 66 x 50 in
Somersault
2012 Oil on canvas 8 x 14 in
Untitled 21
2008 Oil on canvas 45.9 x 35.7 in
War at the Zoo
2011 Oil on canvas 40 x 54 in
Jigoku-II
2007 Oil on canvas 63.8 x 51.2 in
The Olympics
2011 Oil on canvas 11 x 62 in
Outside In-1
2019 Watercolor on paper 11 x 15 in
Outside In-2
2019 Watercolor on paper 15 x 11 in
Outside In-3
2019 Watercolor on paper 15 x 11 in
Outside In-4
2019 Watercolor on paper 15 x 11 in
Outside In-5
2019 Watercolor on paper 15 x 11 in
Outside In-Tied-1
2019 Watercolor on paper 12 x 9 in
Outside In-Tied-2
2019 Watercolor on paper 9 x 12 in
Outside In-Tied-3
2019 Watercolor on paper 9 x 12 in
Outside In-Tied-4
2019 Watercolor on paper 9 x 12 in
Outside In-Tied-5
2019 Watercolor on paper 12 x 9 in

Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Sometimes You Have to Go Down to Go Up
2019 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Coconut Heads with Wind and Fish
2019 Oil on canvas 62 x 150 in
Coconut Heads with Wind and Fish
2019 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in
Coconut Heads Creating an Art Exhibition
2019 Oil on canvas 62 x 57 in
Untitled 119
2019 Oil on canvas 20 x 30 in
Untitled 120
2019 Oil on canvas 20 x 30 in
Coconut Heads Reviving Egyptian Civilization
2019 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in
Coconut Heads and Bamboos
2019 Oil on canvas 48 x 40 in
Coconut Heads
2018 Exhibition view Brendan and Griffin New York
Coconut Heads
2018 Exhibition view Brendan and Griffin New York
Coconut Heads in Brooklyn Museum
2017 Oil on canvas 50 x 50 in
Coconut Heads in Guggenheim Museum
2017 Oil on canvas 50 x 76 in
Coconut Heads in Metropolitan Museum
2017 Oil on canvas 50 x 76 in
Coconut Heads in MoMA
2017 Oil on canvas 50 x 76 in
Coconut Heads With Triangles
2017 Oil on canvas 28 x 24 in
Coconut Heads With Four Legs
2017 Oil on canvas 28 x 24 in
Relatumito
2017 Glass and coconut 48 x 48 in
Coconuts Heads in Museums
2018 Exhibition view Liste Art Fair Basel, Switzerland
Coconut Heads in Museo Reina Sofia
2017 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 in
Coconut Heads in Centre Pompidou
2017 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 in
Coconut Heads in Tate Modern
2017 Oil on canvas 76 x 51 in
Coconut Heads in Moderna Museet
2017 Oil on canvas 48 x 48 in
Future Primitive
2017 Exhibition view Frieze Art Fair New York
Future Primitive
2017 Exhibition view Frieze Art Fair New York
Future Primitive
2017 Exhibition view Frieze Art Fair New York
Future Primitive VII
2017 Oil on canvas 48 x 28 in
Future Primitive V
2017 Oil on canvas 48 x 28 in
Future Primitive Shelf
2017 Oil on canvas 61 x 48 in
Untitled 108
2017 Oil on canvas 19 x 24 in
Primitive Future III
2017 Found object assemblage 29 x 7 x 8 in
Primitive Future IV
2017 Found object assemblage 33 x 20 x 5 in
Primitive Future V
2017 Found object assemblage 16 x 8 x 13 in
Primitive Future IX
2017 Found object assemblage 57 x 24 x 24 in
If 6 was 9
2016 Exhibition view NADA, NY
If 6 was 9
2016 Exhibition view NADA, NY
Tama
2016 Oil on canvas 36 x 30 in
Eda
2016 Oil on canvas 36 x 30 in
Hone
2016 Oil on canvas 36 x 30 in
Tsui
2016 Oil on canvas 36 x 30 in
Cigarette Lovers’ Attack I
2015 Oil on canvas 46 x 40 in
The Cigarette Lovers’ Attack III
2016 Oil on canvas 40 x 30 in
The End of the East Coincides With the End of the South
2015 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
The End of the East Coincides With the End of the South
2015 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
The End of the East Coincides With the End of the South
2015 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
The End of the East Coincides With the End of the South
2015 Exhibition view Proyectos Ultravioleta Guatemala City
Justice
2015 Oil on canvas 16 x 12 in
Untitled 95
2015 Oil on canvas 14 x 12 in
Untitled 93
2015 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in
Untitled 117
2018 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in
Cultivator
2015 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in
Dread chamelon
2015 Oil on canvas 12 x 10 in
Pineapple
2011 Oil on canvas 45 x 40 in
Untitled 92
2015 Oil on canvas 16 x 13 in
Coconut Head found Kelly Walker
2018 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in
Coconut Heads in the Ceramic Industry
2019 Oil on canvas 26 x 46 in
Coconut Heads in the Boxes II
2018 Oil on canvas 20 x 26 in
Coconut Head found Franz West
2018 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in
Coconut Heads on the Diagram of Coal Fired Power Plant
2018 Oil on canvas 48 x 60 in
Coconut Heads on the Diagram of Gas Turbine Power Plant
2018 Oil on canvas 28 x 56 in
Coconut Heads in the Bird Land
2017 Oil on canvas 62 x 50 in
Coconut Heads in the Starry Sky
2019 Oil on canvas 61 × 50 in
Coconut heads -fish never die-
2016 Oil on canvas 54 x 42 in
Coconut Heads around the Ceramic Studio
2019 Oil on canvas 62 x 50 in
Coconut Heads with Water and Sand
2019 Oil on canvas 62 x 50 in
Coconut Heads between the Snow Mountain and High-Rises
2019 Oil on canvas 62 x 50 in
Almond heads
2016 Oil on canvas 40 x 60 in
Future Primitive III
2016 Oil on canvas 46 x 40 in
Future Primitive III
2016 Oil on canvas 46 x 40 in
Future Primitive Shelf II
2019 Oil on canvas 50 x 62 in
Future Primitive XV
2019 Oil on canvas 48 x 48 in
Future Primitive XVI
2019 Oil on canvas 48 x 48 in
Untitled
2016 Oil on canvas 20 x 20 in
Untitled
2016 Oil on canvas 24 x 30 in
Untitled
2016 Oil on canvas 21 x 30 in
Untitled 96
2015 Oil on canvas 18 x 14 in
Untitled 104
2016 Oil on canvas 25 x 31 in
Untitled 105
2016 Oil on canvas 31 x 25 in
Untitled 115
2018 Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in
Untitled 118
2018 Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in
Untitled 137
2019 Oil on canvas 14 x 11 in
Untitled 138
2019 Oil on canvas 14 x 11 in
Untitled 139
2019 Oil on canvas 12 x 9 in
Untitled 141
2019 Oil on canvas 14 x 11 in
Untitled 144
2019 Oil on canvas 11 x 14 in
Fish in the tree
2016 Oil on canvas 26 x 24 in
Palm on the table
2015 Oil on canvas 14 x 20 in
Fish Jump II
2019 Oil on canvas 12 x 16 in
Flight Training I
2014 Oil on canvas 18 x 15 in
Flight Training II
2014 Oil on canvas 24 x 18 in
Comfortable Jungle
2014 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 in
Inside and Outside of Ourselves
2014 Oil on canvas 22 x 16 in
Untitled 79
2013 Oil on canvas 14 x 17 in
Birdland
2012 Oil on canvas 66 x 50 in
Somersault
2012 Oil on canvas 8 x 14 in
Untitled 21
2008 Oil on canvas 45.9 x 35.7 in
War at the Zoo
2011 Oil on canvas 40 x 54 in
Jigoku-II
2007 Oil on canvas 63.8 x 51.2 in
The Olympics
2011 Oil on canvas 11 x 62 in
Outside In-1
2019 Watercolor on paper 11 x 15 in
Outside In-2
2019 Watercolor on paper 15 x 11 in
Outside In-3
2019 Watercolor on paper 15 x 11 in
Outside In-4
2019 Watercolor on paper 15 x 11 in
Outside In-5
2019 Watercolor on paper 15 x 11 in
Outside In-Tied-1
2019 Watercolor on paper 12 x 9 in
Outside In-Tied-2
2019 Watercolor on paper 9 x 12 in
Outside In-Tied-3
2019 Watercolor on paper 9 x 12 in
Outside In-Tied-4
2019 Watercolor on paper 9 x 12 in
Outside In-Tied-5
2019 Watercolor on paper 12 x 9 in
Akira Ikezoe (Japan, 1979) is a New York-based artist. He holds a BA from Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan. Drawing from a combination of the ancient animism and futuristic technologies of his home country, Ikezoe creates works in diverse disciplines, including drawing, painting, video, and performance. In Ikezoe’s works, the human figure is presented as his alter ego and woven into a metaphysical and mythological context that depicts a timeless melting point between human and natural boundaries. His solo exhibitions include Sometimes You Must Go Down to Go Up, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala (2019); Coconut Heads, Brennan & Griffin, New York (2018); If 6 was 9 by Proyectos Ultravioleta at NADA NY, New York (2016); El fin del Este Coincide con el Fin del Sur, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala (2015); Drawing, Ise Cultural Foundation, New York (2010); Repeater, SANAGI FINE ARTS, Tokyo, Japan (2009); and Ephemeral Garden, ESSO Gallery, New York (2008). In 2016 he received the Pollock-Krasner grant, as well as an open-ended studio grant from the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.
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Exhibitions by Akira Ikezoe at Proyectos Ultravioleta:
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Frieze NY 2024
group show
New York
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Art Basel Miami Beach 2022
group show
Miami Beach
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NADA x Foreland 2021
solo show
New York
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South South Veza 2021
group show
New York
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First Sunrises on Earth
group show
Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City
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NADA Miami 2020
group show
Miami
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Frieze NY 2020
group show
Online
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NADA MIAMI 2019
group show
Miami, USA
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MECA 2019
group show
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Sometimes you have to go down to go up
solo show
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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LISTE 2019
group show
Basel, Switzerland
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NADA Miami 2018
group show
Miami, USA
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LISTE 2018
solo show
Basel, Switzerland
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NADA NY 2018
group show
New York, USA
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Frieze NY 2017
solo show
New York, USA
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NADA Miami 2016
group show
Miami, USA
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ARTBO 2016
solo show
Bogotá, Colombia
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NADA NY 2016
solo show
New York, USA
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NADA Miami 2015
group show
Miami, USA
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The End of the East Coincides with the End of the South
group show
Guatemala City, Guatemala
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Touch Wood
group show
Guatemala city, Guatemala