Leiko Ikemura

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"Since Leiko Ikemura emerged in the 1970s, she has explored representations of the feminine, focusing on the innocence of childhood, and the transition from girlhood to womanhood. Through her girlish figures and hybrid creatures, Ikemura subtlely conveys a sense of estrangement and alienation. She assets that humankind's relationships with the natural environment and the universe can be a source of solace and comfort. Ikemura is an internationally celebrated Japanese-Swiss artist, base in Berlin. Originally from Tsu in Mie Prefecture, Ikemura studied painting in Seville, Spain, before relocating to Switzerland and then Germany. She has won prestigious prizes in Germany, Switzerland, and Japan. Ikemura's first exhibition in the UK, Usagi in Wonderland, included painting, drawing, sculpture and photography, spanning three decades of her career, demonstrating the connectivity of nature--human, animal, plant or mineral--in an eternal cycle of life, death and renewal."--