Raden by Terumasa Ikeda

Terumasa Ikeda Exhibition "Raden"

Dates: Friday, September 5, 2025 - Sunday, September 21, 2025

Venue: Ginza Ippodo

We are pleased to announce that we will be holding a solo exhibition by lacquerware artist Terumasa Ikeda, who is affiliated with Ippodo Gallery.
A new work by Terumasa Ikeda will be exhibited at Ginza Ippodo, expressing a beauty that transcends time and space, where traditions inherited from the past are expressed by modern people and connected to the future.

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Artist's Comment

I am overwhelmed by the decorations created by people long ago, as I come into contact with them now.
I wondered if I could create that kind of "timeless beauty" myself.

Terumasa Ikeda

Comment from Ippodo

Ikeda has been interested in the decorative technique of raden, which dates back to the Nara period and involves attaching the mother-of-pearl layer of abalone and other shells to lacquerware.
He is known for his innovative work that incorporates modern scientific technologies such as laser processing and ultrasonic vibration.
The most distinctive item is the one with the numbers design.

Instead of the traditional design of flowers, birds, wind and moon,
The symbol "numbers" that everyone in the world can understand
Its use in mother-of-pearl inlay is new.

Furthermore, integrated circuits and pixels are cut into tiny pieces of shell and embedded in them.
He has established a unique style of expression where "digital and natural" and "organic and inorganic" intersect.

This exhibition will introduce the latest works that make full use of micro-raden techniques that took seven years to develop.

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Artist

About the Exhibiting Artist

Terumasa Ikeda

Biography
1987 Born in Chiba Prefecture
2014
Graduated from Kanazawa College of Art, Department of Crafts, Lacquer and Woodworking Course
2016
Completed Master's course at Kanazawa College of Art
2019
Completed Kanazawa Utatsuyama Craft Workshop
Currently independent in Kanazawa City

Exhibition
2023
Solo exhibition "Shell of Phantom Light" (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa)
2023
"Superb Craftsmanship, Towards the Future! Meiji Crafts and Their DNA" (Mitsui Memorial Museum, Tokyo)
2023
Solo exhibition "Terumasa Ikeda: Iridescent Lacquer" (Ippodo Gallery New York)
2023
"Pokémon X Crafts Exhibition: Great Discoveries of Beauty and Skill" (National Crafts Museum, Ishikawa)
2022
"Genreless Crafts Exhibition" (National Crafts Museum, Ishikawa)

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Exhibited Works

The works exhibited in this solo exhibition will be sold by lottery.
Lottery application period: Friday, September 5 to Sunday, September 14

Terumasa Ikeda's First Monograph

Terumasa Ikeda: Collected Works

This book is Terumasa Ikeda's first collection of works, published in conjunction with his solo exhibition, “Terumasa Ikeda - Raden,” which will be held at Ginza Ippodo Gallery from September 5, 2025. It features 200 works spanning from Ikeda's early pieces to his current works. You can see the evolution of Ikeda's style, as well as rare works from his past and their details. This is a valuable collection that allows you to understand Terumasa Ikeda's dialogue with materials and his current position as a contemporary craftsman who uses lacquer art as a form of decorative art.

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