Born in Kanagawa in 1974.
Graduated from Tokyo College of Photography.
Held numerous solo exhibitions including "Wave" in Gallery Kogure / NY, "Breath" in Toyama Glass Art Museum in 2016; "Breath" in Micheko Galerie / Munich in 2018; "Suijyaryu" in tokyoarts gallery in 2019.
Participated in various group exhibitions and art fairs including "Jin-Zo" in Emon Photo Gallery / Tokyo, "Fine Line" in Sansiao Gallery HK / Hong Kong in 2018; "Japanese Nudes" in Japanmuseum SieboldHuis / Netherlands in 2019.
Won many prize including 1st place in Self-promotion at International Photography Awards 2007; 1st place in Other at International Photography Awards 2009.
Works
The experience of seeing the world under the sea when I went scuba-diving made me become aware of life and death.
The beautiful world under the water, which is interwoven with light and various life forms, at the same time unveils our fear of death.
Our attachment to life is revealed by being deprived of the crucial ability to breathe.
The BREATH series expresses life and beauty of humans that is exposed in a back-to-back situation with death.
ーTomohide IKEYA
PROFILE
1974 Born in Kanagawa
Graduated from Tokyo College of Photography
Solo Exhibition
2010 Breath (Micheko Galerie / Munich）
2010 Breath (LOWER AKIHABARA. / Tokyo)
2012 Breath & MOON (Micheko Galerie / Munich）
2012 CYCLE (Gallery .Hutch / Tokyo)
2013 Breath (tokyoarts gallery）
2013 MOON (Gallery Kogure / Tokyo)
2013 Breath (Seibu Shibuya / Tokyo)
2015 Breath＆MOON (Vanilla Gallery / Tokyo)
2015 CYCLE (Micheko Galerie / Munich）
2015 Breath (Soiz Galerie / Germany)
2016 Wave (Gallery Kogure / New York)
2016 WAVE (LOWER AKIHABARA. / Tokyo)
2016 OCEAN (HOTEL & RESIDENCE ROPPONGI / Tokyo)
2016 Breath (Toyama Glass Art Museum）
2018 Breath (Dance house golden 4422(Nagoya)
2018 Breath (Micheko Galerie / Munich）
2019 Suijyaryu (tokyoarts gallery）
2019 MOON (Vanilla Gallery / Tokyo)
Group Exhibition
2013 Mujo-kan (Galerie Da-End / Paris)
2015 DROPS (H.P.FRANCE WINDOW GALLERY / Tokyo)
2017 Waves and Emotions (Micheko Galerie / Munich）
2017 GOTH II - Conception (Vanilla Gallery / Tokyo)
2018 Jin-Zo (Emon Photo Gallery / Tokyo)
2018 Fine Line (Sansiao Gallery HK / Hong Kong)
2019 Japanese Nudes (Sieboldhuis / Netherlands)
Art Fair
2014 Art Cologne (Germany)
2014 fotofever (Paris)
2019 ONE ART Taipei (Taiwan)
Award
"International Photography Awards 2007" 1st place in Self-promotion
"International Photography Awards 2009" 1st place in Other
"International Photography Awards 2009" 2nd place in moving images
"Xto image award 2010" 1st place in Body in Nature
"Prix de la Photographie 2010" 2nd plac in nudes
"International Photography Awards 2012" 2nd place in Other
"Moscow International Foto Awards 2014" Bronze in Book
ONBEAT vol.14 features Tomohide Ikeya
