EFA STUDIO PROGRAM: Member Artists

Akira Ikezoe

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Lunchtime Studio Visit with Akira Ikezoe

Akira Ikezoe (b. 1979) is a New York-based artist born in Kochi, Japan. Ikezoe creates works in diverse disciplines, including drawing, painting, video and performance, in relation to the balance between the forces we think of as outside or before ourselves, and the “civilizing” of ourselves. 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 Not So Still Life, Marinaro Gallery, NYC (2024); A veces hay que bajar para poder subir, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City (2019); Coconut Heads, Brennan and Griffin, NYC (2018); el fin del este coincide con el fin del sur, Proyectos Ultravioleta, Guatemala City (2015) and Ephemeral Garden, Esso Gallery, NYC (2009). Recent group exhibitions include the Whitney Biennial (2026), New York; Greater New York (2026), New York; to carry—Sharjah Biennial 16, Sharjah(2025); Being as Communion—8th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki (2023); THIS TOO, IS A MAP—12th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, Seoul (2023); The Spine of Music, Americas Society, NYC (2021); and Have You Seen A Horizon Lately?, MACAAL, Marrakech (2020. Ikezoe graduated in 2003 with a degree in printmaking from Tama Art University in Tokyo. He was the recipient of a Pollock- Krasner Foundation Grant and in 2016 and 2020 and is currently a member of the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts’ Studio Program. His work is included in public collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, Sharjah Art Foundation and Frac Normandie Caen.