Edutainment > Ikegami Souho - born 1941

Red Crane - silkscreen, 1982
copyright Ikegami Souho

Ikegami Souho's silkscreen prints are popular in Japan. The seemingly simple but intricate compositions are created in the modern printmaking technique of silkscreens. In spite of their modern appeal they follow the Japanese painting tradition. The artist's images are reduced to the essential. Ikegami Souhu shows a butterfly or a bird made in origami (paperfolding) tradition. Less is more. The colors that he uses are usually strong. His images have a touch of modern pop-art. No wonder - he has worked in the advertising and print media industry for many years.

Biography

Butterfly 38 - silkscreen, 1984
copyright Ikegami Souho

Souho Ikegami was born in Kurume City in Fukueka prefecture on Kyushu island. He graduated from Musashino University of Fine Arts. In 1965 he became an illustrator for an advertising and publishing company. The artist has exhibited in Spain and Japan, and among others with the annual CWAJ Print Shows in Tokyo.

Technique and Style

Souhu Ikegami works in silkscreen. A typical edition size is from ca. 50 to 300 copies, Signed, numbered and titled.

Exhibitions and Awards

Butterfly 32 - silkscreen, 1984
copyright Ikegami Souho

• 1960 - Exhibition at Segen-kai.
• 1961-1963 - Shunye-kai and Jiyu Bijutu-kai exhibitions.
• 1964 - Solo and group exhibitions in Japan.
• 1981-1984 - Exhibitions with the Japan Print Association.
• 1985 - Finale Internateional Art Print Show.
• 1987 - AJAC Spain Exhibition.
• 1987 - AJAC Tokyo Metropolitan Museum Exhibition.
• 1991 - Solo exhibition in Saitama, Japan.
• 1992 - Solo exhibition in Kanagawa, Japan.
• 1993 - Modern Japanese Art Association Exhbiition, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1993 - CWAJ Print Show (College Women of Japan), Tokyo, Japan.
• 1996 - Modern Japanese Art Association Exhibition, Tokyo/Japan and Belgium.
• 1997 - Three-person exhibition in Tokyo, Japan.
• 1998 - Modern Japanese Art Association Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan.
• 1998 - Third year of CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo, Japan

We have no further exhibition data after 1998.

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