LEIKO IKEMURA
Josefina Ayllón
Rome, Italy
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Rome, Italy
My artworks are the result of a struggle between fictional portraits and the physicality of the paint. I'm not interested in feigning the reality, using "tricks" like perspective. It is the reality of the painting itself as a bi-dimensional object that I am interested in.
Colour, texture, gesture are fundamental elements in my work. I mainly use thick oil paint to express my mark making.
I am deeply attracted by paintings where the...
My artworks are the result of a struggle between fictional portraits and the physicality of the paint. I'm not interested in feigning the reality, using "tricks" like perspective. It is the reality of the painting itself as a bi-dimensional object that I am interested in.
Colour, texture, gesture are fundamental elements in my work. I mainly use thick oil paint to express my mark making.
I am deeply attracted by paintings where the presence of the artist is tangible. I am fascinated by the fact that a handful of paint on a piece of canvas can generate something so intense.
What is it about your studio space that inspires you?
Privacy
What is your favourite material to work with? How has your use of it evolved throughout your practice?
Oil paint
What themes do you pursue?
Painting
If you could install your art absolutely anywhere, where would that be?
In a museum
If you could only have one piece of art in your life, what would it be?
An 80's Baselitz
2011
Tedio Untable, Centro Cultural Borges, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2021
Spring Awakening, virtual exhibition, London Paint Club, London, U.K.
Group Show, virtual exhibition, Shrine, New York, U.S.A.
2020
Transatlantico, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, U.S.A
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2022 - Honourable Mention - Art Matters - Galerie Biesenbach - Cologne - Germany
2020 - finalist - Exibart prize
Residencies: 2019 - Palazzo Monti - Brescia - Italy
