Shig Ikeda Biography

Photographer & Artist

Owner of Shig Ikeda Inc.

Selected Exhibitions:

•  Grace Gallery, The City University of New York, Spring 2001

•  Contemporary Artist's Center, North Adams MA, August 1999

•  Cortland Jessup Gallery, Provincetown MA, May 1999

•  Eklektikos Gallery, Washington D.C., April 1999

•  Cortland Jessup Gallery, Noho NYC, March 1999

•  No BIAS Gallery, Bennington VT, September 1998

•  Take a Closer Look Photo Gallery, Memphis TN, September 1998

•  Maryland Federation of Art, MD, March 1998

•  The Print Center, Philadelphia PA, March 1998

•  Eklektikos Gallery, Washington D.C., January 1998

•  Southern Light Gallery, TX, September 1997

•  Saginaw Art Museum, Michigan, May 1997

•  Soho Photo Gallery, New York, NY 1995

•  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Ms. Anne Tucker, 1993

Selected Awards & Honors:

•  No BIAS Gallery, Bennington VT, 1998 1 st Prize

Judge-Ms. Elizabeth Levine, Curator MOMA, NYC

•  Mayfair/Open Space Gallery, Allentown PA 1998

Curator's Choice Award

Judge - Ms. Jan Howard, Curator Baltimore Museum of Art

•  The Print Center, Philadelphia PA, 1998

Philadelphia Museum of Art Purchase Award

•  The Graphic Eye Gallery, Port Washington, NY 1998 Show Winner

•  Eklektikos Gallery, Washington D.C. 1997, Best of Show

Public & Corporate Collections:

•  Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX

•  Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

•  Saginaw Art Museum, Michigan

•  Center for Photography, Woodstock NY

•  Lu & Lewis Design, NY

Catalogues & Monographs:

•  Expectations, Eklektikos Gallery, Washington D.C., 1998

•  "The Inner Mind", Saginaw Art Museum, Michigan 1997

In the libraries of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland, The J. Paul Getty Museum, LA, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Southeast Museum of Photography, Florida, Cincinnati Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art

•  "Shig Ikeda Black and White Photographs", 1993

In the libraries of The Museum of Contemporary Art, LA, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NY, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., The Grand Rapid Art Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.

Editorial Clients Include:

Time, Newsweek, life, Fortune, Money, Forbes, Playboy, Andy Warhol's Interview, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Bride, Modern Bride, Popular Photography.

Contributing Photographer:

Andy Warhol's Interview Magazine from 1975 to 1980

Commercial Clients Include:

American Express, AT&T, Bell South, U.S. Postal Service, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Procter & Gamble, Kodak, Time Warner, General Motor, Chrysler Motor, Revlon, L'Oreal, Chanel, Christian Dior, Nivea, Avon, Texaco, Sony, Panasonic, Canon, Crane Stationary, Kohler, Bloomingdales', Christofle.

Documentary:

"World of Photography - Episode #156-Z3 SHIG IKEDA" by Brockway Broadcasting Corp. was aired in late 1980's on ABC and A&E television network.

Education:

•  BFA in Graphic Design from Tama Fine Art Collage, Tokyo Japan, 1959

•  BFA in Photography from The Art Center Collage of Design, CA 1969