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Ryoji Ikeda


Japanese electronic composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda (b. 1966, Gifu, Japan) focuses on the essential characteristics of sound and visuals by means of mathematical precision and mathematical aesthetics. He elaborately orchestrates sound, visuals, materials, physical phenomena and mathematical notions into immersive live performances and installations. Ikeda lives and works in Paris.

Awards and honors

  • Prix Ars Electronica Collide@CERN

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Notable performances and exhibitions

In 2014, Ikeda toured his performance "superposition" in Europe and the following U.S. locations

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
  • UMS Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, Los Angeles

Forthcoming solo exhibitions

  • Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media, Japan
  • Le lieu unique, Nantes, France
  • Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal
  • Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel, Switzerland