"Kids House Theatre" by Mitsuhiro Ikeda is displayed on the white fence of MOT

This fall, an artwork will appear on the white fence around MOT (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo).

The "Kids House Theatre" on the Kiba Koen side of the fence is a work in which artist Mitsuhiro Ikeda and children at Motokaga Elementary School created images of unique houses inspired by "scenes of daily life in the Kiyosumi-shirakawa neighborhood." Kiba Koen is an ideal place for chilling out after your tour around Kiyosumi-shirakawa area!
The work will be displayed until late March 2018 (planned)

Photo: Kazue Kawase (Yukai)

Organized by

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture)

In cooperation with

Motokaga Elementary School, Nakagawa Chemical Inc.

Mitsuhiro Ikeda　Biography

1969
Born in Yokohama city, Japan
1994
Graduated from Nihon University College of Art, Japan
1997
Completed postgraduate studies Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Japan
2008
Awarded the fellowship of the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007
by the Window G54.v, Gallery 54, Göteborg Sweden
2008
by the Window "A Chair" Two Change. v, Two Change, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
Blooming Flower at Night, Kulturhuset Vita Skolan, Broby Sweden
2010
by the Window "Bokuto Version" (Bokuto Machimise/100days Project) Sumida-ku Residential Area, Tokyo
2012
Home Made Home (Azamino Night 2012), Art Forum Azamino, Yokohama
2013
Hide and Seek (Partnership Programs of Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions),
TRAUMARIS, Tokyo
2014
Open Studio Program "Homemade Landscape", Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo
Blue Moment,TRAUMARIS, Tokyo
2016
Homemade Landscape (Winter Exhibition: Echigo-Tsumari Art Field), Matsudai Nobutai Gallery, Niigata

Selected Group Exhibitions

2003
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2003, Niigata
KOMOREBI Exhibition, Art Center Mito, Ibaraki
Moving Japanese, Kulturhuset Stockholm, Stockholm

2004
Cafe in Mito 2004, Art Center Mito, Ibaraki
Central East Tokyo 2004, Asakusabashi, Tokyo
Fuchu Biennial 2004, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo

2006
KANDADA/Project Collective Command N, KANDADA, Tokyo
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2006, Niigata
Tokimeki Encounter, AKIHABARA DUX-AKIBA Square, Tokyo

2008
After Hours, Askim Kulturhus, Askim, Norway
AKASAKA ART FLOWER 08, TBS・Akasaka, Tokyo
AOBA＋ART, Aobaku Utsukushigaoka Residential Area, Yokohama
Anonymous, Gallery Konstepidemin, Göteborg, Sweden

2009
Permanent Collection of the Fuchu Art Museum, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo
Satellite program to Göteborg International Biennial, Gallery Konstepidemin, Göteborg
Aqua Metropolis OSAKA 2009, Osaka
AOBA＋ART, Aobaku Utsukushigaoka Residential Area, Yokohama

2010
Full Course (Food and Art part 6), BankART, Yokohama
Mimakuru Miracle, Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo
AOBA＋ART, Aobaku Utsukushigaoka Residential Area, Yokohama

2011
Koganecho Bazaar 2011(Yokohama Triennale 2011 Special Tie up Program),
Koganecho Residential Area, Yokohama
AOBA＋ART, Aobaku Utsukushigaoka Residential Area, Yokohama

2012
Roppongi Art Night, Roppongi Hills, Tokyo

2015
PARC 4, Public Art Research Center, Sapporo

2016
Hinodecho Art Alley Project, Koganecho Residential Area, Yokohama
KonstZOOn, Konstepidemin, Göteborg