YOKOYAMA Ikuko

Profile

Born in Japan / based in Stockholm.
Bron in Japan. Art and Design education in Japan and Sweden, since 1995 based in Sweden. Currently working as the Head of Exhibition and project manager at Konstfack, she is responsible for the organization of exhibitions, seminars and publications. As a freelance curator and writer, worked for the institutions such as IASPIS, Liljevalchs Konsthall, 21_21 Design Sight, Embassy of Sweden and she is a frequent contributor to Japanese art and design magazines, promoting Swedish designers and artists in Japan. She recently published a book about the Swedish ceramic artist Lisa Larson works with Pie Books in Tokyo.
She founded "Editions in Craft" together with Renée Padt in 2008. She is a board member of friends of Moderna Museet in Stockholm and curator in residence program Faraway So Close in Malmö.

 

Editions in Craft (EIC) is an international platform where artists and designers explore the technical and artistic possibilities of the tradition and knowledge of craft and specialized manufacturing  worldwide. Our goal is to provide interaction between fast moving technology and production, and traditional craft by merging traditional techniques with contemporary practice through collaboration. Our purpose of stay in Tokyo is to research the possibilities and further develop ideas for a  Swedish-Japanese collaboration. EIC is based in Sweden and was founded in 2008 by Stockholm based curators Reneé Padt (NL) and Ikko Yokoyama (JP).

www.editionsincraft.com (under construction)

 

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