Kenji Ide

Kenji Ide was born in 1981 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Graduated School of Painting at Tama Art University in 2006. Currently resides in Tokyo. He has presented his work in: Solo show "Some other times" at Museum of Władysława Broniewskiego -Poets' House / Warsaw, 2024; Solo show "American Friend" at Adams and Ollman / Portland, 2024; Solo show "Two persons, two times" at KAYOKOYUKI / Tokyo, 2023; solo show "A Poem of Perception (curated by Matt Jay)" at the Portland Japanese Garden / Portland, 2022; solo show "Banana Moon, Watermelon Sun (Landmarks)" at GOYA Curtain / Tokyo, 2021; "Social Life" at KNULP / Sydney, 2021; solo show "立体3" at Art Center Ongoing / Tokyo, 2020; "The Sentimental Organization of the World" at Crevecoeur / Paris, 2020; "YUGEN / Tsukimi" (with Kenji Ide and Jiri Kovanda) at Guimaråes / Vienna, 2019; solo show "a private sketch of tennis" at SeeSaw gallery / Nagoya, 2018; "Kiss in Tears" at Freedman Fitzpatrick / Los Angeles, 2018; "Plum Shower" (with Kenji Ide and Yuki Kimura) at XYZ collective / Tokyo, 2017. He has curated exhibitions "A Day of House Wife" at Kenji Ide residence / Tokyo, 2022; "Münster Sculpture Project in Sagamihara" at Kanuma Park / Kanagawa, 2018. He directs a multi studio project called "SUPER OPEN STUDIO（S.O.S.）" around the city of Sagamihara. He has also performed "A song of ○ and △" with Soshiro Matsubara.