IN-PERSON LECTURE

Form is Emptiness. Emptiness is Form.
A Lecture and Demonstration by Yoshio Ikezaki

wednesday, August 6, 2025
7PM-8:30PM (PDT)

The Japan foundation, los angeles

(5700 Wilshire blvd, ste 100, los angeles, ca 90036)

Free Admission

RSVP REQUIRED

Suibokuga (水墨画), also called sumi-e (墨絵), is a form of art that uses black sumi ink to paint on washi paper. This seemingly simple monochrome art form requires various brush stroke techniques which create and express the subtle nuances of light and shade onto a sheet of paper. 

Artist Yoshio Ikezaki has been creating contemporary monochrome art works using sumi-e techniques for years, and he also makes his own washi paper and sumi ink for his art works. In a rare opportunity, Ikezaki will take guests behind the scenes of his creative process by showing how he prepares washi paper and sumi ink for his art work, after which he will treat them to a live demonstration in which he will produce the concepts of "the five different shades of black" or "Ma and Yohaku" right before their eyes.

This event is offered through a partnership with Kylin Gallery.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Yoshio Ikezaki was born in Japan in 1953 and active in both US and Japan since 1986. He is an internationally exhibited visual artist and educator. He is a master Sumi ink painter and also a master papermaker of Japanese tradition. His paintings and sculptures are grounded in Japanese aesthetic principle and philosophies, crafts and materials, interpreted in a contemporary context.

He has more than 50 selected solo exhibits and over 100 group exhibits in museums and galleries in many countries, including USA, Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand and more for 40years.

He is a former professor at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena CA U.S.A and Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles CA U.S.A between 1987- 2012. He was also lecturer at Tama Art University and Musashino Art University in Tokyo Japan for many years.