Ikeda received his B.S. degree from Portland State University in 1970. His degree was in painting and drawing, but in his senior year he realized working with clay was what he really wanted to do. Recognizing Ikeda?s keen desire to work with clay, one of his professors urged him to apply for a scholarship to study ceramics in Japan. The Japanese government awarded him the Ministry of Education Scholarship and after three years of study at Kyota City University of Fine Arts, he received his Research Art Certificate. A few years later he earned his M.F.A. degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Shortly after receiving his M.F.A., Ikeda accepted an offer to teach at Ventura Community College in California. After only one year at the community college, he accepted a teaching position at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. Ikeda has received several faculty grants, and is now the head of the ceramics department at Kansas State University. Ikeda employs an unusual off-center throwing technique that requires perfect timing and coordination. He also builds some of his works by hand. Landscapes and the organic aspects of nature serve as his inspiration.
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Teen Couple, Allentown Fair
Two Guggenheim Fellowships in Photography, two NEA Grants, two New York State Council Fellowships, and The Seattle Arts Council Grant are among the numerous awards, grants and fellowships that Fink has received during the past forty years. His long list of solo exhibitions includes the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Kunst Museum, Dusseldorf, Germany. His works appear in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris France. A retrospective of Fink?s works toured France and the United States in late 2000. Fink captures moments between people interacting in ordinary circumstances. Sometimes his subjects are from the poorest segment in society and other times he focuses on the privileged among us. No matter who Fink elects to portray, he shows a warmth and sensitivity toward his subjects.
Two Women, Debutante Ball, Hotel Pierre, N.Y.C.
Two Guggenheim Fellowships in Photography, two NEA Grants, two New York State Council Fellowships, and The Seattle Arts Council Grant are among the numerous awards, grants and fellowships that Fink has received during the past forty years. His long list of solo exhibitions includes the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Kunst Museum, Dusseldorf, Germany. His works appear in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris France. A retrospective of Fink?s works toured France and the United States in late 2000. Fink captures moments between people interacting in ordinary circumstances. Sometimes his subjects are from the poorest segment in society and other times he focuses on the privileged among us. No matter who Fink elects to portray, he shows a warmth and sensitivity toward his subjects.
Fires at Green Mask Ruin, Sheik Canyon, San Juan County, Utah; 10/11/82
Untitled
Dyna Astromorph No. 111
Freed received his B.F.A. degree in 1967 and his M.A. degree in 1968 from Fort Hays State University in Kansas. He was the founding director of The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. Freed was also the head of the art department at State Fair Community College from 1968 to 2002 and served as the Director of Goddard Gallery in Sedalia, Missouri. Freed has been an advocate for the arts for many years. As a result of his active participation in the arts, Freed received a gubernatorial appointment to the Missouri Arts Council Board from 1984-1988. He also served as the legislative liaison for the Missouri Citizens for the Arts/Senate and Legislature. Besides receiving a National Endowment for the Arts in 1987 for a Design Arts Project Special Project Grant and a ?Creative Artist Project Grant? from the Missouri Arts Council in 1990, Freed has received several other grants and fellowships. His works appear in numerous collections such as the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Newark Museum in New Jersey, the Steinberg Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. During the past twenty years he has exhibited extensively throughout the United States. Freed is represented by galleries on the east coast, west coast, and the heartland.
Untitled from the Dyna Astromorph series
Freed received his B.F.A. degree in 1967 and his M.A. degree in 1968 from Fort Hays State University in Kansas. He was the founding director of The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. Freed was also the head of the art department at State Fair Community College from 1968 to 2002 and served as the Director of Goddard Gallery in Sedalia, Missouri. Freed has been an advocate for the arts for many years. As a result of his active participation in the arts, Freed received a gubernatorial appointment to the Missouri Arts Council Board from 1984-1988. He also served as the legislative liaison for the Missouri Citizens for the Arts/Senate and Legislature. Besides receiving a National Endowment for the Arts in 1987 for a Design Arts Project Special Project Grant and a ?Creative Artist Project Grant? from the Missouri Arts Council in 1990, Freed has received several other grants and fellowships. His works appear in numerous collections such as the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Newark Museum in New Jersey, the Steinberg Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. During the past twenty years he has exhibited extensively throughout the United States. Freed is represented by galleries on the east coast, west coast, and the heartland.
Structure in Beiges
Freed received his B.F.A. degree in 1967 and his M.A. degree in 1968 from Fort Hays State University in Kansas. He was the founding director of The Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. Freed was also the head of the art department at State Fair Community College from 1968 to 2002 and served as the Director of Goddard Gallery in Sedalia, Missouri. Freed has been an advocate for the arts for many years. As a result of his active participation in the arts, Freed received a gubernatorial appointment to the Missouri Arts Council Board from 1984-1988. He also served as the legislative liaison for the Missouri Citizens for the Arts/Senate and Legislature. Besides receiving a National Endowment for the Arts in 1987 for a Design Arts Project Special Project Grant and a ?Creative Artist Project Grant? from the Missouri Arts Council in 1990, Freed has received several other grants and fellowships. His works appear in numerous collections such as the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Newark Museum in New Jersey, the Steinberg Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, and the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. During the past twenty years he has exhibited extensively throughout the United States. Freed is represented by galleries on the east coast, west coast, and the heartland.