Ida Shoichi
Japanese, 1941 - 2006
Painter, engraver.
Ida Shoichi graduated from the Kyoto City University of Arts. He works a good deal in lithography and silk-screen printing, using contemporary photo reportage techniques. This allows him to incorporate images taken from newspapers or other facets of daily life. He has cut himself off from any ethnic roots he might have had; which makes him a perfect example of the international Pop style, no more Japanese than American. As an artist he is not lacking in humour, and using Madison Avenue's own tools creates fake publicity images that can be either funny or disturbing.
He took part in his first exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto in 1967. In 1968 he won the French Government's Prize at the 3rd Contemporary Art Competition. He exhibited at the 6th Print Biennale at the Kyoto and Tokyo Museums of Modern Art in 1968. In 1969 he exhibited at the 9th Exhibition of Japanese Art at the Tokyo Fine Arts Museum. In 1972 he took part in the 4th Cracow Print Biennale and was awarded a prize at the 2nd International Exhibition of Graphic Art in Germany. In 1973 he was at the 10th Ljubljana Biennale and in 1974 participated in the exhibition Japanese Art Today (L'Art Japonais d'Aujourd'hui) at the Musée d'Art Contemporain in Montreal. He has also held a number of solo exhibitions.
"IDA, Shoichi." In Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online, http://www.oxfordartonline.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/subscriber/article/benezit/B00091775 (accessed May 8, 2012).
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