TAKESHI IKEDA was born in Tokyo in 1984. He is a 2011 graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts, where he earned an MFA in media art. While practicing as a video artist, Mr. Ikeda is also a professional musician/drummer, leading a band called "core of bells" and Ningen Gokaku, which has toured in Europe and performs more than 40 engagements per year in Japan.
He was awarded an Asian Cultural Council grant in 2012, which allowed him to travel to New York City and research contemporary art, meet artists and curators, and create new work, while participating in an artist residency program at NARS Foundation in Brooklyn, NY.