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43 JOHN IKEDA HARLEQUIN TRAY clay, 5.5” x 13.25” x 10.75” — 14 x 33.7 x 27.3 cm., incised signature and dated ‘86 Provenance: Purchased directly from the artist $400—700
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John Ikeda was born in Lethbridge, Alberta 1948, of Japanese-Canadian origin. Early childhood memories were of menial labour on the sugar beet fields of southern Alberta, and racial prejudice, the consequences of internment and displacement after the incarceration of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War. Ikeda received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1971, and went on to pioneer the emergence of the studio art pottery practice of the 1970’s. Ikeda has participated in solo and group exhibitions across Canada since 1970 and is the recipient of several awards, including the Gold Medal at 32nd Annual International Exhibition of Ceramics, in Faenza, Italy in 1974. His work is also part of major collections in Canada, France, Italy and Taiwan. Ikeda moved to St. Bernardin, Ontario, in 1978 where he set up his rural studio and residence.