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Sammlungen: Kolumba Kunstmuseum, Köln Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz Einzelausstellungen (in Auswahl): 2008 "La notte", Tona Wuethrich Galerie, Basel "Tag, Nacht, Halbmond. Zeichnungen, Gemälde, Skulpturen", Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen "Leiko Ikemura: Nur 1 Bild!", Dany Keller Galerie, München 2007 – 2008 "Leiko Ikemura", Villa Weseel, Iserlohn 2007 "Leiko Ikemura – Neue Arbeiten", Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln 2006 "Leiko Ikemura", Kunstverein Bonn "Psycho.", Kunstverein Mönchengladbach "Die obere Hälfte", Museum Liner, Appenzell "Nouvelles Collections", Centre Pasquart, Biel 2005 UdK Berlin - Fakultät Bildende Kunst Berlinische Galerie "Die obere Hälfte", Kunsthalle Emden "Leiko Ikemura", Kolumba Kunstmuseum, Köln "Die obere Hälfte", Städtische Museen Heilbronn "The Subjective Figure", Robert Miller Gallery, New York "The World is a Stage - Stories behind Pictures", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo "DER KUNST IHRE RÄUME", Kunstverein Bonn "Leiko Ikemura", Ulmer Museum "in Bewegung", Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen "Paula´s Home", Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz 2004 "Für die Konstruktion des Unmöglichen", EUROPEAN KUNSTHALLE, Köln "EUWARD", Haus der Kunst, München "Leiko Ikemura - Zeichnung, Malerei, Skulptur", Kunsthalle Recklinghausen "All Creatures Great and Small Comme ci Comme ca II", Köln "Depicting Love", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin "1. Biennale der Zeichnung", Kunstverein Eislingen "Die Sammlung Hanck", Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf 2003 "Weiß zieht und gewinnt", Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin 2001 Kabinett der Zeichnung Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart Kabinett der Zeichnung Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz Kabinett der Zeichnung Kunstverein Lingen Kunsthalle 2000 Kabinett der Zeichnung Kunstverein Düsseldorf "Beyond the horizon", Toyota Munincipal Museum of Art, Toyota "The memory of innocense", Morat Institute, Freiburg "MIKOMANIA", Gallery HAM, Nagoya 1999 "Sign of life", Melbourne International Biennal, Japan Pavillon, Melbourne "Art Affairs", Amsterdam 1998 Satani Gallery, Tokyo "Migration", The Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee 1997 Ausstellungsgesellschaft für zeitgenössische Kunst Zollverein, Essen Galerie HAM, Nagoya Kulturform Alte Post, Neuss 1992 Kunstverein Salzburg, Salzburg 1990 Satani Gallery, Tokyo 1989 Kunstverein Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken Kunstmuseum Ulm, Ulm 1988 Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne Kunstverein Lingen Wolfgang-Gurlitt-Museum, Linz 1987 Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel (Kat.) .

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