Ikeda’s exhibition is a continuation of artwork arising from his theme of the Cosmic Tree. To this day Ikeda’s inspiration is transpired from a vivid and unforgettable dream that he dreamt in the late 1980’s to the early 1990’s. From his dream world he has created a personal myth which resonates in his artwork. In his dream, he is in the center of the universe surrounded by zillions of whirling orbs which appeared as suns and stars.To depict the Cosmic Tree, Ikeda has used a variety of media:installations, paintings, drawings and verses. He has illustrated theCosmic Tree symbolically as an organic, plant-like form colored with spiraling patterns resembling stars and galaxies. The Cosmic Tree is ever changing in boundless form. To create it in a concrete sculptural form, Ikeda has captured it as though time stopped only for a nano second and the form instantaneously solidifies.

Ikeda was born in Kagoshima at the southern end of Japan and immigrated to Oregon in his childhood and attended Port-land State University. He moved to Sapporo in the late 1980’s and lived there for 20 years. During that time he exhibited artwork and taught sculpture at Dohto University