Seishi Irikawa
Born in 1958.
He studied painting and design at Zokei Daigaku (Tokyo) from 1979 to 1983, before undertaking postgraduate studies at the University of Applied Arts Vienna until 1989.
After completing his studies, he lived and worked as an independent artist in Switzerland and Japan, before returning to Vienna in 1996; a presence in Uznach, Switzerland, is also mentioned. His activities include murals dated 1993, executed in Tokyo, Chiba, Fukuoka and Korea, as well as teaching activity recorded in 1996 in the fields of nature study, portraiture and still life.
His solo exhibitions include a presentation at Galerie Sairindo (Tokyo) in September 1995 and a solo intervention at MuseumsQuartier Wien / Austria Tabak in April 1999. The documentation also records a presence at Museum Zeitfalten in Uznach (references for 2016 and for the 2018 exhibition «Fernost‑Fernwest») and a joint exhibition of objects, installations and drawings at Neue Galerie, Teisenhoferhof in March 2020. Works by the artist are mentioned in numerous private collections in Switzerland.