Ichiro Irie
Ichiro Irie, from the series Back to Nature, ink on paper, 9"x 12", 2008 (courtesy of artist)
Born in Tokyo and raised in Los Angeles, Ichiro Irie received his B.F.A. from University of California, Santa Barbara and his M.F.A. from Claremont Graduate University. In 2001, Irie went to Mexico City on a Fulbright fellowship, and has maintained an active relationship with the visual art community in Mexico. Irie has exhibited his work internationally in galleries and museums such as Kyubidou Gallery in Tokyo, Museo Carrillo Gil in Mexico City, and CSW Museum in Warsaw. In 2002, Irie founded the RiM magazine, a contemporary art publication that focuses on art produced in Los Angeles and Mexico City, and has recently celebrated the release of its tenth issue as part of an event hosted by 18th Street Arts Center. He is also the founding member Cacahuates Japoneses, an artist collective whose work has been published in magazines such as Art Asia Pacific, Arte Contexto and Arte al Dia.
