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The emerging sculptor Hiroto Ikeuchi (b. 1990) grew up immersed in anime culture, particularly series such as Gundam and Zoids. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at Tama Art University. It was during this period that he began engaging seriously with model-making. His graduation project, ‘Imaginary Embodiment through Plastic Models (2013)’, a hybrid diorama integrating plastic models and technology, received critical acclaim and won the Excellence Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival. Since then, he has exhibited widely in Japan and internationally, and has collaborated with brands such as Balenciaga and Lamborghini, establishing himself as one of the most prominent young artists of his generation.

This work, ‘#1912’, is a mixed media piece created in 2020. One of the defining characteristics of Ikeuchi’s practice is functionality. In recent years, he has focused on customising everyday devices, such as VR headsets and headphones, by adding elaborate structural elements through his model-building approach. These modified gadgets, originally designed to support our daily lives in the digital era, are transformed through Ikeuchi’s sampling method into objects imbued with a nostalgic vision of futurism. At the same time, the mask, an object meant to shield and protect, evokes a latent sense of anxiety and vigilance, reflecting the psychological landscape of contemporary life in a society shaped by rapidly evolving technology.

"IKEUCHI HIROTO EXHIBITION", January 8 - 30, 2022, SAI, Tokyo