Takahiko Iimura, a visionary artist, has been a driving force in the realms of Japanese experimental film and video, with a career spanning over six decades. Since the dawn of the 1960s, he has been actively involved in the world of film, and in the 1970s, he transitioned to the realm of video, while maintaining a presence in both New York and Tokyo.
Throughout his illustrious career, Iimura has gained international recognition, with numerous solo exhibitions held at prestigious institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum in New York, Anthology Film Archives in New York, Centre George Pompidou in Paris, the National Gallery Jeu de Paume in Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, Reina Sofia National Museum in Madrid, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Tokyo.
In addition to these solo exhibitions, Iimura has also had the opportunity to participate in artist residencies at esteemed institutions, including the German Academy of Arts in Berlin and the Bellagio Rockefeller Foundation Study Center in Bellagio, Italy.
