Michio Ihara: Art for the Mind and Spirit

Michio Ihara with his sculpture Kyokko (1963)

You may not know the name Michio Ihara, yet there is a chance you have seen one of his striking site-specific sculptures installed in a variety of public spaces. From skylight installations, to university auditoriums, to the lobby of a hotel Ihara has for over five decades created works of art throughout the United States, Australia, New Zealand, S. Korea, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and Dubai that both engage with and project from the spaces they inhabit. They are often peaceful, thoughtful and always graceful yet there is a level of engagement that stimulates and uplifts the mind and spirit of the viewer.

Ihara’s life experiences are extensive and in many ways exemplify the modern era with respect to the open-endedness of a new age discovery, design, aesthetic, purpose and content. Ihara was born in Paris, in 1928; earned a BFA from Tokyo University of Fine Arts, in 1953; obtained a Fulbright Grant to study with Gy?rgy Kepes in 1961 at MIT, followed by a position as Research Associate at the Department of Architecture at MIT IN ‘62.

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