[t.a.]Masuo Ikeda held personal exhibitions in the most important cities in the world and won numerous awards including the Venice Biennale. He moved to Japan in Tokyo in 1951 and studied art from 1952 to 1953. From 1966 to 1981 he lived primarily in the United States, returning to Japan only in 1981. He has held exhibitions in Tokyo, Venice, Krakow, Ljubljana and Paris. In 1965 a staff of his prints, made with all major graphic techniques was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In Japan, a museum dedicated to him is home to some 850's work.