KIKI IKURA Artist: Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Painter
Born in Kyoto, Japan, Currently Resides in Boston, MA

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EDUCATION:
Pratt Institute, New York, NY
MS: Communications Design/Packaging Design
{Dec 2010 expected}

Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
BFA: Graphic Design and Painting {Dual Major}

AWARDS and HONORS:
Departmental Honor in Graphic Design, Massachusetts College of Art
Bookbuilders Boston Scholarship
Massachusetts College of Art 2D Auction Awards
Adobe Achievement Awards, Honorable Mention Winner

SHOWS:
Wine Gallery, Brookline, MA
Page Music, Boston, MA
"Hide and Seek", Live painting & Music performance, Boston, MA
"Hide and Seek", Group Show, Boston, MA
"One" Solo Show, Osaka, Japan
"Love is here", Solo Show, Boston, MA
"Connect to your mindscape", Group Show, Tokyo+Osaka, Japan

MEDIA:
1,000 Music Graphics: Rockport Publishers
HomePageBuilder Template 400: Shoei-sya, Japan
DailyCandy Boston Edition
Improper Bostonian
The Boston Glove

EXPERIENCE:
Corey McPherson Nash Design, Watertown, MA
Hamilton Hughes Design, Boston, MA

SKILLS:
Software: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Flash, Dreamweaver, AfterEffect, Acrobat, QuarkXpress
Platform: Machintosh
Others: Painting, Collage, Illustration, Photography and Book Making+Binding

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SELECT CLIENTS:
Bistro Baba's
Breath Mark
Flou Cafe & Gallery
Gallery Tsukiyo to Shonen
HCE Exchange Magazine
International Dog Training Association
Isis
Jon De Lucia
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Organic Doggy Kitchen
Plumerai
Tavolo Restaurant
Utataneya
Yosuke Fujita