Ikushima Hiroshi (1958- ) is a Japanese contemporary realist figurative painter born in Osaka, Japan in 1958. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Kyoto Seinsei University in 1983. He went to the United States in 1988, to Europe in 1989, and to Japan in 1994. In 1996, he opened a painting class in Osaka. In 1999, he participated in the White Arts Exhibition for the first time (2000 White Arts Award, 2002 Tomita Award, 2005 Sanyo Arts Encouragement Award, 2010 Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, 2012 Prime Minister's Award). He is a member of Hakujitsu, a lecturer at the Nara Academy of Arts, and a visiting professor at Osaka University.
