Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1973, Ph.D. in the Sculpture Department of Tama Art University, a Japanese contemporary sculptor. In the 1990s, Japanese contemporary sculpture was marching toward a complex dimension of time, space and mentality. Ikki Miyakeembodies the philosophy of life and death, the universe, and the outlook on life from wood carvings. He employs superb technique, idea manifestation, self-confession, with spirits of breaking through the traditional in order to integrate the three-dimensional space with contemporary vocabulary.

The “Yoga” series, which started in 2005, best explains Ikki Miyake's creation concept. Yoga is a way of practice in ancient India, it is meant to explore the principles and methods of “Brahma-atma-aikya” by adjusting the harmonious state between the mind and the body, in order to purify the heart. Yoga school is among one of the six philosophical schools in ancient India, and what modern people call yoga is mainly a series of self-cultivation methods. The “Yoga—Tree Pose” shows the relationship between the circulation of inner rhythm and the universe, which implies the artist’s aesthetic view of “art indeed is practice”. Palms are placed together and both arms are lifted up, the body is only supported with an independent leg. Resembling the principle of “connecting the universe and human being”, tranquility and harmonious. While in regards to Ikki Miyake, the process of creating sculpture is also a kind of cultivation. He manipulates the relation between circulating his inner aura and the cosmos, then transforms his innermost thoughts and emotions into the process of portraying and shaping the surface. His spirit is healed during the creation, which in turn leads to successfully creating one after another sculptures that bear his essence.