Born in 1975 in Nagano, Japan. Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.

Hideki Iinuma belongs to the young generation of Japanese artists who critically analyze the current changes through his sculptures. The girl-image evolved from Neo-Pop forms his main inspiration, as does the changing perception of women in Japanese society. His figures carved from Camphor wood, often exuding a hint of ostentatious sexuality, mostly represent models from Pintarest and Instagram. For women in Japan as for those in Europe these young women are becoming more and more “muses”, fashion icons. With his figures sculpted from wood, Iinuma finds himself in a borderland between Western and Eastern culture marked both by contrasts and similarities.