Yukimasa Ida
Surface Magazine

Ryan Waddoups, Surface Magazine, October 25, 2022

Yukimasa Ida Crystallizes Memories of a Sacred Landscape 

After a spiritual journer to Spanish dolmens, the Japanese painter captures the landscape's implicit energies in thick brushstrokes and unexpected colors that ruminate on the passage of time. 
 
Painter Yukimasa Ida, was recently featered in the latest artist-statement stories on Surface Magazine succeeding his solo exhibition at Mariane Ibrahim (18 Av. Matignon, Paris)  titled 'Now is Gone'. In the the article, the artist gives us a skeak preview of what inspired the new, much anticipated body of work.
 
Ida's desire to depict and preserve precious memories encountered beyond the current passage of time is linked to the underlying theme of work.