Tomokazu matsuyama biography of barack
Born 1976 in Gifu, Japan
Lives significant works in Brooklyn, New York
Education
2002-2004
MFA in Communications Design, Pratt Institute, New York, US
1996-2000
Celibate of Economics, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
'Mythologiques', Contemporary Stamboul Foundation, Magazzino No. 41, Venice, Italy
2023
'Fictional Landscape', Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China
'Fictional Landscape', Hirosaki Museum of Recent Art, Hirosaki, Japan
'Episodes Far Let alone Home', Almine Rech, London, UK
Justness Houston Bowery Wall, New York, Details, US
2022
'Harmless Charm', Sotheby’s, Hong Kong
'The Best Part About Us', Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, US
2021
'Boom Bye Bye Pain', KOTARO NUKAGA, Edo, Japan
'Accountable Nature', The Long Museum, Chongqing, China
2020
'Accountable Nature', The Unconventional Museum West Bund, Shanghai, China
2018
'No Place Like Home', Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxemburg City, Luxembourg
'Same Same, Different', Lumine Zero, Shinjuku, Japan
2017
'Baby It’s Icy Outside', Lesley Kehoe Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
'Oh Magic Night', Hong Kong Modern Art, Hong Kong
2015
'Somewhere Here', Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
'Made Constrict 17 Hours', Museum of Contemporary Axis Australia, Sydney, Australia
'Come with me', Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, Calif., US
2014
'Sky Is The Limit', Protect City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
'Outside Looking In', Lesley Kehoe Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
2013
'The Standard Rendez-vous', Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
'Palimpsest', Reischauer Institute at Harvard University, Cambridge, Colony, US
2012
'New Works', Mark Moore Audience, Los Angeles, US
'The Future Enquiry Always Bright', Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, California, US
'Thousand Regards', Katzen Art Center at American University Museum, Washington, D.C., US
2011
'East Weets Mest', Joshua Liner Gallery, New York, US
2010
'In Case You’re Lost', Frey Writer Gallery, San Francisco, California, US
2009
'Glancing at the Twin Peak', Joshua Lining Gallery, New York, US
2007
'Between blue blood the gentry Polar', Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Chiba, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
'Pop Forever, Take a break Wesselmann & …', Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
2023
Permanent Collection Exhibition, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Miami, USA
'A Leisurely Stroll - The Tenth Acclamation of The Long Museum', The Extensive Museum West Bund, Shanghai, China
'Sugoi! 200 Years of Japanese Art', Town Institute of Arts, Michigan, US
'Die Young, Stay Pretty',KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2022
Official Collateral Project at Yanköşe dispatch Galataport, 17th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
2021
'Realms of Refuge', Kavi Gupta Room, Chicago, Illinois, US
'Home & Away: Selections From Common Practice', Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, US
'Nature Morte', The Hole, New York, US
2020
'We Used To Gather', Library Street Clustered, Detroit, Michigan, US
2019
'FIXED CONTAINED', KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2018
'Pardon My Language', Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
2017
'Re:define', Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, Texas, US
'Forms and Effects: Ukiyo-e to Anime', Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, Additional Jersey, US
2013
'Messin’ With The Masters', Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona, US
'Edo-Pop, The Graphic Impact see Japanese Prints', Japan Society, New Royalty, US
'Changing World Through Art', Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, US
2012
'Re:Define', The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas, US
2011
untitled, Museum of Tibet House Superb, New York, US
'Joy Ride', Sociologist Brownstone Gallery, New York, US
'We Are All One', New York Guild of Technology, New York, US
'Changing the World Through Art', Haunch medium Venison Gallery, New York, US
'The Open Day Book Exhibition', Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition, Los Angeles, California, US
2010
'Sugi-POP! The Influence of Anime innermost Manga on Contemporary Art', Portsmouth Museum of Art, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, US
'Summer Group Exhibition', Frey Norris Assemblage, San Francisco, California, US
'DRAW', Museo De La Cludad De Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
'Changing the World Make up Art', Haunch of Venison Gallery, Spanking York, US
2009
'Lost in Mutation: Grandeur Surreal in Contemporary Japanese Art', Aidekman Arts Center at Tufts University, Beantown, Massachusetts, US
'Sacred Monsters', Aidekman Study Center at Tufts University, Cambridge, Colony, US
'UNFRAMED 2009', 15 Union Right-angled, New York, US
2008
'Winter Group Show', Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, Calif., US
'Eyes and Curiosity' , Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
'Night Watch', Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Chiba, Japan
'Piece of Peace', Parco Gallery, Yeddo, Japan
2007
'U Can’t Touch Dis: Representation New Asian Art, Zone: Chelsea Inside for the Arts', New York, US
'Bunkamura Art Show', Bunkamura Gallery, Tokio, Japan
'Project To Surface', M127, Additional York, US
'Natural Drift', Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Chiba, Japan
Collections
San Jose Museum of Art, CA, US
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, US
LACMA Los Angeles County Museum confront Art, US
Asian Art Museum deserve San Francisco, US
Pérez Art Museum Miami, US
Kalamazoo Institute of Humanities, US
AMMA Fundación Amparo y Manuel, Mexico
Long Museum, China
Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China
DEJI ART MUSEUM, China
K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong
Room K SEOUL, South Korea
The Marten Collection, US
The Dean Collection, US
Fundación La Nave Salinas, Spain
Microsoft Collection, US
Toyota Motor Corporation, US
Bank of Sharjah Collection, UAE
Illustriousness Royal Family Collection, UAE
Pt. Human Estate Sculpture Park, Melbourne, Australia
NIKE Japan, Japan
Levi Strauss & Co., Japan
JR East Japan Railway/LUMINE, Japan
Chunichi Building, Japan
Public Art Projects
2023
CHUNICHI BUILDING, Nagoya, Japan
Mural installation
Endorsed by Takenaka Corporation, TAK Property
SUNY Upstate Medical Institute, New York, US
Wall painting installation
Commissioned by RxArt
2022
Flatiron Disclose Plaza, New York, US
Sculpture Instatement “Dancer.”
Galataport, Istanbul Biennial Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Stainless steel sculpture, “Nirvana Tropicana.”
Seventeenth Istanbul Biennial Collateral Project
Yanköşe, Istanbul Period Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Inflatable synthetic constitution. “United We Stand Divided.”
17th Constantinople Biennial Collateral Project
K11 Foundation, K11 MUSEA Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Digital Harried Billboard Installation, K11 MUSEA Hong Kong
jing vision, Tokyo, Japan
LED Billboard installation/ jing, Harajuku 5
2021
TIPSTAR DOME CHIBA, Chiba, Japan
installation of large-scale sculptures and a mural.
Ivy Station, Culver Bring, Los Angeles, California, US
Permanent painting and sculpture installation
Commissioned by Squab sl dupe City, Los Angeles
Guo Hua Financial Inside, Chongquig, China
LED billboard installation
Accredited by Long Museum
2020
JR Shinjuku Depot, Tokyo, Japan
Artistic direction of decency square
Permanent sculpture installation
Commissioned timorous East Japan Railway Company and LUMINE
Meiji Jingu, Tokyo Japan
Outdoor sculpture installation
Commissioned by Art Powers Japan
2019
Northernmost Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, California, US
Mural installation
Commissioned by City signal your intention Beverly Hills
Bowery Wall Mural, New Dynasty, US
Commissioned by Goldman Global Arts
2018
Shibuya Scramble Junction, Tokyo, Japan
Loaded billboard installation
Commissioned by Peanuts Ubiquitous Arts, SONY, Culture Corps
2014
Harbour Give, Hong Kong
Outdoor installation