* The published information is based on interviews and the state at the time of the project’s implementation (except for certain parts).
Tomokazu Matsuyama
Contemporary Artist
Born in 1976 in Gifu, Japan, Matsuyama is currently based in Brooklyn, New York. His work spans painting, sculpture, and installation, organically blending and reimagining diverse elements-such as ancient and modern, figurative and abstract, Eastern and Western. His art reflects both his cross-cultural experiences and the evolving nature of contemporary society in our information-driven world. Major public art projects include the Bowery Mural (New York, USA, 2019), Hanao-San (JR Shinjuku Station East Square, Tokyo, 2020), and Wheels of Fortune (Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, 2020, part of the Jingu Gaien Art Festival).
Recent notable exhibitions include Mythologiques (Venice Biennale, 2024), Pop Forever, Tom Wesselmann & ... (Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris, 2024), MATSUYAMA Tomokazu: Fictional Landscape (Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, 2023), MATSUYAMA Tomokazu: Fictional Landscape (Shanghai Powerlong Museum, 2023).
WORKS
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Bowery Mural, 2019, Acrylic and mixed media, 609.6 x 1996.44
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Hanao-San (花尾), 2020, Stainless Steel, 699 x 541.02 x 564.12 / JR新宿東口駅前広場、東京
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Dancer, 2022, Stainless Steel, 339 x 360 x 359 / Flatiron Plaza, New York, NY USA（フラットアイアンプラザ）
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You, One Me Erase, 2023, Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 274.3 x 660.4 / Crystal Bridges American Art Museum, AR USA （クリスタル・ブリッジーズ・アメリカン・アート美術館）
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We The People, 2025, Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 293 x 533
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Passage Immortalitas, 2024, Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 267 x 470
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The Fall High, 2023, Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 279 x 599
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We Met Thru Match.com, 2016, Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 254 x 610 / Private Collection
Cluster 2020, 2020, Acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 33 panels: 60 x 60cm / Private Collection
