Motoko Matsuda

Motoko Matsuda

Tokyo, Kanto area, Japan

About Motoko Matsuda

I was born and raised in traditional hand painted kimono textile artists' family in Kyoto city,Japan. Also I love many western children books, paintings in museums and American animations and dramas on TV. I graduated Kyoto Saga Art College, and in order to learn more about Western art history deeper, enrolled at Keio University. And will graduate next year with BA. I started my career as a textile designer for Paris and NY haute couture in the textile design company and a German textile designer's studio as the same occupation. After that as a freelance, I set up my studio in Aoyama, Tokyo, and created many illustrations. Also I have begun to create works as a fine art, and have held many solo and selected group exhibitions in inland and overseas since then. Based on modern Western art, I would like to express space and time in my own language. Award : I was given The Certificate of Excellence from Artitude which was a world wide art competition in NY,'89. The curators of it were from Fog Art Museum, Chicago Museum and other American museums. Also I was chosen to create an experimental book which was many artists' joined. The book including my work was selected by MOMA permanent collection in '89.

Education:

Graduated Kyoto Saga Art college. At Keio University.

Events:

2012 ISHIDA OMOTESANDO for the publishing book event with Kaoru Tony Komori, the writer. 2000 Come-sta,1998 Taro Okamoto memorial museum, 1998 Este Gallery, 1988 Dim-Sum Ginza
Award: 1989 Given " Certificate of excellence" by American museum curators choice world wide competition.
1989 Added Museum of Modern Art, MOMA(NY)'s permanent collection as in mixed media books by various artists.

Exhibitions:

2018 A collaborate show with a famous song writer also poet, will be held in Tokyo.
2017/1/10-2/28 Limited permanent exhibition: Gallery Galatea.
2016/11/19-23 Group show: Gallery Galatea,
2016/1/10-2/28 Limited permanent exhibition: Gallery Galatea,
2015/11/19-23 One man show : Gallery Galatea
2011/12 One man show : ISHIDA OMOTESANDO,
2011/3 Invited charity show of 311 Japan aid: In rivers,Brooklyn
2007/1/4-22 One man show: Gallery Galatea,
2000/11 One man show: Come-sta, Tokyo
1999&1998 One man show: Gallery Galatea.
1990/7/19-8/21 One man show: Roppongi WAVE Step Gallery,
1998-2012 Selected and Invited show :Every even number year Gallery Galatea Viennale,
2007 Invited : Tokyo metropolitan museum,
2004 Selected group show: Fayetteville museum of art(NC,USA),
1992 Selected group show: Aoyama Spiral Hall,
1990 Selected group show: P3 Art&Environment,
1990 Selected group show:Momentum Gallery(CA,USA)
1989 Selected group show: Lucia Gallery(NY),
1989 Selected group show: An art fair in LA convention center,
1989 Selected group show: Meguro Museum,Tokyo
1986 Competition selected group show :Sanseido Gallery, 1984 Competition selected Kyoto Industrial Cultural Center.