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Tomo Matsuyama (Matzu MTP)
Matsuyama is on the verge of becoming the next big thing. Just three years removed from Japan,
the young professional snowboarder-turned-artist has been featured in the pages of Vapors and
Transworld Snowboarding. Matsuyama applies Japanese techniques and sensibility to his large scale
paintings. This includes his use of Japanese calligraphy brush strokes for a reoccuring icon,
the hardened countenance of a man Matsuyama calls the Reluctant Worrier, a stoic messenger who
bears the troubles of an entire society. Matsuyama also draws from a traditional Japanese
color palette and application of negative space. Together, the three elements evoke a tension and
a sense of meloncholy, but one that is not entirely without hope.
Recently, Matsuyama designs have appeared in a line of Infinity snowboards.
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2004
Levi's Store Gallery, New York, NY, January
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003
Start SoMa, San Francisco, CA, July
Punch Gallery, San Francisco, CA, June
2002
Pratt Institute Gallery, New York, NY, November
KCDC, Brooklyn, NY, November
SELECTED PRESS
Eyeon, Issue 2, 2003
OCS News, 2003
Vapors (cover), Tokyo Issue 2002
Vapors (feature), New York Issue 2002
Dazed and Confused (Japan), October, 2002
Freerun, November, 2002
Transworld Snowboarding, August, 2001
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