Tomokazu Matsuyama (b. 1976, Gifu, Japan) received his Master’s degree in Communication Design from Pratt Institute. His solo exhibitions include Mythologiques, Magazzino No.41, Venice (2024); MATSUYAMA Tomokazu: Fictional Landscape, Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, Aomori (2023); Fictional Landscape, Shanghai Powerlong Museum, Shanghai (2023); Tomokazu Matsuyama, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Dubai (2023); Episodes Far From Home, Almine Rech, London (2023); Shoulder to Shoulder Divided, Yanköşe Contemporary Art Platform, Istanbul (2022); Nirvana Tropicana, Galataport, Istanbul (2022); The Best Part About Us, Kavi Gupta, Chicago (2022); Accountable Nature, The Long Museum, Chongqing (2021); No Place Like Home, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg (2018); Oh Magic Night, HOCA Foundation, Hong Kong (2017); 17 Hours, Museum of Contemporary Art Museum, Sydney (2015); Sky is the Limit, Harbour City, Hong Kong (2014); In Case You’re Lost, Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco (2010). His group exhibitions include Pop Forever, Tom Wesselmann &…, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (2024); Die Young, Stay Pretty (Curators: Tomokazu Matsuyama and Carlos Rolon), KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo (2023); Inauguration group show, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Dubai (2022); Realms of Refuge, Kavi Gupta, Chicago (2021); The World: From the OKETA COLLECTION, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa (2020); Poofy Wan Wan (Curator: Kathy Grayson), Collaborations, Copenhagen (2019); Re:define, Goss Foundation, Dallas (2017); Messin’ With the Masters, Mesa Contemporary Arts Center, Arizona (2013) and Sugi-PoP! - The Influence of Anime and Manga on Contemporary Art, Portsmouth Museum of Art, New Hampshire (2010). Tomokazu Matsuyama lives and works in Brooklyn.
