Episode 244

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Ep. 244 Tomokazu Matsuyama. 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 (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), MATSUYAMA Tomokazu: Fictional Landscape (Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, 2023), and MATSUYAMA Tomokazu: Fictional Landscape (Shanghai Powerlong Museum, 2023). His work was also featured in Pop Forever. Tom Wesselmann &… at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris (2024–2025).

Artist https://matzu.net/

Pen Magazine Taiwan https://www.matzu.net/media/press/pen-4/

GQ https://www.matzu.net/media/press/gq/

FT https://www.matzu.net/media/press/financial-times/

Bazaar https://www.matzu.net/media/press/harpers-bazaar/

Legend https://www.matzu.net/media/press/legend/

Hypebeast https://www.matzu.net/media/press/hypebeast-4/

Hypeart https://www.matzu.net/media/press/hypeart/

Juxtapoz https://www.matzu.net/media/press/juxtapoz/

Galerie https://www.matzu.net/media/press/galerie-magazine/

Artforum https://www.matzu.net/media/press/artforum/

Kinari https://www.matzu.net/media/press/kinari/