Represented▼
Agan Harahap
AIDA Makoto
AKAMATSU Nelo
Albert Yonathan Setyawan
AMANO Yoshitaka
AOYAMA Satoru
Ari Bayuaji
Ashley YK Yeo
Budi Agung Kuswara
DU Kun
EGUCHI Ayane
Entang Wiharso
Gilang Fradika
Heri Dono
HORI Kosai
I Made Djirna
IKEDA Manabu
indieguerillas
Iwan Effendi
Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba
KANEKO Tomiyuki
KARIYA Hiroshi
Ken + Julia YONETANI
KONDOH Akino
KUMAZAWA Mikiko
MAJIMA Naoko
MATSUKAGE
MIYANAGA Aiko
MIZUNO Rina
MORI Junichi
Namonaki Sanemasa
Nasirun
O JUN
OGINO Yuna
OKADA Hiroko
OKAMOTO Ellie
SHINTSUBO Kenshu
SONE Yutaka
TANADA Koji
TSUTSUI Shinsuke
USAMI Masahiro
Wianta, Made
YAMAGUCHI Ai
YAMAGUCHI Akira
YAMAMOTO Masao
YAMAMOTO Ryuki
MATSUKAGE
1965 Born in Fukuoka, Japan
Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
Education:
1988 Osaka University of Arts, BA in Photography
Official website:https://www.matsukage.net/
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2017
“PERFECT DAY – SOUND & VISION of MATSUKAGE”, Gallery SOAP, Fukuoka, Japan
“LUST”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2016
“Bigakko Gigmenta 2016 – MATSUKAGE x Iichiro Tanaka ‘Monster’”, BLOCK HOUSE, Tokyo, Japan
“Portraits of Novelists”, Ogijima Library, Kagawa, Japan
2014
“A DAY IN THE LIFE”, Gallery Saitou Fine Arts, Kanagawa, Japan
2011
“MATSUKAGE + Yoichiro Nishimura – BIGAKKO ANNUAL REPORT”, Bumpodo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010
“KAGE – Shadow of Light”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2007
“MATSUKAGE x Kosuke Tsumura ‘Fantasy Mode to Order’”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“MATSUKAGE WORKS 2”, Gallery SOAP, Fukuoka, Japan
2004
“The Miracle Worker”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2003
“Vertical Man, Horizontal Woman”, gm, Osaka, Japan
2002
“You are MY Mirror”, depot, Tokyo, Japan
“ECHO – The Hall of Mirrors”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Yves Red Cap Klein”, NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
2000
“Forever 1965 – 2000”, Mitsubishi Jisho-ARTIUM, Fukuoka, Japan
“STAR”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Matsukage”, Canvas International Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
“BIJIN – GA: Makoto Aida vs Hiroyuki Matsukage”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“MATSUKAGE WORKS”, Gallery SOAP, Fukuoka, Japan
1995
“MY LIFE”, Röentgen Kunst Institut, Tokyo, Japan
1994
“10 Years Ago”, Nasubi Gallery (Noko Island), Fukuoka, Japan
“The Setting Sun Tour”, Recent Gallery, Hokkaido / MOMA Contemporary Warehouse, Fukuoka, Japan
“Top Breeder 2”, Nasubi Gallery (NICAF Yokohama), Kanagawa, Japan ※CP
1993
“The Setting Sun”, Hosomi Contemporary Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“Everybody knows NEW LIFE / Nobody knows NEWLIFE”, Namba City Hall, Osaka, Japan ※CP
1992
“SUPER EROS / HYPER VENUS”, Hosomi Contemporary Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1989
“What’s NEWLIFE”, Mohly Gallery, Osaka, Japan ※CP
1988
“Forbidden September”, ON Gallery, Osaka, Japan ※CP
“LOVE AND GOLD”, Gallery Haku, Osaka, Japan ※CP
Group Exhibitions
2020
“Early 90’s Tokyo Art Squad”, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2019
“The Group1965: Korea – Japan Interchange Exhibition <50/50>, Multiplex Art Salon, Seoul, Korea
2018
“Bigakko Gigmenta 2018 – MEIAN Gannen”, sheepstudio, Tokyo, Japan
2017
“Koganecho Bazaar 2017: Double Façade – Multiple ways to encounter the Other”, Koganecho Studio, Kanagawa
2016
“P. SS. 40 – Public School by The Group 1965: Setouchi Triennale 2016”, Umenoya Ryokan, Ogi Island, Kagawa, Japan
2015
“Oita Toilennale 2015”, Agura / &NEWS, Oita, Japan
2013
“P. SS. 40 – Public School by The Group 1965: Setouchi Triennale 2013”, Ogi Elementary and Junior High School, Kagawa, Japan
“The Group 1965 – We Were Boys.”, Kamada Museum, Kagawa, Japan
2012
“Machiju Art in Kitakyushu 2012 ART FOR SHARE”, various places in urban center of Kokurakita-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
2011
“TARO LOVE”, Seibu Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
“The Group 1965: We Are Boys!”, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany (traveled to; Mystetskyi Arsenale, Kiev, Ukrine)
2009
“A Perfect Day for Kangaroos”, MOMA Contemporary, Fukuoka, Japan
“Dojima River Biennale 2009 Reflection: The World Through Art”, Dojima River Forum, Osaka, Japan
2008
“CET Central East Tokyo 2018 – Time / Space / Transform”, Agata Building / ASYL BSMT, Tokyo, Japan
“hiragana art – CHIBATORI”, Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
“The Group 1965: Tokyo Guide 2008”, NADiff a/p/a/r/t, Tokyo, Japan
“Off the Rails”, Mizuma & One Gallery, Beijing, China
“JAPAN NOW”, INTER ALIA, Seoul, Korea
2007
“Have You Eaten Yet? – 2007 Asian Art Biennial”, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2006
“Singapore Biennale 2006: BELIEF”, Tanglin Camp, Singapore
2005
“The Group 1965 – GRAND FINALE (40×40 project)”, BankART1929 yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
“The Group 1965 – Tokyo Souvenir (40×40 project)”, Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
“The Group 1965 – BankART Life: 24 hours hospitality (40×40 project)”, BankART studio NYK, Kanagawa, Japan
“The Group 1965 – Seven Samurais, even (40×40 project)”, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
“Since 1994 : Mizuma Art gallery the 10th Anniversary Exhibition”, Mizuma Art gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2004
“Officina Asia”, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
“FUSION: Architecture + Design in Japan”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
“Mediarena: contemporary art from Japan”, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand ※☆
2003
“Virgin Road”, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea (traveled to; 2004 Mitsubishi-Jisho ARTIUM, Fukuoka, Japan) ※☆
“COME RALLY”, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Spain (traveled to; ARTIUM Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)
2002
“Tokyo GlamRock”, Shoreditch Gallery, London, U.K. (traveled to; Hot Bath Gallery, Bath, U.K. / 2003 Plymouth Art Center, Plymouth, U.K. / Morley Gallery, London, U.K.) ※☆
2001
“Big in Japan”, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Canada (traveled to; Liane and Danny Taran Gallery, Montreal, Canada / Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, Canada / Japanese-Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, Canada)
“JAM: London – Tokyo”, Barbican Gallery, London, U.K. (traveled to; 2002 Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan) ※GO
“Tokyo Life”, Selfridge, London, U.K.
“S(h)itting in the Mirror”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2000
“The Group 1965 in Osaka”, Kodama Gallery, Osaka, Japan
“Voices from Japan”, CBK Centrum Beeldende Kunst Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands
“The J-Way”, Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden ※☆
1999
“Collaboration Art”, Fukushima Museum of Art, Fukushima, Japan ※GO
“The Group 1965”, NADiff, Tokyo, Japan
“The Group 1965 – The Voices from Tokyo”, Contemporary Art Factory, Tokyo, Japan
1998
“TOKYO ELLEGANCE”, Recent Gallery, Hokkaido, Japan ※☆
“TAKEO Communication Design 1998”, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan ※GO
1997
“The Group 1965 – The Voices from Tokyo”, Galería Metropolitana Barcelona, Spain (traveled to; 1998 Galerie Espace Flon, Lausanne, Switzerland / ACC Galerie Weimar, Germany)
1996
“Gaze & Perspective 2”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“My Favorite Things”, NEC Digital Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan
“The Group 1965”, Synapse Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“The Great K’nex Exhibition”, National Children’s Castle, Tokyo, Japan
“Exhibition – Philo-Tech”, Ota City Industrial Plaza (PiO), Tokyo, Japan
1995
“Morphe ’95: CITY CRACK – point A”, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
“InterCommunication ’95: on the Web – The Museum Inside The Network”, NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC] (Web Project), Tokyo, Japan
“Art is Fun 6: Mechazone”, Hara Museum ARC, Gunma, Japan ※CP
“90’s Japan Media Art Scene”, Fukuyama Museum of Art, Hiroshima, Japan ※CP
“909 – Anormaly 2”, Röentgen Kunst Institut, Tokyo, Japan ※CP
1994
“The Group 1965 in Nasubi Gallery”, Roppongi WAVE, Tokyo, Japan
“Shinjuku Shonen Art”, Shinjuku area, Tokyo, Japan
“Museum City Tenjin ’94 – MATSUKAGE / LIVE ON ISLAND”, Solaria Plaza Zepha, Fukuoka, Japan
“Art Labyrinth”, Okayama Prefectural Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan ※CP
1993
“International Photo Festival: Breda Fotografica ’93”, Breda, Netherlands
1991
“ARTLAB First Exhibition”, TEPIA, Tokyo, Japan ※CP
“Japan Festival ’91: Radical Chip”, Old Library Gallery, Cardiff, U.K. ※CP
“Zones of Love – Contemporary Art from Japan”, Touko Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan (traveled to; 1991 Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia / Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia / 1992 Waikako art Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand / Dunedin Public art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand) ※CP
1990
“Beyond the Photographic Frame – 11 Recent Works”, Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan ※CP
“La Biennale di Venezia: Aperto ’90”, Corderie dell’Arsenale, Venezia, Italy ※CP
1989
“ARMS”, Heineken Village Gallery, Tokyo, Japan ※CP
“Metalythm”, Spiral Garden, Tokyo, Japan ※CP
※CP: participation as an art unit “Complesso Plastico” formed with Jiro Hirano (active period: 1987-92)
※GO: participation as a rock duo “GORGEROUS” formed with Muneteru Ujino (active since 1997)
※☆: participation both as MATSUKAGE and “GORGEROUS”