Ucyuu Dora Image - 2006
41.73 x 52.76 inch - 106 x 134 cm
Oil on canvas
*This work is accompanied by a music box that plays Doraemons music (Japanese Anime character)
Three Days and Three Nights - 2008
45.87 x 57.87 x 1.18 inch - 116.5 x 147 x 3 cm
Oil on canvas and collage
Piano Concerto - 2009
51.18 x 63.78 inch - 130 x 162 cm
Oil on canvas
Nanakotobi Yaoki - 2008
4.72 x 3.35 x 2.95 inch - 12 x 8.5 x 7.5 cm
Mixed Media (plastic and textile)
Im Home - 2006
12.52 x 16.14 inch - 31.8 x 41 cm
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Upasan - 2006
45.28 x 45.28 inch - 115 x 115 cm
Oil on canvas
Cupidity Goddess of Kannon - 2010
51.18 x 63.78 inch - 130 x 162 cm
Oil on canvas
The Child is the Father of the Man - 2010
71.65 x 89.37 inch - 182 x 227 cm
Oil on canvas
Eye of Typhoon - 2007
19.76 x 27.56 inch - 50.2 x 70 cm
Oil and acrylic on cardboard
Akai Ringo Byou (Red Appleholic) - 2011
14.96 x 17.91 inch - 38 x 45.5 cm
Oil on canvas
Moment of Ecstasy, Octopus - 2011
8.66 x 10.63 inch - 22 x 27 cm
Oil on canvas
Erina is actually a Russian name - 2011
13.15 x 9.57 inch - 33.4 x 24.3 cm
Oil on canvas, fragment of an icon found in a flea market in Russia, paper-mache frame
Study - 2013
15.75 x 19.69 inch - 40 x 50 cm
Oil on canvas
Palette Tree of Two Jovians - 2015
23.62 x 19.69 inch - 60 x 50 cm
Oil on canvas
Nanakotobi Yaoki by Erina Matsui
Erina Matsui
b. 1984, Okayama, Japan
Education:
2006
Studied at University of Art & Design Helsinki, Finland
2008
B.F.A., Tama Art University, Kanagawa
2010
M.F.A., Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions:
2016
Planet of the Faces, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima
2013
Road Sweet Road, kunstlerhaus bethanien, Berlin
Planet of the Faces, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima
2012
Sunrise Erina, Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama
Wabi Sabi Utopia, Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo
2010
One-Touch Time Machine!, YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo
2008
Cycle: Kawaii! Japan now, Fondation Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
2007
My Cosmo, YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo
Cycle: Kawaii!, Japan now, Foundation Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
Group Exhibitions:
2015
Art Basel Hong Kong, Yamamoto Gendai, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
TAKAHASHI COLLECTION: Mirror Neuron, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
2014
Ohara Contemporary at Musabi, Musashino Art University Museum, Tokyo
The Present and Future of Japanese and Taiwanese Contemporary Art - Amplitude of the Global and Locality, Chinretukan Gallery, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
Boutique - Thinking about fashion, through art, Spiral Garden, Tokyo
2012
Art HK, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Yamamoto Gendai, Hong Kong
The Fairest One of All, Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo
2011
JAPANCONGO, Le Magasin - Centre National d Art Contemporain, Grenoble; The Garage Center For Contemporary Culture, Moscow; Palazzo Reale, Milan
Girlfriends Forever! Tokyo Wonder Site, Hongo, Tokyo
Shuffle, Shirokane Art Complex, NANZUKA UNDER GROUND, Tokyo
SHIBUKARU MATSURI, Shibuya PARCO, Tokyo
2010
neoneo Part 2 [girls] neoneo girls open up Ama-no-Iwato by herselves, TAKAHASHI COLLECTION HIBIYA, Tokyo
Tokyo Trans Weeks, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
GEISAI Winners Group exhibition, Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei, Taipei
KITAHARA Collection, Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo
Self Portrait - Others as Myself, TAKAHASHI COLLECTION HIBIYA, Tokyo
Hito Hito, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2009
The Simple Art of Parody, MOCA, Taipei
Group exhibition, Kurashiki City Art Museum, Okayama
Resonating art 2009－Challenge to expression, Kurashiki City Art Museum, Okayama
Detour The MOLESKIN Notebook Experience, MOMA Design Store, Tokyo
Third Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moscow
No Mans Land, French Embassy, Tokyo
neoneo Part2 [girls], Takahashi Collection Hibiya, Tokyo, Japan
2008
DREAM of the SKULL, YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo
Art Award Tokyo 2008, Gyoko Ave. Underground Gallery, Tokyo
Ueno Town Museum Ueno city Area, Tokyo, Japan
How to Cook Docomodake, NTT Inter Communication Center (ICC), Tokyo, Japan
Joint Graduation Exhibition of 5 Universities in Tokyo, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
2007
HOW TO COOK DOCOMODAKE, Openhouse Gallery, New York（Traveling Exhibition: 2009, ICC, Tokyo）
Drive You Insane, YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo
2006
Collection of the Foundation Cartier pour l art contemporary, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
Zaim Opening Festival, Zaim, Yokohama, Japan
Fresh Artists, Artgaia museum, Yamanashi, Japan
2005
J en reve, Foundation Cartier, Paris
GEISAI 7 Medalist exhibition, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
2004
Touch-Bi, GEISAI6, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
Shell Art Award 2004, Daikanyama Hillside, Tokyo, Japan
2003
Tachibi Festival, Tachikawa Bijutsu Gakuin, Tokyo, Japan
Awards:
2010
Okayama Prefecture Mr. I Prize
2008
Fukuzawa Ichiro Award, Tama Art University
2006
JASSO (Excellent student Grant)
2004
GEISAI#6 (Gold prize)
Shell Art Award (Winning prize)
2003
Grand Prix, Tachikawa Bijutsu Gakuin
Public Collections:
Foundation Cartier
Takahashi Collection
b. 1984, Okayama, Japan
Education:
2006
Studied at University of Art & Design Helsinki, Finland
2008
B.F.A., Tama Art University, Kanagawa
2010
M.F.A., Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
Solo Exhibitions:
2016
Planet of the Faces, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima
2013
Road Sweet Road, kunstlerhaus bethanien, Berlin
Planet of the Faces, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima
2012
Sunrise Erina, Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama
Wabi Sabi Utopia, Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo
2010
One-Touch Time Machine!, YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo
2008
Cycle: Kawaii! Japan now, Fondation Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
2007
My Cosmo, YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo
Cycle: Kawaii!, Japan now, Foundation Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain
Group Exhibitions:
2015
Art Basel Hong Kong, Yamamoto Gendai, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong
TAKAHASHI COLLECTION: Mirror Neuron, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
2014
Ohara Contemporary at Musabi, Musashino Art University Museum, Tokyo
The Present and Future of Japanese and Taiwanese Contemporary Art - Amplitude of the Global and Locality, Chinretukan Gallery, The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
Boutique - Thinking about fashion, through art, Spiral Garden, Tokyo
2012
Art HK, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center, Yamamoto Gendai, Hong Kong
The Fairest One of All, Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo
2011
JAPANCONGO, Le Magasin - Centre National d Art Contemporain, Grenoble; The Garage Center For Contemporary Culture, Moscow; Palazzo Reale, Milan
Girlfriends Forever! Tokyo Wonder Site, Hongo, Tokyo
Shuffle, Shirokane Art Complex, NANZUKA UNDER GROUND, Tokyo
SHIBUKARU MATSURI, Shibuya PARCO, Tokyo
2010
neoneo Part 2 [girls] neoneo girls open up Ama-no-Iwato by herselves, TAKAHASHI COLLECTION HIBIYA, Tokyo
Tokyo Trans Weeks, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
GEISAI Winners Group exhibition, Kaikai Kiki Gallery Taipei, Taipei
KITAHARA Collection, Mori Arts Center Gallery, Tokyo
Self Portrait - Others as Myself, TAKAHASHI COLLECTION HIBIYA, Tokyo
Hito Hito, 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
2009
The Simple Art of Parody, MOCA, Taipei
Group exhibition, Kurashiki City Art Museum, Okayama
Resonating art 2009－Challenge to expression, Kurashiki City Art Museum, Okayama
Detour The MOLESKIN Notebook Experience, MOMA Design Store, Tokyo
Third Moscow Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moscow
No Mans Land, French Embassy, Tokyo
neoneo Part2 [girls], Takahashi Collection Hibiya, Tokyo, Japan
2008
DREAM of the SKULL, YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo
Art Award Tokyo 2008, Gyoko Ave. Underground Gallery, Tokyo
Ueno Town Museum Ueno city Area, Tokyo, Japan
How to Cook Docomodake, NTT Inter Communication Center (ICC), Tokyo, Japan
Joint Graduation Exhibition of 5 Universities in Tokyo, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
2007
HOW TO COOK DOCOMODAKE, Openhouse Gallery, New York（Traveling Exhibition: 2009, ICC, Tokyo）
Drive You Insane, YAMAMOTO GENDAI, Tokyo
2006
Collection of the Foundation Cartier pour l art contemporary, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
Zaim Opening Festival, Zaim, Yokohama, Japan
Fresh Artists, Artgaia museum, Yamanashi, Japan
2005
J en reve, Foundation Cartier, Paris
GEISAI 7 Medalist exhibition, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
2004
Touch-Bi, GEISAI6, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan
Shell Art Award 2004, Daikanyama Hillside, Tokyo, Japan
2003
Tachibi Festival, Tachikawa Bijutsu Gakuin, Tokyo, Japan
Awards:
2010
Okayama Prefecture Mr. I Prize
2008
Fukuzawa Ichiro Award, Tama Art University
2006
JASSO (Excellent student Grant)
2004
GEISAI#6 (Gold prize)
Shell Art Award (Winning prize)
2003
Grand Prix, Tachikawa Bijutsu Gakuin
Public Collections:
Foundation Cartier
Takahashi Collection