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