Ryohei Matsumoto

Born in Kanagawa in 1988.
Waseda University, Graduate school, M.S, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Bioscience of Advanced Science and Engineering in 2013.
Held numerous solo exhibitions including "Memory of LifeⅢ" at the Silver Shell / Tokyo in 2019.
Participated to various group exhibitions and arts fairs including "PLAS 2018 Contemporary Art Show," in Korea, "Art Expo Malaysia," in 2018, "Art Elysees," in France, "Art Busan," in Korea, "Seven Person Exhibition with Yutaka Sasaki" at Iida art salon / Tokyo in 2019.
Won many prizes including Akiko Endo Prize at the 12th World Painting Award Exhibition in 2016, Showa-kai Prize at the 54th Showa-kai Exhibition in 2019.

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Works

I want to create a parable of our modern society by referencing the animal kingdom.
In the animal kingdom, there exist social structures such as predator and prey, coexistence, and competition.
This structure carries no good or evil and has existed since the dawn of life.
I aim to create a piece that knows no place or age by placing human society in this structure.
My fascination with creatures led me to study structural biology at a post-graduate level.
I learned that many living things collectively share similar proteins and DNA at a fundamental level, which is why I decided to express human society in such a manner.

PROFILE

1988　Born in Kanagawa
2013　Waseda University, Graduate school, M.S, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Bioscience of Advanced Science and Engineering

Solo Exhibition
2016　Memory of Life (SILVER SHELL / Tokyo)
2017　The World of Creatures (The Art Complex Center of Tokyo / Tokyo)
2018　Memory of LifeⅡ (SILVER SHELL / Tokyo)
2019　Memory of Life Ⅲ (SILVER SHELL / Tokyo)

Group Exhibition
2016　REIJINSHA GALLERY'S EYE (REIJINSHA GALLERY / Ginza)
2017　May Wind (Galerie Nichido / Ginza)
2017　Zoo of Arts (REIJINSHA GALLERY / Ginza)
2019　Seven Person Exhibition with Yutaka Sasaki (Iida art salon / Ginza)
2019　The 13th Natsunokai (Summer) Exhibition (Galerie Nichido / Ginza)

Art Fair
2018　PLAS2018 CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW (Korea)
2018　Art Expo Malaysia
2019　Art Elyees (France)
2019　Art Busan (Korea)

Award
2013　Won Namura Taiseido Prize at the 9th World Art Exhibition
2014　Won Iken Prize at the 10th World Art Exhibition
2014　Accepted at Public Japanese Painting
2015　Won Kusakabe Prize at the 11th World Art Exhibition
2016　Akiko Endo Prize at the 12th World Painting Award Exhibition
2016　Accepted at the 51th Showa-kai Exhibition
2016　Accepted at Public Japanese Painting
2017　Accepted at the 52th Showa-kai Exhibition
2018　Accepted at the 53th Showa-kai Exhibition
2018　Accepted at Public Japanese Painting
2019　Showa-kai Prize at the 54th Showa-kai Exhibition