OVERVIEW

Tomona Matsukawa(b. 1987, Aichi, Japan)graduated BA in oil painting from Tama Art University in 2011.
Matsukawa’s distinctive realistic and somewhat dramatic paintings are born from interviews with other women of her generation and the titles and motifs are picked from the phrases that strook her during the conversations. Retaining her interest in themes of her earlier works such as the remnants of daily life, the humanity that lingers in certain gestures, and the interiority of human beings, a fragment of scenes from everyday life derived from the conversations are reconstructed on her flat and smooth surface. In this reconstruction, there is a simultaneous attempt to transfigure the aspect of vulnerability in life. Her works are collected in Mori Art Museum, Japan; Ohara Museum of Art, Japan; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan; Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan, and Japigozzi Collection, Switzerland and USA. Since she has received Fukuzawa Ichiro Memorial Award in 2011, she has participated in important exhibitions such as ‘Roppongi Crossing 2016’ and ‘MAM Collection 011’ and is known for making the art scene in Japan. The artist has recently succeeded a solo exhibition and a group exhibition in Paris.

HISTORY

2025
‘Quietly Here’ Long Story Short, New York, USA
‘Solitude’ KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2024
‘As I am’ Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris, France

2023
‘Dear’ KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan   
‘mirror’, Flowers Gallery Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
‘You say it will never change, but’, anonymous studio, Aichi, Japan
‘exhibition of Tomona Matsukawa’, ZeroBase Jingumae, Tokyo, Japan
2022
‘My flower will never die’, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019
‘Love Yourself’, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
‘Love Yourself’, haku, Kyoto, Japan
2017
‘Blind’, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2016
‘Artist Meets Kurashiki vol.12 Tomona Matsukawa’, Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan
2014
‘Nights, Lemons, and little bits of Secrets’, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2011
‘around girls#00’, yuka contemporary, Tokyo, Japan

2024
‘LOVE Fashion: In Search of Myself’, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Kyoto, JapanContemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
‘Sweet Dreams’,Long Story Short, New York, USA
‘Collective’, Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris, France
2023
‘From the museum collection 2023: fourth period’, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
 ‘Metamorphosis:Japan’s Evolving Society’, WKM Gallery, Hongkong, China
2022
‘Under Current’, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China
‘It’s probably me.’, azumagaoka articulation, Kanagawa, Japan
‘KOTARO NUKAGA Ensemble #1’, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2021
‘Small is Beautiful XXXIX’, Flowers Gallery, London, UK
‘Kaoru Ueda and Realistic Painting’, The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan
‘Imagined Boundaries: Contemporary Art in Obu’,allobu, Aichi, Japan My River runs to thee’, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020
‘The Rite of Spring’, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
‘OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR’, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019
‘MAM Collection 011: Yokomizo Shizuka + Matsukawa Tomona – The Personal Time We Are Living’, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2017
‘Asian Art Award 2017 Finalist Exhibition’, Terrada Art Complex, Tokyo, Japan
2016
‘Summer Showcase 2016 Nagoya’, Galerie En, Aichi, Japan
‘IF ONLY BELLA ABZUG WERE HERE’, MARC STRAUS, New York, USA
‘at home’, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
‘Roppongi Crossing 2016: My Body, Your Voice’, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2015
‘Oil on canvas’, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2014
‘Artists from a.a.t.m. 2007-2013’, Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
‘We, Who Can’t Read Between the Lines’, CAPSULE gallery, Tokyo, Japan
‘Fuseki – Holbein Scholarship Exhibition’, REIJINSHA gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013
‘Shell Artist Selection’, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
2011
‘Shell Art Award’, Daikanyama hillside forum, Tokyo, Japan
‘Joint Graduation Exhibition of Five Art Universities in Tokyo’, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
2010
‘ANGELICA01’, yuka contemporary, Tokyo, Japan

The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan
Arts Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Takahashi Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Japigozzi Collection, Switzerland, USA

WORKS

NEWS

KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'Tokyo Gendai 2025'

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce our participation in ‘Tokyo Gendai 2025’, an international art fair held in PACIFICO Yokohama, Japan from September 12 to 14. KOTARO NUKAGA will showcase works by twelve internationally diverse artists, including Tomokazu Matsuyama and Rember Yahuarcani. Featuring a dynamic range of practices across painting and glass art. And also

The artworks of Tomokazu Matsuyama, Tomona Matsukawa and Keita Morimoto will be shown in ‘ARTS MAEBASHI RECENT ACQUISITIONS/Collection + Women Artists, Each Her Own World‘ at Arts Maebashi

The artworks of Tomokazu Matsuyama, Tomona Matsukawa and Keita Morimoto will be shown in ‘ARTS MAEBASHI RECENT ACQUISITIONS/Collection + Women Artists, Each Her Own World‘ at Arts Maebashi starting from July 19 – August 26, 2025. 【EXHIBITED WORKS】 Tomokazu Matsuyama, Turn Up Remember Tomona Matsukawa, It’s good once in a while Keita Morimoto, Unspoken Sentiments

KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'Art Busan'

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce our participation in ART BUSAN 2025, an international art fair held in BEXCO, Busan, South Korea from May 9 to 11. KOTARO NUKAGA will present works by 7 artists: Mariko Kobayashi, Maiko Kasai, Takehito Koganezawa, Takehiro Iikawa, Tomona Matsukawa, New York based artist Tomokazu Matsuyama, and Rember Yahuarcani, an

anonymous art project to exhibit at art fair 'Taipei Dangdai 2025'

Nanami Inoue, Kazuhito Kawai, Rei Kizumoto, Tomona Matsukawa, and Keita Morimoto will participate in the art fair “Taipei Dangdai 2025” from Friday, May 9 to Sunday, May 11, 2025 at the booth of anonymous art project curated by Miwa Kutsuna. ◾️EXHIBITION DETAILS May 8 VIP Preview  14:00-19:00 May 9 Public View  11:00-18:00 May 10 Public

Tomona Matsukawa participate in the exhibition "Love Fashion: In Search of Myself" at Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery

Tomona Matsukawa will participate in “Love Fashion: In Search of Myself” at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery starting from April 16 to June 22. Matsukawa will exhibit several paintings, including her work 《Nevertheless, I am a mother》(2018). Dressing is a universal human activity. The clothes that we wear embody or conceal our internal desires,

Works by Tomona Matsukawa to be collected in a The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, KYOTO

KOTARO NUKAGA is  pleased to announce that Tomona Matsukawa’s work “I wanted to talk with someone who knew my name” is now in the collection of The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, KYOTO. If you are in the neighborhood, please stop by and take a look.   ■Collected work 《I wanted to talk with

Tomona Matsukawa ‘Solitude’

KOTARO NUKAGA(Roppongi) is pleased to present Solitude, a solo exhibition by Tomona Matsukawa, running from March 19 to April 19, 2025. Expanding on themes from her 2023 solo show Dear, Matsukawa explores the disconnect between societal expectations of women and their personal identities. In Solitude, she refines these ideas, presenting works that examine the state

KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'ART FAIR TOKYO'

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce our participation in Japan’s largest art fair “ART FAIR TOKYO”, to be held at the Tokyo International Forum from March 7 to 9 with a lineup of 9 international artists including Gentaro Ishizuka, Nanami Inoue, Kazuhito Kawai, Tomona Matsukawa, Keita Morimoto, New York based artist Esmaa Mohamoud, Nir Hod,

Tomona Matsukawa participate in the exhibition ‘Celebrating KEITA MARUYAMA 30th Anniversary 'on the special day'’ at Art Salon SCÈNE, TOKYO

Tomona Matsukawa will participate in “Celebrating KEITA MARUYAMA 30th Anniversary ‘on the special day’” at Art Salon SCÈNE  starting September 14 (Sat). 【EXHIBITION DETAIL】 Title: Celebrating KEITA MARUYAMA 30th Anniversary ‘on the special day’ Venue: Art Salon SCÈNE Dates: September 14 (Sat) –  October 11 (Fri), 2024 ※ No reservation, invitation needed   ※ Public

KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'THE ARMORY SHOW 2024'

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce our participation at THE ARMORY SHOW 2024, an international art fair held in Jacob Javits Convention Center, New York, from September 6 to September 8. For our first show in this art fair, KOTARO NUKAGA will present works by international artists: Keita Morimoto, Tomona Matsukawa, Nanami Inoue, Kazuhito Kawai,