OVERVIEW

Tomona Matsukawa (b. 1987, Aichi, Japan) graduated Tama Art University in 2011,　specializing in oil painting. 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 has　been exhibited in Mori Museum, Tokyo, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Ohara
Museum of Art, Okayama and more.

HISTORY

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

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
‘Toyota Art Competition 2010’, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art,　Aichi, Japan
‘No Man’s Land’, Embassy of France, Tokyo, Japan
‘The 3rd Art_icle Award -Selected Artist’s Exhibition’,　The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

Mori Art Museum, Japan
Ohara Museum of Art, Japan
Takahashi Collection, Japan
Japigozzi Collection, Switzerland, USA

WORKS

NEWS

KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in "Art Collaboration Kyoto"

KOTARO NUKAGA  is pleased to announce our participation in ‘Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK)’, an art fair themed on “contemporary art and collaboration” to be held in Kyoto from October 28 (Sat) to 30 (Mon), 2023. KOTARO NUKAGA will be exhibiting with Almine Rech. Starting with Tomokazu Matsuyama, who is represented by both galleries, KOTARO NUKAGA will bring

KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in “Art Basel Hong Kong”

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce a dual presentation of works by female Japanese artists Mako Idemitsu (1940-) and Tomona Matsukawa (1987-) for Art Basel Hong Kong 2023 from March 23(Thu) to 25(Sat), 2023. Idemitsu has been creating experimental video works since the 1970s, and Matsukawa has become well-known for her realistic paintings that depict

’Under Current Satellite Exhibition’ at N&A Art SITE

Under Current Satellite Exhibition” will be held at N&A Art SITE (Meguro-ku, Tokyo) from December 3 (Sat) to 17 (Sat), 2022. This exhibition is an abstracted exhibition in Japan of “Under Current,” an exhibition by 16 Japanese artists currently being held at the Powerlong Museum in Shanghai. The exhibition will feature one work from each

KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in Art Collaboration Kyoto (ACK)

KOTARO NUKAGA will participate in “Art Collaboration Kyoto” (ACK), an art fair themed on “contemporary art and collaboration” to be held in Kyoto from November 18 (Fri) to 20 (Sun), 2022.（HP：https://a-c-k.jp/) KOTARO NUKAGA will be exhibiting with Chicago-based Kavi Gupta. Starting with Tomokazu Matsuyama, who is represented by both galleries, KOTARO NUKAGA will bring Kyoto-based

’Under Current’, an exhibition of 16 Japanese artists, opens at Powerlong Museum in Shanghai, China

From November 11, 2022 to January 29, 2023, the Powerlong Museum in Shanghai, China will present ‘Under Current,’ an exhibition of 16 Japanese artists.　(URL: http://www.powerlongmuseum.com/exhibition_detail/80.html) KOTARO NUKAGA is proud to announce that Yuichi Hirako, Tomona Matsukawa, Mariko Kobayashi and Keita Morimoto participate in this group exhibition. Regarded as the largest private museum in Asia, the

Exhibition Announcement - TAIPEI DANGDAI 2022

KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to present our exhibition at an international art fair TAIPEI DANGDAI 2022, which will be held from May 20 (Fri) at the Taipei World Trade Center. At this art fair, KOTARO NUKAGA will be exhibiting 19 of two-dimensional and three-dimensional works by 6 artists, including Stefan Brüggemann, Yuichi Hirako and Mariko Kobayashi. Yuichi