Artists

Shiro Matsui

Biography

1960: Born in Nara, Japan
1984: Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts (Major in Sculpture)
1986: M.A. in Fine Art (Major in Sculpture)

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023: Nara Prefecture Historical and Artistic Culture Complex
2019: Far Too Close, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
Message in a Bottle DRAWING EXHIBITION 2019 +ILA GALLERY, ILA GALLERY, Sapporo
2018: Art Museum Garden Art Project: The Sense of Wonder of Shiro Matsui, Himeji City Museum of Art, Hyogo
2016: Learn more about “Message in a Bottle” with Shiro Matsui, Miyanomori International Museum of Art, Sapporo
2013: SHIRO MATSUI, between here and there is better than either here or there, MIYANOMORI International Museum of Art, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Forwards Backwards, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
2011: Matsui Shiro -What the Tortoise Said to Achilles-, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
2010: Aqua-Lung Channel, Hakutosha, Aichi
Hundreds of Gardens, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
2008: Poincare conjecture by Shiro Matsui, Hakutosha, Aichi
2007: what goes in comes out, Hakutosha, Aichi
2006: Shiro Matsui Jonah's Green, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld
2005: ...schnarchen?, artothek, Köln
2004: The Inside's Outside, Hakutosha, Aichi
The Outside's Inside, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
2003: Glossy Dark, Gallery Shinanobashi, Osaka
2002: Days Daze, CASO, Osaka
Days Daze Yokohama, Yokohama Portside Gallery, Yokohama
2001: Vessels in Vessel, Hakutosha, Aichi
2000: dance, drink..., INTERVAL, Witten
1997: Estudio, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid
1995: Wewerka Pavilion, Münster
1994: Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken
1993: Galerie Carla Stützer, Köln
1990: Today’s Artist, Osaka Prefectural Contemporary Art Center

Selected Group Exhibition (2000-)

2022: Kansai Contemporary Art of the 1980s, Hyogo Prefectural M useum of Art
2021: OAP Sculpture Path 2021-2022: Takeshi Hayashi + Shiro Matsui doodling, OAP Sculpture Path, Osa ka
2020: 250 Years of Kyoto Art Masterpieces, The Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art
ACG Window Gallery: Yasuaki Onishi x Shiro Matsui, ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka
2019: The Yamamura Collection: Gutai and the Japanese Avant-Garde 1950s-1980s, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Hyogo
KCUA Alumni Association Exhibition 2018–2019, Kyoto City University of Arts Gallery @KCUA, Kyoto
2018: Water and Land Niigata Art Festival 2018, Bandai Multi-purpose Plaza, Niigata
2017: The Intersection of Nature MATSUDO ART PICNIC, Matsudo, Chiba
Sapporo International Art Festival 2017, Moerenuma Park, Hokkaido
2016: Chieo Senzaki, Shiro Matsui, Tokyo Gallery+BTAP, Tokyo
2014: Object/Sculpture, GALERIE SOL, Tokyo
2012: Atsuko Tanaka. The Art of Connecting, Museum of Contemporary Tokyo
2011: REFLEXIONEN, Hyogo Prefectual Museum of Art
2010: AICHI Triennale 2010, Aichi Arts Center
Trouble in Paradise, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
OAP Sculpture Path 2010 - UN-SYNTAX - , OAP Public Park, Osaka
2009: FESTIVAL @RT OUTSIDERS, Maison Europeenne de la Photographie, France
2008: Osaka Art Kaleidoscope 2008, Building of Osaka Securities Exchange Company, Limited.
2007: The 22nd Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, Ube Open-Air Museum, Yamaguchi
2006: TOUCH ART, Kawagoe City Museum of Art, Saitama
Comfortable places, Kasugai Civic Cultural Foundation, Aichi
Trans - Acting, Kyoto Art Center, Kyoto
3D works by Painters and 2D works by Sculptors, Hakutosya, Aichi
2005: αm Project Vol.9 Shiro Matsui+namiko Fujishiro, ASK?, Tokyo
2004: Spaces for You - Stepping Out!, The Miyagi Museum of Art
2003: The Imaginary City “metamorphosis” Hiroshima, The Former Bank of Japan, Hiroshima Branch Office
2002: SYDNEY FESTIVAL 2002, The Strand・the QVB, Sydney
2001: Reading the Art Museum - Hyokeikan and Art Today, Tokyo National Museum
Nagoya Contemporary Art fair, Nagoya Civic Gallery　　　
The 19th Contemporary Japanese Sculpture, Ube Open-Air Museum, Yamaguchi
2000: Plastic Age - Art and Design, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
Prime-Refrection of Color and Form, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
Trading Views, Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Stadtische Galerie, Erlangen and other veues

Public Collections

Kyoto City University of Arts / Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art / The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art / Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (Yamamura Collection) / Utsunomiya Museum of Art / Yamaguchi Prefectural Museum of Art / Agency of Cultural Affairs / Kyoto Prefecture / Ube City / Yonago City / Saarbrücken City / DaimlerChrysler AG