Profile
1964 Born in Tokyo
From 1984 Handled publicity, packaging, binding, logo design as a graphic designer at Taskforce Co. Ltd.
1999 Since presenting posters, packaging and skateboards as an assortment of works on the theme of "Character Installation," he has worked in various countries all over the world and in recent years has received critical acclaim in China. Now the time is ripe for a one-man show.
Solo Exhibitions
2010
“Super Acrylic Skin SWEET ADDICTION” Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Tokyo
2009
“Super Acrylic Skin PHOTON- Imaginary Temperature” Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Beijing, China
2008
“Acrylic Skin / Existence” Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2007
“Ultra New Visions” Hiroyuki Matsuura Solo Exhibition, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2006
“Super Acrylic Skin” MIRAI projects, Stockholm, Sweden
“Acrylic Skin” Canvas International Art, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
2005
“Super Acrylic Skin, Hiroyuki Matsuura Solo Exhibition” TOKYO GALLERY, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2012
“Takashimaya Rose Art Session” Takashimaya Department Store (Nihonbashi, Yokohama, Shinjuku, Osaka and Kyoto)
2012
“Fantasy and Absurd Reality of Japanese Contemporary Art” Edwin’s Gallery (Jakarta, Indonesia)
2011-12
“Future Pass - From Asia to the World ” Abbazia di San Gregorio (Venice, Italy), Wereldmuseum Rotterdam (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts (Taipei,Taiwan), Today Art Museum (Beijing, China)
2010
“micro salon 60” Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Beijing, China
2008
“Japanese Contemporary Art” Gallery IHN, Seoul, Korea
“Milestones” Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Beijing, China
2007
“aniManga / VIA07 Festival international,” France
“Japanese Contemporary Arts” Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul, Korea
“B.T.A.P. 5th Anniversary” B.T.A.P., Beijing, China
2006
“JAPANIMATION!” Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing, China
“Fiction @ Love” Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai, China
2005
“Techno ? Orientalism”, Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing, China
“The 1st China International Animation and Comic Industrial Expo”, Hangzhou / Beijing, China
2004
“Fiction. Love - Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan
2003
TAP Gallery, Sydney, Australia
STEP Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Bruce Watling Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2002
"IAIO International Art Exhibition" The Air Gallery, London, UK
"Traveling exhibition: 4 cities in Australia", Bruce Watling Gallery, Gold coast, Australia
Awards
2001
Awarded "scout prize at "Takashi Murakami's "GEIJUTSU-DOUJOU/GP at MOT", The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan
Publication
1992
"What time is it now, U-ckey?" , BANDAI Publications, Japan
