msb gallery is pleased to present “Where the tides meet,” a solo exhibition by Nana Matsumoto.

 

Her works are mainly a combination of flat surfaces and objects.

In this exhibition, she experimentally explores the interaction between different materials and the reaction within the works, which changes depending on the presence of conditions and substances.

 

We hope you enjoy the sensation of a glimpse into fragments of memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist Statement

 

 

Where currents of different temperatures and salinities collide, long, thin lines appear on the ocean's surface, along which bubbles and pieces of wood gather.

The connection between an object and its purpose or background begins to waver when it interacts with something else. By combining planes, objects, words, etc., I find causal or non-causal relationships between different things and reconstruct them within the framework of painting.

 

 

 

Nana Matsumoto

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nana MATSUMOTO

 

1986   Born in Chiba, Japan

2008   Tokyo Zokei University of Arts,B.A. in Fine Arts

2009   The West of England of Art and Design(exchange), Bristol, UK

2010   Tokyo Zokei University of Arts,M.A. in Fine Arts

 

 

Award and Grant

2010   Tokyo Zokei Award,M.A.in Fine Art

2009   The24th HOLBEIN scholarship

2008   Tokyo Wonder Wall Award

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2022   'Polyonymous' LOOP HOLE, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

2013   'Multiple Elements' gallery valuer, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

2011   'It's just flitted' ignition gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

           'It's just flitted' atelier kirigiris, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan

2010   'on the flat' gallery sakamaki, Kyobashi, Tokyo, Japan

2009   'Tokyo Wonder Wall 2009' Metropolitan of Tokyo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

           'ROOTS OF ONE' TWS-Emerging2009.Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Suidobashi, Tokyo, Japan

 

 

Group Exhibition

2024   'Drawing Exhibition Featuring Four Artists' HAGIWARA PROJECTS, Tokyo, Japan

2023   'Fungal Fugue" Paris Internationale (HAGIWARA PROJECTS), Paris, France, Japan

           'Fungal Fugue" HAGIWARA PROJECTS, Tokyo, Japan

2022   'Open Studio + Book Shop' studio REV, Tana, Kanagawa, Japan 

           'The 57th Kanagawa Exhibition' Kanagawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

           'Holbein Art Fair ' shibuya scramble square, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

2021   'Metomato' Artist-run space Merdre, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

2020   'Steering along with tempo of rain' Akibatamabi21/3331 Arts Ciyoda, Sotokanda, Tokyo, Japan

2017   'Post-Formalist Painting'statments,Ebisu/Komagome soko, Komagome, Tokyo, Japan

2015   'Robo No Kaiga' Art-Lab Hashimoto, Hashimoto, Kanagawa, Japan

2014   'Field of Painiting' Tokyo Metroporitan Art Museum, Ueno, Tokyo, Japan

2010   'Art Fair in SPAZIO 01 YOGA' Tokyo-Gumi, Tokyo, Japan

           'M-polyphony'08' Zokei gallery, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

2009   'small selection' gallery sagamaki, Kyobashi, Tokyo, Japan

2008   'continue art project 2008' old primary school, Oshima, Nigata, Japan

           'Tokyo Wonder Wall 2008' Tokyo Contemporary Art Museum, Kiyosumishirakawa, Tokyo, Japan

           'polyphony bild/ga umarerutoki' -OME ART PROJECT2008 6th related program, Eiji Yoshikawa's memorial hall, Ome, Tokyo, Japan 

           'Fukei/ga umarerutoki' -workshop report exhibition, citizens gallery of Ome Museum, Ome, Tokyo, Japan

 

Open studio

'Super Open Studio' studio REV, Tana, Kanagawa, Japan (2012-)

 

 Selected interviews and reviews 

'Made in Mind Magazine' Interview Issue