msb gallery is pleased to present “Un chemin de fil,” a solo exhibition by Armel Barraud.

 

Currently based in Rennes, France, she creates wire lace artworks using the traditional bobbin lace technique.

 

Skillfully weaving delicate metallic threads with spindles and fingertips, she crafts her own poetic and dreamlike universe.

This is achieved by combining patterns of motifs featuring figures, animals, and plants inspired by fairy tales or Greek myths. It’s as if she is telling a story with metal threads.

 

This marks her first solo exhibition in Tokyo. She has had a connection with Japan since 2010 when she participated in the Artist in Residence program at Villa Kujyoyama, part of the Kansai Franco-Japanese Cultural Exchange Center in Kyoto.

 

We hope you enjoy her funny and humorous works in this exhibition.

 

 

 

 

 

Armel Barraud

 

 

Distinctions

2012   The reflection, 1st prize in the FIMA competition (International Festival of Crafts) Baccarat, France  

     Talents à la carte, Winner of the competition, Salon Maison et objects, France Young challenge, Fondation d’Art de France, Paris, France

 

 

Expositions 

2024   Marelle, ombre et dentelle. Argenteuil, France  

2023   Atelier Byzance, fleurs, Paris

2023   ID textile, Aiguille en fête, Paris

2023   Entrelacs et dentelle, Bibliothèque Est Ensemble.

2022   Festival du Textile “Living Lace”, Renaix , Belgique

2022   De Fil en Fil, Galerie de l'Hôpital Camfrout, Bretagne

2021   Ne pas piétiner: espace naturel au repos, solo exposition, Maison des dentelles, Argentan

2020-23  Wir, Galerie Hokema, Allemagne, Schwäbisch Gmünd

   Ballade avec Don Quichotte, Textile Box, Musée du costume et de la dentelle, Brussels, Belgium  

   Exposition de Dentelle contemporaine, Congrés mondial de la dentelle, Bruges, Belgium 

2017   Le Multiple, Galerie LOUISE, Paris, France 

   Galerie FISCH HAUS, Wichita, KS, USA 

   Empreinte et légèreté poétique, Ateliers Art de France 

   Exposition anniversaire de la revue composition, Galerie O.F.R, Paris, France 

2016   Le corps, Ateliers d’Art de France, Galerie Collection ; Paris, France 

   Autels, Galerie IKI, Paris, France 

2015   Renaissance, MET, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Manille, Philippines  Suivez le fil ! Entrez en matière, Institut National des Métiers d’art, Cité des sciences, Paris,   France 

   Renaissance, Exposition de la pièce Moucharabieh, Musée Bargoin et Festival international des textiles extraordinaires, Clermont Ferrand, France 

   Dentelles…et plus si affinités, Commissaire d’exposition. Pôle expérimental des Métiers d’art et FRACE, Nontron, France 

   Folles dentelles, Galerie «A l’écu de France», Viroflay, France 

2014   Dans la verdoyance du mille-fleurs, solo exhibition, Seikado, Kyoto, Japan 

   The French Craft Project, COLLECT(Stand 7.6) , the Staachi Gallery, London, UK 

2010   Agathe de Bailliencourt/ Catherine Gianola/ Armel Barraudcontiguous zone vol.2 "touch to Japanese sensibility," YOD Gallery, Osaka, Japan

   Une histoire racontée à travers des dentelles, solo exhibition, Seikado, Kyoto, Japan 

 

 

 

Provided Works 

Collaboration works for minä perhonen realized from their own cloth designs. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 🇫🇷Biographie en français

 

 

Armel Barraud 

 

 

Née en 1979, au Havre en France. 

 

Actuellement habitant à Rennes, France, Armel crée des œuvres en dentelle de fils de metal utilisant la technique traditionnelle de la dentelle aux fuseaux.

 

Tissant habilement des fils métalliques délicats au fuseau et au bout des doigts, elle crée son propre univers poétique et onirique.

Elle y parvient en combinant des motifs représentant des personnages, des animaux et des plantes inspirés de contes de fées ou de mythes grecs. C'est comme si elle racontait une histoire avec des fils de métal.

 

Ce sera sa première exposition personnelle à Tokyo, pour elle qui a un lien avec le Japon depluis qu’elle a participé au programme d'artiste en résidence à la Villa Kujyoyama au sein du Centre culturel franco-japonais du Kansai à Kyoto en 2010.

 

Nous espérons vous apprécier ses œuvres drôles et plein d'humour dans cette exposition.

 

 

 

Distinctions 

2012   Le reflet, 1er prix du concours FIMA (Festival Internationale des Métiers d’Art) Baccarat, France  Talents à la carte, Lauréate du concours, Salon Maison et objets, France  Défi jeune, Fondation d’Art de France, Paris, France 

 

 


 

 

 

 

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