Ceysson & Bénétière is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in France by the artist Tomona Matsukawa.
The exhibition at the Parisian space will showcase works produced by the Japanese artist during her two-month residency in La Chaulme (Auvergne).
Tomona Matsukawa's realistic and somewhat dramatic paintings have emerged from conversations with other women of her generation, often strangers. The titles and subjects are derived from striking phrases spoken during these conversations, like Morning will come and my feelings will ease a little.
Maintaining her interest in the themes of her previous works, such as remnants of daily life, the humanity that persists in certain gestures, or the interiority of human beings, she reconstructs fragments of everyday life scenes drawn from these conversations on the flat and smooth surface of her canvases. In this reconstruction, there is an attempt to transfigure the vulnerability of life.
Originally from Aichi, Japan, Matsukawa was born in 1987 and graduated from Tama Art University in 2011, specializing in oil painting. Tomona Matsukawa's works are featured in public collections such as the Ohara Museum of Art and the Mori Art Museum in Japan, as well as prestigious private collections like the Takahashi Collection in Japan and the Pigozzi Collection in Switzerland.