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Born in 1987 in Aichi, Japan

Lives and works in Kyoto, Japan


Presentation


Matsukawa’s distinctive realistic and somewhat dramatic paintings are born from interviews with other women of her generation and the titles and motifs are derived from phrases that were striking during these conversations. Retaining her interest in themes of her earlier works such as the remnants of daily life, the humanity that lingers in certain gestures, and the interiority of human beings, a fragment of scenes from everyday life derived from the conversations are reconstructed on her flat and smooth surface. In this reconstruction, there is a simultaneous attempt to transfigure the aspect of vulnerability in life.


Collection


Ohara Museum of Art, Japan

Mori Art Museum, Japan

Takahashi Collection, Japan

​Pigozzi Collection, Switzerland

Selected Artworks
Morning will come and my feelings will ease a little
Morning will come and my feelings will ease a little
2024
33.0 x 24.0 x 3.0 cm / 13.0 x 9.4 x 1.2 in
Finally
Finally
2024
41.0 x 27.0 x 3.0 cm / 16.1 x 10.6 x 1.2 in
That time might be the most calming for me
That time might be the most calming for me
2024
65.0 x 45.0 x 3.0 cm / 25.6 x 17.7 x 1.2 in
It's a long time ago, but it never fades in my mind
It's a long time ago, but it never fades in my mind
2024
45.0 x 60.0 x 3.0 cm / 17.7 x 23.6 x 1.2 in
At that time
At that time
2024
23.0 x 16.0 cm / 9.1 x 6.3 in
At that time 2
At that time 2
2024
23.0 x 16.0 cm / 9.1 x 6.3 in
After that all I hear is the sound of the rain.
After that all I hear is the sound of the rain.
2024
162.0 x 130.0 cm / 63.8 x 51.2 in
I don't know if it was the right decision, but at least I don't regret it.
I don't know if it was the right decision, but at least I don't regret it.
2024
195.0 x 144.0 cm / 76.8 x 56.7 in
Five years ago, I never imagined it would turn out this way
Five years ago, I never imagined it would turn out this way
2024
195.0 x 144.0 cm / 76.8 x 56.7 in
There was no reason, and I don't think I needed one
There was no reason, and I don't think I needed one
2024
45.0 x 35.0 cm / 9.1 x 6.3 in
Videos
Tomona Matsukawa
Tomona Matsukawa
Tomona Matsukawa - As I Am - SUB FR
Tomona Matsukawa - As I Am - SUB FR
Exhibitions In Our Galleries
All Exhibitions


Selected Solo Exhibitions


2025

Solitude, Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo, Japan


2024

As I am, Ceysson & Benetiere, Paris


2023

Dear, Kotaro Nukaga, Tokyo, Japan

Mirror, Flowers Gallery, Hong Kong

You say it will never change, but, Anonymous studio, Aichi, Japan

Exhibition of Tomona Matsukawa, ZeroBase Jingumae, Tokyo, Japan


2022

My flower will never die, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan


2019

Love Yourself, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Love Yourself, haku, Kyoto, Japan


2017

Blind, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan


2016

Artist Meets Kurashiki vol.12 Tomona Matsukawa, Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan


2014

Night, Lemons, and little bits of Secrets, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan


Selected Group Exhibitions


2025

Love Fashion: In Search of Myself, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Collection +, Each woman artist has her own world, Arts Maebashi, Maebashi, Japon


2024

LOVE Fashion: In Search of Myself, National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Japan

Sweet Dreams, Long Story Short NYC, New-York, USA

Summer Flame, Flowers Gallery, Hong Kong

Collective, Ceysson & Bénétière, Paris France


2023

Collection Exhibition, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan

Metamorphosis:Japan’s Evolving Society, WKM Gallery, Hong Kong


2022

Under Current Satellite, N&A Art Site, Tokyo, Japan

Under Current, Powerlong Museum, Shanghai, China

It’s probably me., azumagaoka articulation, Kanagawa, Japan

KOTARO NUKAGA Ensemble #1, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan


2021

Small is Beautiful XXXIX, Flowers Gallery , London, UK

Kaoru Ueda and Realistic Painting, The Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Japan

My River Runs to Thee, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Imagined Boundaries Contemporary Art in Obu, Allobu, Aichi, Japan


2020

OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

The Rite of Spring, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan


2019

MAM collection 011: Yokomizo Shizuka+Matsukawa Tomona, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo​, Japan


2018

Charity Exhibition for Orange Ribbon, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Japan


2017

Asian Art Award Finalist Exhibition, Terrada Art Complex, Tokyo, Japan


2016

Summer Showcase 2016 Nagoya, gallery en, Aichi, Japan

If Only Bella Abzug Were Here, MARC STRAUS gallery, New York, USA

at home, YUKA TSURUNO gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Roppongi Crossing 2016 my body your voice, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan


2015

Oil on canvas, YUKA TSURUNO gallery, Tokyo, Japan


2014

We, Who Can't Read Between the Lines, CAPSULE gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Fuseki-Holbein Scholarship Exhibition, REIJINSHA gallery, Tokyo, Japan


2013

Shell Artists Selection, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan


2011

Shell Art Award, Daikanyama Hillside Form, Tokyo, Japan


2010

ANGELICA01, yuka contemporary, Tokyo, Japan

Toyota Art Conpetition 2010, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art,Aichi, Japan

No Man's Land, The French Embassy,Tokyo, Japan

The 3rd Art_icle Award, Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

The 28th Ueno Royal Museum Award, The Ueno Royal Museum,Tokyo, Japan

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