Rui Matsunaga
From Asian Art Documentation
Rui Matsunaga
"Rui Matsunaga sources figurative imagery from magazines, the Internet and photography for paintings. Drawing inspiration from Manga (Japanese cartoon and comics) and ancient mythology she exaggerates the tension between reality and fiction to transmute figures into shamans, witches, nympths and oracles existing in an otherworld of the magical and spiritual. In an increasingly technologised era contemporary and ancient mythologies blur in and out of existence which Matsunaga captures in her paintings so that we can contemplate our multi-dimensional and shifting realities."
Excerpts from Sartorial Contemporary Art[1]
[edit] Education
1996-1999 Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, BA(Hons) Fine Art Painting, London
1999-2002 Royal Academy of Arts Schools, MA Fine Art Painting, London
2003-2004 City and Guilds Arts School, London Associate Research Course in Painting, London
[edit] Exhibitions
2006
- 10 th Planet , Unit A04 Tower Bridge Business Complex, Bermondsey , UK
- Portraits , Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool
- Jerusalem , Dean Clough, Halifax
- Heathen Threshold , Sartorial Contemporary Art, London
- Outdoors , Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London
2005
- New London Kicks , Wooster Projects, New York
- RAdical Jerwood Space. London
- NLK (In association with Armoury Show), SohoHouse, New York
2004
- Zoo Art Fair Flaca Gallery, London
- CA Secret Royal College of Art, London
- MA Show Research Associate Course, City and Guilds Arts School, London
- Le Petit Paysage Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool ((Toured nationally))
- Le Petit Paysage Comme Ca Gallery, Manchester
2003 trans- Kyoto Art Centre, Japan New York Art Fair Michael Goedhuis Gallery, New York -portal Studio J, Osaka, Japan 2002
- Post-Otaku , Michael Goedhuis Gallery, London
- Blood Auction , Contemporary Art Society, London
- Royal Academy Keeper's Choice , Redfern Gallery, London
2001
- Retrospektive , Galerie RM art, Germany , Essen
- Deptford X , New Dealer Showcase, Deptford
- 7-Up , East 73rd Gallery, London
- London Calling , Galerie RM Art , Germany , Essen
- Premiums , Royal Academy of Arts, Sackler Gallery, London
