Matsuo A-taro

2D and 3D works (mixed media collage)

Matsuo Eitaro visualizes the mental landscapes of "delusion and reality" using the techniques of two-dimensional (prints) and three-dimensional (sculpture) that he has cultivated. The artist's creative themes are "life and death" and the "contradictions" we face in life, and in his representative work, the "HAZAMA" series, he mainly uses burned Japanese paper and old books as materials, layering and pasting the pieces of paper together to create collages. He expresses a three-dimensional composition and a time axis on a two-dimensional surface. In line with the artist's words, "The materials are right at our feet," he creates his own unique world of two-dimensional and three-dimensional works using materials he encounters in his daily life.

 

About the Artist

Born in Nagasaki Prefecture in 1977

1998: Dropped out of the sculpture department at Kyoto University of Art and Design

2006 Contemporary artist late Teru Ida He served as Ichi 's assistant and worked with him on domestic activities.

2006 ~ Started working as a writer

Since his first solo exhibition in Kyoto in 2007 , he has been holding exhibitions around the country every year.

2022 - Opened " A3 Gallery " with a partner in Shichiyama, Karatsu City

2023 ~ Moves the base of production from Kyoto to Karatsu