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Born in 1993 in Nozawaonsen-mura, Nagano Completed the Kyoto University of Art and Design Master's Program in Art Expression, Department of Art Expression in 2017 Currently living in Kyoto He creates dynamic abstract paintings by making full use of spraywork, silkscreen, thick acrylic paint, etc. From the experience of growing up in a mountainous area at a ski tourist destination, the work, where the texture of paint like the surface of the earth, gliding lines, and intricate layers of colors and shapes overlap, invites you to an imaginary world of scenery. Recent exhibitions and activities include Hankyu Department Store Hankyu Umeda Main Store Concourse Window (HANKYU ART FAIR, Osaka, 2024), “NEWOMAN YOKOHAMA × The Chain Museum Vo. 4” (Newomen Yokohama, Kanagawa, 2022), solo exhibition “GALLERY SCENA. by SHUKADO, Tokyo 2023), Nissan Osaka x FM802 “NISSAN “FUNKY KICKS” wrapping original picture (Osaka, 2021), etc. Matsumura Saki Born in 1993 in Nozawaonsen-mura, Nagano Graduated from Kyoto University of Art and Design Oil Painting Course in 2015 Completed the Kyoto University of Art and Design Master's Program in Art Expression, Department of Art Expression in 2017 Currently living in Kyoto ■Awards, award selection history, etc. 2017 Selected for Turner Acrylic Gouache Biennale Wonder Seed 2017 Selection Selected for the Tokyo Marunouchi Art Award Received the 2019 “UNKNOWN ASIA Art Exchange Osaka 2019” sponsor DPH award and jury Benny au Award ■Major Commission Works and Corporate Art Collections 2017 “DEP/ART Kyoto Fujii Daimaru Show Window” Fujii Daimaru (Kyoto) 2018 JALX ART+ WINE PROGRAM Beaujolais Village Nouveau Label Artist Universal Music Japan (Tokyo) Kuril Land Co., Ltd. (Osaka) 2019 Mitsubishi Estate Kansai Branch (Osaka) 2021 DMG Mori Seiki Co., Ltd. Iga Office (Iga) Nissan Osaka x FM802 “NISSAN FUNKY KICKS” (Osaka) OCA TOKYO P.G.C.D. JAPAN (Tokyo) 2024 “Osaka Art & Design 2024 HANKYU ART FAIR 2024” concourse window (Hankyu Umeda Main Store/Osaka) Mitsubishi Estate New Tokyo Building (Tokyo) ■Main solo exhibitions 2017 “Over and Over Again” Sunday Cafe (Tokyo) 2018 “SEEING THINGS” DMOARTS (Osaka) 2019 “Earth and Map” H.P. Frace Window Gallery (Tokyo) 2020 “Art & Patisserie Saki Matsumura Exhibition” Intercontinental Hotel Osaka Patisserie STERREDS (Osaka) 2021 “Matsumura Saki Solo Exhibition — See Sew Scene — ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO SATELLITE 2021” ygion (Kyoto) “Blue Bottle Coffee x SAKI MATSUMURA SHIBUYA - Many Faces, New Faces” Blue Bottle Coffee Shibuya Café (Tokyo) 2022 “Circle” LADGALLERY (Nagoya) 2023 “PINWHEEL” ASTER (Kanazawa), “Spool for Painted Skin” GALLERY SCENA. by SHUKADO (Tokyo) ■Main Group Exhibitions 2015 “Stars Rising Out of Chaos 2015” Spiral Garden (Tokyo) 2016 “National Taipei University of the Arts x Kyoto University of Art and Design Exchange Exhibition” National Taipei University of the Arts (Taipei) “Hongik University 70th Anniversary International Exchange Exhibition” Hongik University Museum of Contemporary Art (Seoul) 2018 “Kito Kengo Supervised by Seishun Katakata” Seishun Gallery Senboku (Kyoto) 2020 “TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY COLLECTION EXHIBITION” TEZUKAYAMA GALLERY (Osaka) “A day to meet contemporary art” The Blend Inn Hotel (Osaka) 2022 “NEWOMAN YOKOHAMA × THE CHAIN MUSEUM VO.4” NEWOMEN YOKOHAMA (Kanagawa) Kuril Land Co., Ltd. 110th Anniversary Project Kuril Land Collection “TIDE - When Tides Take Shape -” Chidori Culture (Osaka) “Post Imagine” ASTER (Ishikawa) 2023 “Chroma Distance” Polar Annex (TRiCERA, Tokyo) 2024 “Tokyo Exhibition The Echoes of East Kyoto” WHAT CAFE (Tokyo) ■Major art fairs 2018 “ARTISTS' FAIR KYOTO” Kyoto Culture Museum Annex (Kyoto) 2019 “UNKNOWN ASIA Art Exchange Osaka 2019” Grand Front Osaka (DMOARTS, Osaka) 2020 “ART TAIPEI 2020” Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1 (Shukado Gallery, Taipei) “ART OSAKA WALL” Yamakawa Building (DMOARTS, Osaka) 2021 “DELTA2021” Seaside Studio CASO (DMOARTS, Osaka) 2022 “Affordable Art Fair 2022” Wan Chai Convention Center (Touch Gallery, Hong Kong) 2023 “ONE ART TAIPEI” Hotel Metropolitan Premier Taipei (DMOARTS Taipei) “Art Fair Philippines” THE LINK AYALA CENTER MAKATI (Gallery SCENA. by SHUKADO Philippines)