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          Born in Gifu Prefecture in , MATSUYAMA Tomokazu now resides and creates in Brooklyn, New York..

          His bright, complex images merge Eastern and Western art histories, from Pop Art, graffiti and Manga, to the Edo period, and the Kano School of Painting.

        1. Born in Japan in , Tomokazu Matsuyama is a New York based fine artist who specializes in creating large scale paintings and sculptures.
        2. Born in Gifu Prefecture in , MATSUYAMA Tomokazu now resides and creates in Brooklyn, New York.
        3. Born in in Japan and now based in Brooklyn, New York, Tomokazu Matsuyama dismantles the rigid cultural parameters in his works, exploring.
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        5. Tomokazu Matsuyama

          Japanese contemporary artist

          Tomokazu Matsuyama (松山智一 Matsuyama Tomokazu, born April 30, 1976, in Takayama, Gifu, Japan) is a Japanese-American contemporary visual artist.

          Matsuyama lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

          Matsuyama is influenced by a variety of subjects, including Japanese art from the Edo and Meiji eras,[1] classical Greek and Roman statuary, French Renaissance painting, postwar contemporary art, and the visual language of global, popular culture as embodied by mass-produced commodities.

          Education and career

          After graduating Sophia University, Tokyo, Matsuyama moved to New York and attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where he received his MFA in Communications Design in 2004.

          Matsuyama’s important exhibitions include the Reischauer Institute at Harvard University, Massachusetts, the Katzen Arts Center at American University Museum, Washington D.C., Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, the Japan Society, New Yo