en Michiko Matsumoto

Michiko Matsumoto
Michiko Matsumoto
松本路子
Born	1950 (age 74–75)
Nationality	Japanese
Alma mater	Hosei University
Known for	Photography
Notable work	Yayoi Kusama, Tokyo
Website	www.matsumotomichiko.com

Michiko Matsumoto (松本路子, Matsumoto Michiko, born 1950) is a Japanese photographer.

Biography

Michiko Matsumoto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in 1950, and in 1974 graduated from Hosei University (Tokyo).^[1] She is currently based in Tokyo.

The artist's early work of the 1980s included several series of portraits of artists living in various countries and the principal dancers of major dance companies.

She has published 13 books of photography. Her works are in the collections of a number of museums internationally.

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

1974 "Yoko Ono in New York" 3points, Tokyo
1978 "Women Come Alive" Pepe, Tokyo
1978 "In South East Asia" Hankyu Art Gallery, Osaka
1981 "Niki de Saint Phalle" Space Niki, Tokyo
1983 "Portraits of New York Women" Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Sapporo
1986 "Niki de Saint Phalle" Parco SR6, Tokyo
1988 "Portraits ~ Women Artists" Soho Photo Gallery, New York U.S.A
1989 "Portraits of Dancers 1" Gallery Selare, Tokyo
1990 "Portraits of Women Artists" Keihan Art Gallery, Osaka
1990–1998 "Portraits of Dancers 2–5" Gallery Selare, Tokyo
1998 "Dancers" Dentsu Kosan Gallery, Tokyo
1999 "Nicolas Le Rishe in Paris" Gallery Selare, Tokyo
2000 "White on White" Heart & Color, Tokyo
2001 "Ruzimatov in St. Petersburg" Egg Gallery, Tokyo
2002 "Homage to Niki de Saint Phalle" Gallery Colorium,Tokyo, Prinz, Kyoto
2004 "Meditative Body, Awaked City" Gallery 21, Tokyo
2004 "Sessions" Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
2005 "Rose Passion" Gallery Colorium, Tokyo
2007 "Cloths with Soul" Gallery le bain, Tokyo
2007 "Meditative Body — from St. Petersburg" Gallery Tosei, Tokyo
2009 "The Name of Roses" Junkudo, Tokyo
2010 "The Witches Tea Party" (Portraits of Niki de Saint Phalle) Tokinowasuremono, Tokyo
2013 "Les Femmes Artistes" LIBRAIRIE 6
2016 "Portraits " The Museum of Contemporary Art Karuizawa, Nagano

Selected group exhibitions

1987 "Contemporary Japanese Photography" Toured Europe
1988 "Faces of 20th Century by Distinguished Photographers" Asahi Gallery, Tokyo
1990 "Women Photographers" Nikon Salon, New York,
1995 "Objects, faces and Anti-Narratives" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
1998-2000 "Women Photographers from Japan" Toured U.S.A.
2003 "Mon Paris" Gallery 21, Tokyo
2006 "Photographs of Kazuo Oono" Fukushima Photo Museum
2007 "Works from the Photographic Art in Japan" Shanghai Art Museum, China
2008 "Visions des Artistes Feminines" Gallery 21, Tokyo
2008 "Esprit de Paris" Gallery 21, Tokyo
2008 "Vision of America III" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
2010 "Onna Tachidomaranai Jyoseitachi "(Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)
2010 "Human Images of 20th Century ~All photographs are portraits~"(Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)

Publications

Nobiyaka onna-tachi のびやかな女たち) / Women Come Alive. Tokyo: Hanashi no Tokushū-sha, 1978. (in English and Japanese) Portraits of women
Michiko Matsumoto Ballet: 5 September 1981. Singapore: National Theatre Trust, 1981. (in English)
Shōzō Nyūyōku no onna-tachi (肖像ニューヨークの女たち) / Portraits of New York women. Tokyo: Tōjusha, 1983. (in Japanese)
Ochiai Keiko, Matsumoto Michiko no heya (落合恵子・松本路子の部屋) / Série Chambre 4. Tokyo: Ōbunsha, 1985. ISBN 4-01-071344-5. (in Japanese) With Keiko Ochiai.
Niki do Sanfāru (ニキ・ド・サンファール) / Portrait of Niki de Saint Phalle. Tokyo: Parco, 1986. ISBN 4-89194-127-8. (in English) (in Japanese) About Niki de Saint Phalle.
Portraits: Josei ātisto no shōjō (Portraits 女性アーティストの肖像) / Portraits: Women Artists. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1995. ISBN 4-309-90152-2. (in Japanese)
Dancers: Erosu no shōjō (Dancers エロスの肖像). Kodansha, 1998. ISBN 4-06-209239-5 (in Japanese) Portraits of dancers.
Portraits: 54-nin no josei ātisto-tachi (Portraits 54人の女性アーティストたち). Kyoto: Kyōto Shoin, 1999. ISBN 4-7636-1745-1. (in Japanese) Portraits of 54 women artists.
Haretara bara hiyori (晴れたらバラ日和) / Rose Passion. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2005. ISBN 4-473-03246-9. (in Japanese)
Tamashii no nuno: Monsūn-Ajia 12-jin no josei-sakka-tachi (魂の布モンスーンアジア12人の女性作家たち). Tankōsha, 2007. ISBN 978-4-473-03410-6. (in Japanese) Portraits of 12 women artists of "monsoon Asia".
Yōroppa bara no namae o meguru tabi (ヨーロッパバラの名前をめぐる旅) / The Seven Roses Story. Tokyo: Media Factory, 2009. ISBN 978-4-8401-2711-0. (in Japanese)
"Nippon no Bara"(Japanese Wild Roses)(日本のバラ), Tankosha,2012
"Tokyo Sakura 100 ka "(100 Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo) (東京桜100花), Tankosha,2015
"Sarasa" (Printed Cotton in the World) (更紗), Tankosha,2016

Public collections

Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo^[2]
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris^{[citation needed]}
Museum of Liberty Osaka, Osaka^{[citation needed]}
Museum of Josei University, Tokyo^{[citation needed]}
Niki Museum, Nasu, Tochigi^{[citation needed]}
The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
The Museum of contemporary Art Karuizawa,Nagano,Karuizawa
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery,Tokyo

References

^ Page about Matsumoto at Toki no Wasuremono. (in Japanese) Accessed 2010-09-26.
^ As indicated by her inclusion within the book Nihon shashinka jiten.

Sources

Nihon shashinka jiten (日本写真家事典) / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. ISBN 4-473-01750-8. (in Japanese) Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.

External links

[1] Page about Matsumoto at Toki no Wasuremono. (in Japanese) Accessed 2010-09-26.

[2] As indicated by her inclusion within the book Nihon shashinka jiten.

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