Hal Matsuda
Profile
Hal Matsuda
1998 Born in Iwate, Japan
2021 BFA in Printmaking, University of Tsukuba
2023 Enrolled in Kyoto University of Arts Graduate School Global Seminar
Selected Exhibitions
【Solo Exhibitions】
2021
“VIRTUAL ABSTRACTION” Bunka DOGO, Tokyo
【Group Exhibitions】
2022
“KUA ANNUAL 2022” Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
“ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO 2022 Satellite alter in form – Henyou Kyoto” Chiso Gallery, Kyoto
“KUMA EXHIBITION 2022” ANB Tokyo, Tokyo
“1998” KAIKA Tokyo, Tokyo
“Kakusan kyori / Convaato no sahou / Kahen taiyou” Mitsukoshi Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo
Shinnosuke Tojo × Hal Matsuda × Ryu Ika “積層 | Layers” RICOH ART GALLERY, Tokyo
“CAF Award 2022 Finalist Exhibition” Daikanyama Hillside Terrace, Tokyo
Awards
2022
CAF Award 2022 — Selected
2021
WATOWA ART AWARD 2021 Special Prize — (Tomoko Ashikawa Award, Aoi Shigeru Award, Maho Kubota Award, Taka Komatsu Award)
100人10 between the arts — Sponsorship Award
Concept
Dichotomies such as real and virtual, AI and human, are transformed into matter by the medium of painting and sculpture. The evolution of human technology and science may extend our imagination. But our bodies have not changed from those of hunters tens of thousands of years ago. We take for granted our use of smart phones and the many images and information we can easily share. The device feels like our skin, as if it has always been there. Our desire has fueled the development of replication technology. But when that desire takes a different form, it will return to the universality of the organism, transcending the violence born of desire.