Ryota Matsumoto

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Birthyear
1972
Currently based
New York, the United States
Website
https://www.ryotamatsumotostudio.com
About

Ryota Matsumoto is an artist, writer, and architect based in New York and Tokyo.
Born in Tokyo, he was raised in Hong Kong and Japan. He received a Master of Architecture degree from University of Pennsylvania in 2007 after his studies at Architectural Association in London and Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow School of Art in early 90’s.
Over the years, he has studied with Manuel DeLanda, Vincent Joseph Scully Jr., Cecil Balmond, and Giancarlo De Carlo, among others.
Matsumoto has previously collaborated with a cofounder of the Metabolist Movement, Kisho Kurokawa, and with Arata Isozaki, Peter Christopherson, and MIT Media Lab.

As a designer and consultant of Nihon Seikei Inc. and Japanese railway, he has worked on high-profile projects including Kyushu University Ito Campus masterplan (2003-2005), Shinjuku redevelopment project in Tokyo (2009-2012), Bach Mai hospital in Hanoi (2000), and Qingdao mixed-use development in China (2011).

He has presented his work on posthumanism, multidisciplinary design, and visual culture at the 5th symposium of the Imaginaries of the Future at Cornell University, the Espaciocenter workshop at TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts, iDMAa Conference 2017, and NTT InterCommunication Center as a literary critic and artist.
As a video producer and designer, he has worked with Peter Christopherson of Coil and Hipgnosis for Japanese Nike commercial and contributed to his first solo album, Form Grows Rampant as Threshold Houseboys Choir.

His academic career started as a teaching assistant for Vincent Joseph Scully Jr. and his seminar, the Natural and Manmade in 1993.
During his visiting fellowship at the Glasgow school of Art, he has been engaged in research on the process of integrated urban regeneration under the guidance of Giancarlo De Carlo and Isi Metzstein. He continued his pursuit in urban studies and participated in seminal research projects with MIT Media Lab and KieranTimberlake exploring high-rise modular housing, sustainability, and design interventions for Dhaka, Bangladesh in 2005.
He has served as the MFA advisor of Transart institute, University of Plymouth and is a research associate at the New Centre of Research & Practice found by Mohammad Salemy, Jason Adams, and Reza Negarestani.
He has been active as a guest critic on design reviews at Cornell University, Cooper Union, Columbia GSAPP, Rhode Island School of Design, and Pratt Institute.

Matsumoto is the recipient of Visual Art Open International Artist Award, Florence Biennale Mixed Media 2nd Place Award, The International Society of Experimental Artists Best of Show Gracie Award, Premio Ora Prize Italy 5th Edition, Premio Ora Prize Spain 1st Edition, Donkey Art Prize III Edition Finalist, Best of Show IGOA Toronto, Art Kudos Best of Show Award, FILE (Electronic Language International Festival) Media Art Finalist, Lynx International Prize Be Art Builder Award, Lumen Prize Finalist, and Western Bureau Art Prize Honorable Mention.
He was awarded the Gold Artist Prize from ArtAscent Journal, the 1st Place Prize from Exhibeo Art Magazine, and the Award of Excellence from the Creative Quarterly Journal of Art and Design in 2015 and 2016. His work is part of the permanent collection of University of Texas at Tyler.

His work, writings, and interviews were published in Kalubrt Magazine, University of North Carolina Wilmington Journal Palaver, Furtherfield.org, The Journal of Wild Culture, Studio Visit Magazine, Fresh Paint Magazine, H+ Magazine, International Artist Magazine, Made In Mind Magazine, Arizona State University Journal Superstition Review, Creative Review, Next Nature Network, Rhizome.org, Carbon Culture Review, KooZA/rch, Supersonic Art, Post Digital Aethetics (Berry and Dieter ed.), Drawing Discourse (University of North Carolina Asheville), Highlike (SEPI-SP editors), and Drawing Futures (The Bartlett UCL), among others.

Matsumoto's multidisciplinary projects have been exhibited recently at Meadows Gallery University of Texas at Tyler, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery University of North Carolina Asheville, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, National Museum of Korea, CICA Museum, Van Der Plas Gallery, ArtHelix Gallery, Caelum Gallery, Limner Gallery, the Cello Factory, University of the District of Columbia, Lux Art Gallery, Studio Montclair, Manifest Gallery, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Art Basel Miami, ISEA International, FILE Sao Paulo, Nook Gallery, and Arts and Heritage Centre Altrincham.
He had solo exhibitions at BYTE gallery Transylvania University (2015), Los Angeles Center of Digital Art (2016), and Alviani ArtSpace, Pescara (2017).

CV
EXPERIENCE
Ryota Matsumoto Studio Tokyo, Japan
Director and Founder 2007 – Present

Transart Institute, University of Plymouth, UK
New York, Berlin
Adjunct faculty and Adviser 2016 – 2018

Nihon Sekkei, Inc. Tokyo, Japan
Senior Architect 1996 – 2004

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Master of Architecture 2007
University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida
Bachelor of Architecture 1995
Glasgow School of Art, Mackintosh School of Architecture Glasgow, Scotland
1994 –1995
Visiting Scholar
Extension Study Program

Architectural Association, School of Architecture London, England
1992 –1993
Research Fellow
UMSAP Scholarship

EXHIBITIONS

Art & Science Exhibition, The Art Center Highland Park, IL, May 8-June 13, 2020
Concept 2020, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, June 24-July 12 2020
In Absentia Digital Pavilion, Apulia Film Commission, Cineporto Foggia, Italy, November 2019-February 2020
Networked SciArt Exhibition, the Nook Gallery, Inglewood CA, July 14-August 29 2019
KOSES 2018 International Invitation Exhibition, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea, May, 2018
5th Abstract Sanctuary Exhibition, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR, February 2018
39th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, January-March 2018
23rd Arts in Harmony Annual International Show, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN, February-March 2018
Art Show, Gologorski Gallery, Krakow, Poland, January-February 2018
Open 2018 Show, Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Everett, PA, January 2018
Tomorrow's World Exhibition, Atom Gallery, London, December 2017- January 2018
Visual Art Open Exhibition, Chester Arts Fair, Abbey Square, Chester, November 2017
iDEAs Exhibition, Art and Inclusivity in the Digital Age, The University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, October 2017
26th Annual ISEA International Art Exhibition, Sanibel Island, Florida, October 2017
Transformation Visual Art Exhibition, RE: ARTISTE International Art Organization, Gallery MC, NY, October 2017
WE ARE FAIR 2, Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid, October 2017
3rd Annual Summer Show, GEOFORM, JanKossen Contemporary Gallery, New York, NY, July-August 2017
International Exhibition, Eylot Gallery, Ganei Tikva, Israel, July 2017
Marchionni Mediterranean Museum of Graphic Art, Villacidro, June, 2017
Studio Montclair 20th Annual Exhibition ViewPoints 2017, aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ, June, 2017
Better World Museum, Minneapolis Center for Digital Art, Minneapolis, MN, June 2017
Utopia After the Human, The Fifth Symposium of the Imaginaries of the Future, Leverhulme International Research Network, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 11th-12th April 2017
Day Dreamers Contemporary Surrealism Exhibitions, bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, April-May 2017
SHIM Invitational 4 Exhibition, ArtHelix, Brooklyn, NY, March-April 2017
36th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL, March 2017
Cut and Paste Contemporary Collage Exhibition, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY, February-March 2017
32nd Annual International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, University of Texas at Tyler, February-March 2017
8th Drawing Discourse Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina Asheville, February-March 2017
New York Art Week Show 2017, Art takes Manhattan, Caelum Gallery, New York, NY, February-March 2017
MARVELOUS! International Exhibition, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, January-February 2017
Meanwhile an Interim Exhibition, Strange Cargo Gallery, the Factory, Folkestone, February 2017
The Second Catskill Digital Art Exhibition, Atelier Progressif Creative Art Space, NY, November 2016
EDA Project Space, University of Canterbury Ethel Susan Jones Scholarship, Montevideo, Uruguay, October 2016
Prize Lynx Exhibition, Lux Art Gallery, Trieste, September 2016-October 2016
The Anthology 2016, 11 Artists, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, NY, July 2016
Solo Exhibition, Los Angeles Centre for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA, September-October 2015
Neoteric Abstract IV, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY, April-May 2016
Pure Abstraction 2, Gallery 25N, Peekskill, NY, March 2016
Show Your World, Gallery MC, NY, January 2016
17th Painting, Drawing & Print Juried International Exhibition, Upstream Gallery, Omaha, January 2015
Aalborg Surreal 3, Ved Stranden 13, AALBORG, December 2015
International Festival of Digital Culture, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Santa Cruz, December 2015
Colorful Abstractions, International Juried Exhibition, Fusion Art Gallery, Palm Springs, November 2015
Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, October - November 2015
Oddities Juried Exhibition, Linus Galleries, Los Angeles, November 2015
London Group Exhibition, the Cello Factory, Cornwall Road, October 2015
Abstracts 2015, Linus Galleries, Los Angeles, October 2015
Transformation, Art with Heart, Altrincham, September -November 2015
The STUDIO 300 Digital Art and Music Festival, BYTE Gallery, Transylvania University, Kentucky, October 2015
ViewPoint 47, Cincinnati Art Club, Eisele Gallery of Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH, October 2015
Fonland Festival of Digital Arts, IC ZERO ASS. CULTURAL, Coimbra, November 2015
Prize Lynx Exhibition, Lux Art Gallery, Trieste, September 2015-Feburary 2016
Lumen Prize Exhibition 2015, Senghennydd Rd, Cardiff, August 2015-May 2016
International Biennial Neo:art Exhibition, Neo:gallery27, The Market Place Bolton, August-November 2015
22nd International Juried Exhibition, The American Juried Art Salon, Plano, TX, June 2015
FILE Electronic Language International Festival, File Curitiba, Sao Paulo, June-July, 2015
17th Annual Digital & Mixed Media International Art Exhibition, Upstream Gallery, Omaha, June-July 2015
Viewpoints 2015, 18th Annual Juried Exhibition, Studio Montclair, New Jersey, June-July 2015
2nd Annual DRAWN exhibition, Manifest gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, May-September, 2015
Semi-Annual Open Group Exhibition, Gallery 25N, Peekskill, NY, February, 2015
16th Annual Abstraction International Art Exhibition, Upstream Gallery, Omaha, NE, November, 2014
Pure Abstraction Exhibition, Gallery 25N, Peekskill, NY, October, 2014
Cosmic Connection (HD Winner), Art Basel Miami, Contemporary Art Projects, Miami, December 2014
Galerie 20x20, November 2014, Trollstrasse, Switzerland, November 2014
The Weird Show, Linus Galleries, Los Angeles, October 2014
Abstracts Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time Gallery, Florida, October, 2014
Biennale of Digital & Internet Art #nfcdab, Wroclaw, Poland, October 2014
PUBLICATIONS
Notes on the Genealogy of Cities, Ryota Matsumoto, The Journal of Wild Culture, Toronto, Canada, January 9, 2022.
https://wildculture.com/article/ecstatic-cities/1947
Art By Ryota Matsumoto, Coffin Bell, a journal of dark literature, Volume 4, Issue No.1, Buffalo, New York, January, 2022
https://coffinbell.com/art-by-ryota-matsumoto
Miracle Monocle Journal, University of Louisville, Issue No. 14, Spring 2020,
https://louisville.edu/miraclemonocle/issue-14/ryota-matsumoto
Barzakh Magazine, Spring 2020, University of Albany, SUNY,
https://www.barzakhmag.net/spring-2020-visual-art/2020/6/29/ryota-matsumoto
Variable Phase Opacities, FishFood Magazine, January 2018,
https://roadrunner.lasierra.edu/interview-with-ryota-matsumoto-artist
https://roadrunner.lasierra.edu/issue-4
Please See Me Journal, Issue 4, Center for Healthcare Narratives, Washington, DC, March 31, 2020,
https://pleaseseeme.com/issue-4/art/artists-statement-ryota-matsumoto.
Conversation with Ryota Matsumoto, CreativPaper, February 12, 2020,
http://www.creativpaper.com/journal/ryota-matsumoto-interview.
CreativPaper Magazine, Issue 017, March 2020,
https://issuu.com/creativpaper/docs/creativpaper_issue_17.
Art of Ryota matsumoto, Pif Magazine, Seattle WA, Issue 274, March 2020,
https://www.pifmagazine.com/2020/03/art-of-ryota-matsumoto/.
Interview, NUNUM Magazine, February 2020, https://www.nunum.ca/blog/ryotamatsumoto.
Wildroof Journal, Issue 1, February 2020, https://wildroofjournal.com/issue-1/gallery-2/.
Interview, NUNUM Magazine, February 2020, https://www.nunum.ca/blog/ryotamatsumoto.
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 38, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, January 2019, PP118-119.
The Aestheticized Interview, ArtDependence Magazine, Belgium, November 23, 2019
https://www.artdependence.com/articles/the-aestheticized-interview-with-ryota-matsumoto-japan.
The Celestial Map for Oblique Terrain Convolution, In Absentia Digital Pavilion, Cineporto Foggia, Italy, November 1st, 2019,
http://www.inabsentia.it/gallery/the-celestial-map-for-oblique-terrain-convolution.
Fall 2019 Scholarships and Seminar, The New Centre for Research & Practice, August 2019,
https://www.artandeducation.net/announcements/250024/scholarship-applications-open-for-fall-2019-certificate-programs.
“Networked" a group exhibition by SciArt Center, The Nook Gallery, Inglewood CA, July 2019,
http://www.sciartinitiative.org/networked.html.
Beyond the Conventional, Envision Arts Magazine, Dallas, TX, May 21, 2019,
https://www.envisionartshow.com/magazine/beyond-the-conventional.
The Alchemy of Oblique Topography, Interalia Magazine 50th Issue, Frome, Somerset, May 19, 2019,
https://www.interaliamag.org/audiovisual/ryota-matsumoto/.
Interview, Made in Mind Magazine, Aptalab, Cosenza, Italy, January, 2019
https://www.madeinmindmagazine.com/ryota-matsumoto/.
Fyans, Joe. OUT-SMARTING THE FUTURE: AN OPPORTUNITY, the Journal of Wild Culture, the Society for the Preservation of Wild Culture, Toronto, January, 2019,
https://wildculture.com/article/out-smarting-future-opportunity/.
KOSES 2018 International Invitation Exhibition, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea, May, 2018
SPACE INVADERS, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston MA, January, 2018
The VAO 2017 Winners, Visual Art Open, UK and International Emerging Artist Awards, London, UK, December, 2017,
https://www.visualartopen.com/single-post/2017/12/20/and-the-vao-2017-winners-are.
8th Drawing Discourse, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, March 2017
Creative Quarterly, 100 Best, The Journal of Art and Design, New York, December 2017, P.25.
FishFood Magazine, New York, NY, December, 2017,
http://www.fishfoodmagazine.com/variable-phase-opacities-ryota-matsumoto.
Editor’s Choice, City Code Magazine, Athens, Greece, December, 2017,
https://www.citycodemag.com/ryota-matsumoto-artist-presentation/.
ISEA, International Society of Experimental Artists, Sanibel, FL, November 2017, P.6.
Creative Quarterly, Issue47-48, The Journal of Art and Design, New York, November 2017, P.42.
BIG ARTS brings in art work from all over the globe, Captiva Current, Sanibel-Captiva Islander, Sanibel, FL, October 2017,
http://www.island-reporter.com/page/content.detail/id/582181/.
ArtMaze Mag, Anniversary Edition, Issue 5, Art Maze Magazine LTD. London, October 2017, P.131.
Variable Phase Opacities, Surrealism Today, San Diego, CA, September, 2017,
https://surrealismtoday.com/ryota-matsumoto-variable-phase-opacities/.
Zierold, Ariadna. The Multilayered Work of Ryota Matsumoto, Upper Playground, San Francisco, CA, September 2017,
http://news.upperplayground.com/news/the-multilayered-work-of-ryota-matsumoto.
Editor Pick, Booooooom, Vancouver, British Columbia, September, 2017,
https://www.booooooom.com/2017/09/22/.
Circle Quarterly Art Review Magazine, Circle Foundation of Arts Press, Cleberg, Lyon, September 2017, PP42-43,
https://issuu.com/circlefoundationforthearts/docs/circlequarterlyartreview-bycfapress.
Curators Choice, Gallery 25N, Art Market News, Peekskill, NY, August 2017,
http://artmarketnews.net/August2017Issue.
Studio Visit Magazine Volume 38, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, August 2017, PP119-120.
A5 Magazine, Issue 3, London, June 2017, PP. 9-10.
The Hand Magazine, Issue 17, The HAND Magazine LLC, Prairie Village, KS, July 2017, P.39.
“Artist and Designer Ryota Matsumoto Talks To Durtti About Combining AI And Acrylics”, Durtti, London, July 2017,
http://www.durtti.com/artist-and-designer-ryota-matsumoto-talks-to-durtti-about-combining-ai-and-acrylics/.
Garrett, Marc. ChooseYour Muse Interview: Ryota Matsumoto, Furtherfield, London, July 2017,
http://www.furtherfield.org/features/interviews/choose-your-muse-interview-ryota-matsumoto.
“Oblique Trail Convolution” Nettculture, Kirchenplatz, Austria, July 2017,
http://nettculture.tumblr.com/post/162621220870/amazing-artworks-from-plymouth-based-japanese.
“Surviving in the Multidimensional Space of Cognitive Dissonance”, the Journal of Wild Culture, the Society for the Preservation of Wild Culture, Toronto, June, 2017,
http://www.wildculture.com/article/surviving-multidimensional-space-cognitive-dissonance/1665.
Interview, LandEscape Art Review, 8th Edition, London, June 2017, PP 174-201,
https://issuu.com/landescapeartpress/docs/landescape_art_review_-_special_iss_faafc1cecc9202.
Inside Artists, Contemporary Artists & Exhibitions, Issue 9 Winter, East Sussex, June 2017, PP 80-81,
https://issuu.com/insideartists/docs/inside_artists_-_issue_9.
Archisketchbook, architecture-sketchbook, a pool of architecture drawings, models and ideas, June 2017,
http://archisketchbook.com/post/161498799405/title-the-indistinct-notion-of-an-object.
New Media Monthly, Better World Museum, Minneapolis Center for Digital Art, Minneapolis, MN, June 2017,
http://betterworldmuseum.com/newmediaartistmonthly/2017/6/5/ryota-matsumo.
“The discourse on the Arts and Sciences”, Art Reveal Magazine, London, May 2017,
http://www.artrevealmagazine.com/the-discourse-on-the-arts-and-sciences-ryota-matsumoto/.
“Visual Commentaires on Contemporary Speculative Changes”, KooZA/rch, A Visionary Platform of Architecture, London, April 2017,
https://koozarch.com/2017/04/24/visual-commentaires-on-contemporary-speculative-changes/.
“Urban and Ecological Environments”, FOCI Magazine, A Space for Art and Culture, London, April 2017,
http://focimagazine.com/urban-and-ecological-environments-ryota-matsumoto/.
“Utopia After the Human”, The Fifth Symposium of the Imaginaries of the Future, Leverhulme International Research Network, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 11th-12th April 2017,
https://imaginariesofthefuture.wordpress.com/symposia/.
“Hybrid Architecture” Athanor No. 5, Visual Arts & Culture, Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche Urbino, March 2017,
http://www.athanor.world/5/matsumoto_hybrid-architecture.html.
SHIM Invitational 4 Booklet, ArtHelix, Brooklyn, NY, March 2017, P.11.
Gray, Nolan “Ryota Matsumoto Studio, Architecture, Art & Design”, LA, March 2017,
http://nolangray.com/ryota-matsumoto-studio/.
Average Art Magazine, Cottage Industry Press, UK, February 2017, P.12.
Drawing Discourse, Department of Art & Art History, University of North Carolina Asheville, February 2017, PP28-29.
Exquisite Arts Magazine, Issue 4, International Gallery of The Arts (IGOA), Toronto, January 2017, PP 33-37,
https://issuu.com/igoa_talent/docs/exquisite_arts_magazine-_issue_4.
The Hand Magazine, Issue 15, The HAND Magazine LLC, Prairie Village, KS, January 2017, P. 7.
Inside Artists, Contemporary Artists & Exhibitions, Issue 7 Winter, East Sussex, December 2016, PP 20-21.
Hidden Treasure Art Magazine, Christmas Special Edition, HT Art Publishing, London, December 2016, PP20-22,
https://issuu.com/htartmagazinepublishing/docs/emagazine_christmas_2016_special_ed.
ArtMaze Mag, Art Maze Magazine LTD. London, November 2016,
http://artmazemag.com/ryota-matsumoto/.
CreativPaper Magazine, Issue One, CreativPaper, Manchester, November 2016, PP 36-41.
Allen, Laura and Pearson, Luke ed. “Drawing Futures”, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, UCL Press, Riverside Architectural Press, London, November 2016, PP192-195.
http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1527533/1/Drawing-Futures.pdf.
“Ryota Matsumoto Work” Movimento Culturale Spiragli, Altamura, October 2016,
http://www.spiragli.org/it/2016/10/24/italiano-ryota-matsumoto-artworks/.
Rubin Wolf, Rachel ed. “Strokes of Genious 8” North Light Books, Blue Ash, OH, October 2016, P. 96.
“The Indistinct Notion of an Object Trajectory”, EDA Project Space, University of Canterbury Ethel Susan Jones Scholarship, Montevideo, Uruguay, October 2016,
http://edaproject.space/the-indistinct-notion-of-an-object-trajectory.
Jenny, Tonia ed. Incite 4, Relax Restore Renew, North Light Books, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 2016, P.99.
“Digital Perceptions” Supersonic Art, Oxford, MS, September 2016,
http://supersonicart.com/post/151101293987/ryota-matsumoto.
“Through the Eyes of Ryota Matsumoto” Art by Nature Number 4, Art by Nature magazine, Utrecht, September 2016, PP21-27,
http://www.artbynaturemag.com/.
Average Art Magazine, Cottage Industry Press, UK, September 2016, P.12.
International Painting Annual 10, Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 2016, P.144, PP196-197.
The Prize Lynx 2016 catalogue, Associazione Culturale Il Sestante, Franco Rosso Editore, September 2016, Trieste, P.94.
Kudzu House Quarterly Journal Volume 6 Issue 2 Summer Solstice, Kudzu House Press, Gainsville, FL, August 2016, 
http://kudzuhouse.org/issues/solstice-creative-issues/volume-6-issue-2-summer-solstice-2016.
International Artist Magazine 110, Abstract/Experimental Art, International Artist, Scottsdale, AZ, August 2016, P.18.
Faburry Gallery, July 2016 Online Exhibition and Interview, July 2016,
http://www.faburrygallery.com/artists/2016/7/6/ryota-matsumoto.
An Evolving Thesis, July-August Artist-In-Residence Exhibition, July 2016,
http://anevolvingthesis.com/artists/ryota-matsumoto/.
Studio Visit Magazine Volume 33, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, July 2016, PP124-125.
ArtQuench Magazine Issue 4, AQM, Los Angeles, CA, June 2016, P.39.
Meat For Tea the Valley Review, Vol 10 Issue 1, Boston, MA, June 2016, P.108.
Palaver, Spring 2016 Issue, University of North Carolina Wilmington Interdisciplinary Journal, Wilmington, NC, May 2016, Front and Back Cover Art, P.10, P.62, P.65, P.100, P.101.
Superstition Review, Issue 17, Spring 2016, Arizona State University, Santa Catalina Hall, AZ, May 2016,
https://superstitionreview.asu.edu/issue17/art/ryotamatsumoto.
ArtAscent, Art & Literature Journal April 2016 V18, Skybase Publishing Inc., Ontario, PP8-13.
Temenos Journal, Fall 2015, Central Michigan University, April, 2016, P. 40.
http://www.temenosjournal.com/images/funhouseillusionsdirections.swf.
Speculative Morphology of Recurring Terrains, the Journal of Wild Culture, the Society for the Preservation of Wild Culture, Toronto, April, 2016,
http://www.wildculture.com/article/speculative-morphology-recurring-terrains/1555.
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue 12, Philadelphia, Fresh Paint Magazine Ltd., April 2016, PP74-75.
Donkey Art Prize III Edition Catalogue, Blindonkey Cultural Association, Verona, April 2016, P.51.
International Painting Annual 5, Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2016, P.126.
Highlike.org, Electronic Language International Festival and SESI publishing house, March 2016,
http://highlike.org/site/ryota-matsumoto/.
Webb, Casey. Interview with Ryota Matsumoto, Jung Katz, Oregon, March, 2016,
http://jungkatz.com/2016/03/16/interview-artist-ryota-matsumoto/.
100 Best Annual for 2015, Creative Quarterly, New York, April, 2016, P.31.
Creative Quarterly Issue41, Creative Quarterly, New York, March, 2016, PP 12-13.
Raddatz, Jonathan, Exhibeo: Selected Art Reviews and Interviews, Montreal, March 2016.
Graham, Ann. “New Artworks”, Art Reveal Magazine, London, March 2016,
http://www.artrevealmagazine.com/new-artworks-by-ryota-matsumoto/.
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue 11, Philadelphia, Fresh Paint Magazine Ltd., January 2016, PP52-53.
LoosenArt Magazine, Interview, LoosenArt Gallery, Milan, January 2016,
https://www.loosenart.com/blogs/magazine/73455365-ryota-matsumoto.
Floorr Magazine Issue 1, Interview, Peckham, London, January 2016,
http://www.floorrmagazine.com/jan2016b/2015/12/3/ryota-matsumoto.
Ismology 2, Art+ Organization, Strasbourg France, January 2016, PP34-36.
Contemporary Art Curator, Barcelona Spain, January 2016,
http://www.contemporaryartcurator.com/ryota-matsumoto/2016/1/18/ryota-matsumoto.
The Birds We Piled Loosely Magazine Issue 6, Syracuse, NY, January 2016, P.81.
Dammacco, Grazia. “Ryota Matsumoto Post Digital Hybrid Art”, Post Digital Tribe.Org, January 2016,
http://www.postdigitaltribe.org/dt/2016/01/08/ryota-matsumoto-post-digital-hybrid-art-2013-2015/.
Studio Visit Magazine Volume 32, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, December 2015, PP129-130.
Artist Portfolio Magazine Issue 24, Garden Grove, CA, December 2015, P.27.
“Ryota Matsumoto Studio” Zone 5 Studio, CL ARCH, December 2015,
http://changyeefoon.tumblr.com/post/130475814334/ryota-matsumoto-studio-a-mixed-media.
International Current Masters Volume X, World Wide Art Books, CA, 2015, Front Cover Art.
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue10, Philadelphia, Fresh Paint Magazine Ltd., December 2015, P.20.
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue 9, Philadelphia, Fresh Paint Magazine Ltd., October 2015, PP40-41.
The Prize Lynx 2015 catalogue, Associazione Culturale Il Sestante, Franco Rosso Editore, September 2015, Trieste, P.54.
“From the Depths of Eternal Circumstance” Art Exhibeo, Montreal, September 2015,
http://www.artexhibeo.com/featured-artist-ryota-matsumoto/.
Ryota Matsumoto exhibtion at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, New Media. International, New Media Access, September 2015,
https://www.newmedia-international.com/single-post/2015/09/11/Ryota-Matsumoto-exhibtion-at-the-Los- Angeles-Center-for-Digital-Art.
Visions Collection Edition II, Malamegi Lab, San Daniele Udine, September 2015, PP98-99.
Made In Mind Magazine, Issue 5, Autumn 2015, PP39-47
Paint Pulse Magazine Issue 3, Brooklyn, NY, August, 2015, PP33-34.
Creative Quarterly Issue 38-39, Creative Quarterly, New York, August, 2015, PP18-19.
Expose Art Magazine, Expose Art Press, Chicago, August 2015, PP8-11.
Art by Ryota Matsumoto, International Art Exhibit, Artist Portfolio Magazine, Garden Grove, CA, July 2015
https://artistportfoliomagazine.blog/2015/07/24/art-by-ryota-matsumoto-international-art-exhibit/.
ARCHSEARCH.gr, betahaus Prinzessinnenstr , Berlin, July 2015,
http://www.archisearch.gr/article/1870/artworks-by-ryota-matsumoto.htm.
FILE São Paulo 2015. SESI-SP arte, Câmara Brasileira do Livro, SP, July 2015, PP204-205.
International Artist Magazine 104, Favorite Subjects, International Artist, Scottsdale, AZ, July 2015, P.17.
“Science Fiction Realism” hplus Magazine, Humanity+ Los Angeles, CA, July 2015
http://hplusmagazine.com/2015/07/24/science-fiction-realism/.
Graham, Ann. “Ryota Matsumoto Story”, Art Reveal Magazine, London, June 2015,
http://www.artrevealmagazine.com/ryota-matsumoto-success-story/.
International Painting Annual 5, Manifest gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2015.
Efetto Arte, Number 3 May/June, EA editore, Palermo, June 2015, P.117.
ArtAscent, Art & Literature Journal April 2015 V12, Skybase Publishing Inc., Ontario, PP20-33.
For Example Magazine, For Example, London, October 2015,
http://www.for-example.org/profile.php?fullname=ryotamatsumoto.
Berry and Dieter ed. “Postdigital Aethetics”, Palgrave Macmillan, London, May 2015, Front Cover Art.
Carbon Culture Review, New Mexico, April 2015,
http://www.carbonculturereview.com/art/artist-ryota-matsumoto-cities-societies-infrastructures/.
Articul Action Art Review Special Issue, March 2015, PP86-101.
491 magazine Number 10, March 2015, Front Cover Art, P.15.
Art Reveal Magazine 1st Issue, Art Reveal, London, March 2015, PP28-33.
Creative Divergents, New York, Feburary, 2015,
http://creativedivergents.com/2015/02/the-indistinct-notion-of-an-object-trajectory/ - .Vu2mVGSLRoE.
Tunnel Magazine, Los Angeles, February 2015,
http://tunnelzine.com/2015/02/16/ryota-matsumotos-hybrid-architecture/.
Noel, Gabrielle, “Hybrid Artist”, Contemporiste, Los Angeles, February 2015,
http://contemporiste.com/hybrid-artist-ryota-matsumoto/.
Tribe Magazine, Issue 31, Tribe Media, Plymouth, January 2015, PP.6-11.
Abduzeedo Architecture and Design, Oakland, CA, January 2015,
http://raw.abduzeedo.com/post/109344006556/hollow-ghosts-for-those-restless-spirits-medium.
“Ryota Matsumoto Studio”, The Art Voice, International Art Incubator Foundation, London, January 2015,
http://www.the-art-voice.com/post-1941.html.
Gabilondo, Ángel. “Inexplicablemente bien”, El salto del angel, Madrid, December, 2014,
http://blogs.elpais.com/el-salto-del-angel/2014/12/inexplicablemente-bien.html.
Kazanc, Ummuhan. The Art and Culture Column, Istanbul, December, 2014,
 http://ummuhankazanc.blogspot.com.tr/2014/12/ryota-matsumoto-mimari-ve-sanatin.html.
Süess, Manuel. Post-Digital Hybrid Drawings, Art Blog, Rheinfelden, December, 2014,
http://the-art-blog.info/2255/ryota-matsumoto-post-digital-hybrid-drawings/.
Expose Art Magazine Special Edition, Expose Art Press, Chicago, December 2014, P.28-29.
Various Artists, “Noodles”, Aural Films, San Francisco, November 2014, Cover Art.
Kalublut Magazine, KALTBLUT Magazine, Berlin, October 2014,
http://www.kaltblut-magazine.com/ryota-matsumoto/.
DéJonDé Magazine, The Artist’s Loft, Washington, DC., October 2014,
http://www.dejondemagazine.org/artist-ryota-matsumoto/art/.
The Draftery No.148 Dimensions of Amorphous Objects, Providence, Rhode Island, September 2014,
http://thedraftery.com/archive/no-148.
Creative Review, London, September 2014,
http://www.creativereview.co.uk/feed/september-2014/09/ryota-matsumoto-studio-drawings.
Van Mensvoort, Koert, “What is Next Nature?”, Amsterdam, July 2014,
https://www.nextnature.net/2014/07/high-frequency-trading-visualized/.
Castle, Helen. “Presenting Architecture”, Edge Condition Vol. 02, London, June 2014.
Dubbeldam, Winka. “Component Design”, Barns and Noble, New York, May 2006, PP42-44.
Pelli and Kurokawa ed. “Kyushu University New Campus”, Kyushu University Press, Fukuoka, March 2003.
Kyusyu University Central District Master Plan, Kyusu University Design Committee, July, 2003
http://suisin.jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp/archive/plan/design/center/index.html.
Town on Campus Pamphlet to introduce University Campus” Kyushu University Design Committee, June 2003, PP16-17.
Family Hospital Nursing Home Mitsui Memorial Hospital, Kindai Kenchiku 11 Vol.56, November 2002, PP188-191.
Welfare Institutions of Nihon Sekkei Bach Mai Hospital, Kindai Kenchiku 2 Vol.55, Feburary 2001, PP113,126.
Sethathirath Hospital, Lao People’s Republic, Kindai Kenchiku 2 Vol.55, Feburary 2001, PP122,123.

AWARDS

Honorable Mention Award, Circle Foundation for the Arts, Lyon France, January, 2020
Invitation Award, KOSES 2018 International Exhibition, National Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea, May, 2018
4th Place Award, 3rd Arts in Harmony Annual International Show, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN, March 2018
Winner, Visual Art Open Juried Competition, Chester, UK, December, 2017
Best of Show Gracie Award, 26th Annual ISEA Juried International Art Exhibition, the International Society of Experimental Artists, Sanibel, FL, October, 2017
1st Place Award, Labora Prize Madrid, Photography, Video and New Media, Ufofabrik Contemporary Art Gallery, October 2017
Curators Choice Award, Gallery 25N, Peekskill, NY, August 2017
Long listed, Secret Art Prize, Curious Duke Gallery, London, July 2017
Finalist, Visual Art Open Competition, Abbey Square, Chester, May 2017
2nd Place Award, Western Bureau Art Prize 2017, Western Bureau Arts, Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA, May 2017
Finalist, Premio Marchionni 2017, Museum MAGMMA, Sardinia, May, 2017
Purchase Prize, Permanent Collection, The University of Texas at Tyler Department of Art and Art History, February 2017
Best of Show, 2nd Annual Abstract Art Contest, International Gallery of The Arts (IGOA), Toronto, January 2017
1st Place Award, The Second Catskill Digital Art Competition, Catskill, NY, October 2016
Short-listed Artist, KUNST HEUTE AWARD 2016, IKH-Publishing, Martina Kolle, October 2016
Finalist, Lynx International Prize of Contemporary Art, Trieste, September 2016
Best of Show Award, Art Kudos International Juried Competition 2016, Riverside, CA, August 2016
Honorable Mention, For the Artists by the Artists Juried Art Competition, CA, August 2016
Long listed, Celeste Prize 2016, Celeste Network, Siena, Italy, August 2016
Short-listed Artist, Secret Art Prize 2016, Curious Duke Gallery, London, August, 2016
Finalist, Art Prize No. 94, Abstract/Experimental Art, International Artist Magazine, Scottsdale, AZ, August 2016
Finalist Artist, T.I.N.A Prize Winter 2016, Associazione Culturale Radar, Venezia, July 2016
Finalist, Kalos Visual Art Prize, Ruminate Magazine, Fort Collins, CO, May 2016
Short-listed Artist, Jackson’s Open Art Prize, Jackson’s Art, Farleigh Place, London, May 2016
Premio Ora Prize, Italy 5th Edition, Associazione culturale Radar, San Donà di Piave, May 2016
Recommended Artist from the Jury, Premio Combat Prize, Blob Art, Livorno, May 2016
Short-listed Artist, Foci Arts and Writing Competition, May 2016
Gold Artist, the Heat Issue of ArtAscent Journal, April, 2016
Award of Excellence, Creative Quarterly, the Journal of Art and Design, Brooklyn, NY, April 2016
Premio Ora Prize, Spain 1st Edition, Associazione Culturale Radar, San Donà di Piave, January 2016
1st Place Prize, Palm Art Award, Art Domain Group, Quedlinburg, December, 2015
Finalist, Lumen Prize 2015, The Global Award for Digital Art, Senghennydd Rd, Cardiff, August 2015
1st Place Winner, Summer Palette Art Competition, Exhibeo Art Competition, Montreal, August, 2015
Finalist, Media Art, FILE Electronic Language International Festival, File Curitiba, Sao Paulo, June-July, 2015
Special Recognition, 17th Painting, Drawing & Print Juried Exhibition, Upstream Gallery, January 2015
Publishers Choice Award, Art and Beyond Magazine, Morton Groves, IL, November 2015
2nd Place Award, Mixed Media, Florence Biennale, Fortezza da Basso, Florence, October 2015
Silver Award, Art Forward Contest 3, Art Ltd. Los Angeles, CA, October, 2015
Finalist, ViewPoint 47 Juried Art Competition, Cincinnati Art Club, Ohio, October 2015
Special Award of Be Art Builder, Lynx International Prize of Contemporary Art, Trieste, September 2015
Winner, International Current Masters Volume X Front Cover Competition, World Wide Art Books, CA, 2015
Second Place Award, Art Kudos International Competition, Riverside, CA, August, 2015
Award of Excellence, CQ39, Creative Quarterly, New York, August, 2015
Bronze Award, Art Forward Contest 2, Art Ltd. Los Angeles, CA, August, 2015
Finalist, Neo:Art Prize, Neo:Artists Studios CIC, The Market Place, Bolton, 2015
Finalist, Artist's Magazine 32nd Annual Art Competition, The artist’s Magazine, Blue Ash OH, August 2015
Selected Artist, Visions Art Contest II, Malamegi Lab, Villanova di San Daniele del Friuli, July, 2015
Finalist, No.88 Favorite Subjects Competition, International Artist, Scottsdale, AZ, July 2015
1st Place Solo Exhibit Winner, LACDA 2015 International Competition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, LA, June 2015
Finalist, Donkey Art Prize 3, Blindonkey Cultural Association, Verona, June 2015
Honorable Mention, Viewpoints 2015, 18th Annual Juried Exhibition, Studio Montclair, New Jersey, July 2015
Finalist, LACDA 2015 International Juried Competition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, LA, June 2015
Special recognition,17th Annual Digital & Mixed Media International Art Exhibition, Upstream gallery, 2015
Short-listed Artist, Premio Combat Prize 2015, Corso Amedeo, Livorno, May, 2015
Finalist, 10th International Drawing Annual Competition, Manifest gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio, April, 2015
Bronze Prize, Artists of Magnificence, ArtAscent Journal, April, 2015 
1st Place Award, obliterazioni 2015, Nam Visual Art, Torino, 2015
Winner, Cover Art Competition, Artist Portfolio Magazine, Garden Grove, CA, December 2014
Sandro Botticelli Prize, Effeto Arte, Florence 2015
Rome International Imperial prize, Arte Communications, Rome, 2015
3rd Place, Art of Abstraction, Exhibio Art, Montreal, 2015
Certificate of Excellence, Palm Art Award, 2014
1st Place, Mixed Media Mash Up, Linus Galleries, Los Angeles, 2014
Honorable Mention, London International Creative Competition, Farmani Group, London, 2014
1st Place, Qingdao Mixed-Use Redevelopment Master Plan Competition, Japanese Railway, 2011
1st Place, Kysushu University Campus Central District Masterplan, Nihon Sekkai & Kishi Kurokawa, 2003
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