Born 1981,Tokyo,Japan
Lives and works in Düsseldorf Germany

2000-2004 Tokyo National University fine Arts and Music,Japan
2004-2007 Gueststudent at Artacademy of Düsseldorf under Prof.Siegfried     
                      Anzinger,Prof.Helmut Federle
2008-2009 Artacademy of Düsseldorf under Prof.Dr.h.c.Markus Lüpertz
2010 Artacademy of Düsseldorf under Prof.Herbert Brandl,Prof.Katharina
         Grosse
2012 Musterstudent(Pupilstudent) under Prof.Katharina Grosse

living and working in Düsseldorf, Germany

 

Residence
2019 Artist in Residence  Livingstone Projects Berlin
2017 Artist in Residence  Livingstone Projects Berlin
2013 Artist in Residence ,Goyang Artstudio,Seoul Korea 

Grant /Awards

2023 Artist of the year prize ITSLIQUID,Rome,Venezia, Italy

2022 Neu Start Kultur,Kunstfonds,Bonn, Germany
2021-2023 Fondazione Silene Giannini Basel, Switzerland
2013 Artist in Residence ,Goyang Artstudio, Seoul Korea   
2013 Stipendium Lemgo Art support prize 2013 Lemgo, Germany
2009 "von Rundstedt Art support prize 2009”Düsseldorf,Germany(3rd Prize)

Collections
Museum MARTa Herford, RijksMuseum Amsterdam, AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Miniature Museum
Amsterdam, Pieter & Marieke Sanders, Collection Wilploo, Collection Robert & Annemijin Crince le Roy-van Munster van Heuven, Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, Staffstiftung Lemgo and many private collections in Germany, The Netherlands and abroad.

Site Specific Installations
2020-Parkmanagement Vereniging De President, Hoofddorp, Gemeente Teylingen
2019 Tulipbulb Project Museum De Zwarte Tulp,Lisse, Netherlands
2018 Permanent Painting Presentation in new Comfort Hotel Monheim am Rhein, Germany
        (art prize)
2015 Wall Painting at Facebook Hamburg, Germany
2011 Wall Painting at Hotel Ufer Düsseldorf,Germany

Artfair

2023 Art Rotterdam,Rome International Artfair2023, Art on Paper Amsterdam, VOLTA NY,VOLTA Basel,Art the hague
2022 Art Rotterdam,VOLTA Basel,Art the Hague,Art Karlsruhe
2021Art Rotterdam, Art on Paper Museum BOZAR Brussels, Art on Paper Amsterdam
        Art The Hague2021
2020 Art Rotterdam,Positions Berlin
2019 Art Rotterdam(Now/Forever:Solo Show),Paper Positions Berlin,VOLTA Basel,Art on Paper
           Museum BOZAR Brussels,
            Art on Paper, Amsterdam,Art The Hague 2019, Positions Munich
2018 Art Rotterdam,Kunst RAI Amsterdam,Art The Hague2018
2017 ArtKarlsruhe,Art The Hague 2017,PAN Amsterdam
2016 Art Karlsruhe,Far Off,COFA ColongeFineArtContemporary,Germany
2015 KUNST ZÜRICH,Zurich,Switzerland
2009 ART.FAIR Colonge,Germany
  
Solo Exhibitions

2023"Broken Line Collapse Landscape", livingstone gallery,Den Haag,Netherlands

             "hidden color,thread,space“,kto gallery,Tokyo,Japan

             “Broken Line Transparent blue“bluesdress by kto gallery,Tokyo,Japan
             “liquid line“larte by kto gallery,Tokyo,Japan
2022Einzelausstellung"Ruri Matsumoto", Galerie Freitag 18.30,Aachen,Germany

            ”Wechselspiel”, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart, Germany
2021”Crossing the line”,  livingstone gallery,Den Haag,Netherlands
2019”Line Broken”, livingstone gallery,Den Haag,Netherlands
         Art Rotterdam”Now/Forever”,Rotterdam,Netherlands
2018”between the lines”,livingstone gallery,Den Haag,Netherlands
2016 COFA Cologne Fine Art Contemporary,Cologne,Germany
2015 “Der Raum und ich“Galerie Ulf Larsson, Cologne, Germany
2014 "back from…"Exhibition space atelier am Eck,Düsseldorf,Germany
         "subject/object"-"inside out"von fraunberg art gallery,Düsseldorf,Germany
2012Kunstpreis”Start”Kunstmuseum Bonn,Bonn,Germany(nominated)
2008 "Space Links”Exhibition space Bravo, Düsseldorf,Gernany
         "Space Link" Kersting und Krupic Galerie,Cologne,Germany

Nominated Group Exhibitions with Catalog
2018 STRABAG ARTAWARD INTERNATIONAL Vienna,Austria
2017 ”Darmstädter Sezession 2017”Kunstforum Darmstadt,Germany
2016 “4.Internationalen André-Evard-Preis"Kunsthalle messmer,Riegel,Germany
           STRABAG ARTAWARD INTERNATIONAL Vienna,Austria
2015 “WalterKoschatzky Kunst Preis 2015”Vienna,Austria
         "3.RUHR BIENNALE”Duisburg,Germany
2013 "Wilhelm-Morgner-Preis 2013"Museum Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus,Soest Germany
         "Stipendium Junge Kunst der Stadt Lemgo und der Staff Stiftung Lemgo"CityGallery
          Eichenmüllerhaus,Lemgo,Germany
2012 "Stipendium Kunstgenerator2013"City Gallery in Park Viersen,Germany
         "Bilder?Bilder!"Prot.Church Württemberg,Stuttgart,Germany
         "von Rundstedt Art support prize 2012”Düsseldorf,Germany
2010 "2.International André-Evard-Preize"Kunsthalle messmer,Riegel,Germany
          "Wilhelm-Morgner-Preis 2010"Museum Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus,Soest,Germany
2009"Kunstprize JUNGER WESTEN 2009"Kunsthalle Recklinghausen,Germany
        "von Rundstedt Art support prize 2009”Düsseldorf,Germany
2008"Die Große Ausstellung NRW"Museum Kunst Palast Düsseldorf,Germany
2003 "Junge Kunst"City Gallery Chiba,Japan
2001 "Kunstausstellung" City Gallery Fukui,Japan

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2023 “Just Like Escher”Escher in Het Paleis/Escher Museum,Den Haag,Netherlands

             "Kunst im Bau"galerie freitag 18.30,Krombach Constructions Sarl,Luxemburg

             "Shine" Artes Berlin,Berlin, Germany

2022 "City Life, de erfenis van Mondriaan"Stedelijkmuseum Vianen, Vianen,Netherlands

             “Collectie Wilploo - Verglijdend landschap” Rijksmuseum Twenthe,Enschede,Netherlands

             “Terug naar de toekomst”Museum Nairac,Barneveld,Netherlands

             "Inventing Color" Artes Berlin,Berlin, Germany
2021  “Art on Paper”Museum Bozar,Brussels,Belgium
            ”keep cool”Galerie Martin Mertens,Berlin,Germany
            ”Abstract konkret hoch3”von fraunberg art gallery,Düsseldorf,Germany
2020 “Rotterdam-New York-Berlin-Genoa-Basel-Brussels”livingstone gallery,Den Haag,Netherlands
            “OPENING GALLERY SEASON - A SNEAK PREVIEW”livingstone gallery,Den    
               Haag,Netherlands
              “PREVIEW - REVIEW / BERLIN - AMSTERDAM”livingstone gallery,Den Haag,Netherlands
              “COLLECTORS EDITIONS - UPCOMING PUBLICATIONS”livingstone gallery,Den
               Haag,Netherlands
              “UNLOCKED / RECONNECTED”livingstone gallery,Den Haag,Netherlands
2019 “Art on Paper”Museum Bozar,Brussels,Belgium
         “Japanese Positions”raum 2810,Bonn,Germany
         “Panorama Tulipland 3.0”Museum De ZwarteTulp,Lisse,Netherlands
          “Five Years Livingstone Projects Berlin”livingstone gallery,Den Haag,Netherlands
2018 “THE END OF WAR”livingstone gallery,Den Haag,Netherlands
         “SUMMER GROUP SHOW”,Galerie Renate Kammer,Hamburg,Germany
2017“Painting Now”livingstone gallery,Den Haag,Netherlands
        ”Zeit Geist x3”,von fraunberg art gallery,Düsseldorf,Germany
        "Kunst und Politik im Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V. in Berlin”,Germany
2016 “freshtest02”Kunstverein Koelnberg, Cologne, Germany
         “greetings from Asia”,Galerie Ulf Larsson, Cologne, Germany
2015 “Ruri Matsumoto-Sascha Berretz-Fritz Winter,Malerei”
          Galerie Freitag 18.30,Aachen,Germany
         “Farbräume” DavisKlemmGalerie,Wiesbaden,Germany
         “GENIUS LOCI 3-HERE THEY COME”Setareh Gallery,Düsseldorf,Germany
2014 "THE PERCEPTION OF ART"Taylor Wessing,Düsseldorf,Germany
2013 “5x3”KunstraumDüsseldorf,Düsseldorf,Germany
         "open studio" National Museum of Contemporary Art Goyang Artstudio,Seoul,Korea
2012 "u arr wet loco"City Gallery Villa Zanders,Bergisch Gladbach,Germany
         "SENSORIAL PANOPTIKUM" GalleryBeck&Eggeling,Düsseldorf,Germany
         "Früh Morgens Erroeten die Enzyme,bevor sie aus Türen und Fenstern"U37,Berlin
          Germany
2010"Berlin-Johannesburg"Projectroom Studio Holterhoff,Cologne, Germany
2009"Der bewegte Tisch 2009"STATT MUSEUM KÖLN, Cologne, Germany
         "Abstract09" Projektroom Studio Holterhoff,Cologne, Germany

Publications(selection)

2023"50 Artist to watch"2023 edition,florencecontemporary
2019 Flash Art Nr.326 Jun-Aug
2018 STRABAG ARTAWARD INTERNATIONAL2018
2016 4.Internationalen André-Evard-PreisKunsthalle messmer
    STRABAG ARTAWARD INTERNATIONAL2016
         COFA CONTEMPORARY 2016, p53
        Abstraktion & Figration Zero Pop Art, Junge Kunst, Heukung Kühn Lüer Wojtek   
          p98,104
        freshtest 2.0 Kunstverein-Koelnberg e.V.2016, p45,46,47
2015 Harper’s BAZAR10.2015 ,p218, monopol06.2015, p95
         GENIUS LOCI 3 HERE THEY COME p24,25,26,27
2013  Wilhelm-Morgner-Preis 2013Museum Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus
          5x3,2013 ,Kunstraum Düsseldorf
          Artists in Residence-Goyang 2013 Art Studio of National Museum of Contemporary  
          Art,Korea p56,57
2012 Bilder?Bilder!Prot.Church Württemberg
        2010 2.International André-Evard-PreizeKunsthalle Messmer
          Wilhelm-Morgner-Preis 2010Museum Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus
2009   Kunstprize JUNGER WESTEN 2009Grafik,Zeichnung,Fotografie
           Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
2008 Große Kunst Ausstellung NRW2008 Museum Kunst Palast Düsseldorf
         Junge _Kunst #76Nr.03/2008
         Spacelink, Kersting und Krupic gallery
2003 Junge Kunst,City Gallery Chiba,Japan

Articles/Texts(selection)

-galleryviewer

from Soloshow of Livingstonegallery Den Haag

lines of light

01.08.2023

Text/Flor Linckens

 

-digitalekunst krant

from Groupshow of Stedelijkmuseum Vianen

De erfenis van Mondriaan

03.12.2022

Text/Evert - Jan Pol

 
-Aachener Nachrichten

from Soloshow of Galerie Freitag 18:30

"KunstHierHer" macht die Aachener Nadelfabrik zur Galerie

26.09.2022

 

-L’ECHO Art on paper,toute la profondeur du papier

25.10.2019
Text/Johan-Frédérik Hel Guedj

-De Witte Raaf Nr.190
11,12/2017
Ondertussen 15
Text / Edo Dijksterhuis

-Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,Ein wenig Gegenwart darf’s sein,Cologne Fine Art
11.2016
Text / Felicitas Rhan

-Kölner Stadt Anzeiger,Verführerisches Labyrinth,Ruri Matsumoto Ausstellung”Der Raum und ich”Galerie Larsson
02.2016
Text / Jürgen Kisters

-Aachener Nachrichten
Galerie Freitag 18:30 Komposition,Licht- und Formgefüge
11.2015
Text / Ingrid Peinhardt- Franke

-Ausstellung” Sascha Berretz,Ruri Matsumoto, Fritz Winter, Malerei”
galerie Freitag 18.30,Aachen ,11.2015
Text / Stefan Skowron

-GENIUS LOCI 3 HERE THEY COME
  SETAREH GALLERY,07.2015
  Text / Gerard A. Goodrow

-Page Online, Blick ins Studio:Facebook Deutschland
06.2015
Text / Nina Wirst

-Ruri Matsumoto Ausstellung“inside out” von fraunberg art gallery
03.2014
Text / Stefanie Lucci

-Ausstellung “5x3”Kunstraum Düsseldorf
09.2013
Text / Andrea Knobloch

-Ausstellung “Bilder?Bilder!”Ruri Matsumoto “Der Raum und ich”
2012
Text / Christina Kreuzberg Kuratorin Kunstsammlung Sal.Oppenheimjr&Cie.AG&Co.KGaA

-Rheinische Post,Fünf sind noch im Rennen,Ausstellung”Kunstgenerator”
09.2012
Text / Sigrid Blomen-Radermacher

-Kultur Aktuelle Ausstellung in der Region,Streifzug durch die Kunst
Ausstellung”2.internationaler Andre Evard Preis” in Riegel
05.2010
Text / Georg Giesebrecht

-Ausstellung”Abstrakt09”Ausstellungsraum Studioholterhoff
2009
Text / Christine Holterhoff

-Der Westen,Ausgezeichnet!”Kunstförderpreise”von Rundetet”
11.2009
Text / Petra Kuiper

-Kultura i lifestyle”Momo i Uzeir”na sajmu umjetnosti u Kelnu
Kersting und Krupic gallery
10.2009
Text / Jasmina Rose

-artnet,Die ART.FAIR 21 in Köln,”Das Ausstellerkarussell”
11.2009
Text / Stefan Kobel

-Kunst Magazine “junge_Kunst”76
03.2008
p. 22”Junge Kunst aus Südosteuropa, Kersting und Krupic gallery
Text/ Ann- Katrin Günzel