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Ryota Matsumoto is a multi-talented individual, celebrated for his work as an artist, educator, cultural programmer, producer, and architect.
Matsumoto's artistic perspective leans towards a multidisciplinary approach, blending elements of art, architecture, and media theory. He is considered a forefather of the postdigital art and architectural movement, often exploring themes of urbanism, visual culture, and the future of design in a digital age.
Born in Tokyo, Matsumoto was raised in both Hong Kong and Japan. He completed his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007, following his studies
Ryota Matsumoto is a multi-talented individual, celebrated for his work as an artist, educator, cultural programmer, producer, and architect.
Matsumoto's artistic perspective leans towards a multidisciplinary approach, blending elements of art, architecture, and media theory. He is considered a forefather of the postdigital art and architectural movement, often exploring themes of urbanism, visual culture, and the future of design in a digital age.
Born in Tokyo, Matsumoto was raised in both Hong Kong and Japan. He completed his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 2007, following his studies at the Architectural Association in London and the Mackintosh School of Architecture at the Glasgow School of Art.
Matsumoto's influence extends beyond art and architecture into multidisciplinary design, visual culture, and urbanism. He has presented his work at various international platforms, including the 5th symposium of the Imaginaries of the Future at Cornell University, the Espaciocenter workshop at TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, and the New Media Frontier Lecture Series at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
His curated exhibition "Posthumanism, Epidigital, and Glitch Feminism" at the Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts in 2020 is a testament to his groundbreaking work in new media art. This exhibition encapsulated his philosophy of blending traditional art forms with digital media, thereby challenging the boundaries of both.
In the realm of media production, Matsumoto has collaborated with Peter Christopherson of Coil and Throbbing Gristle for a Japanese Nike commercial and contributed to Christopherson's album, Form Grows Rampant. He has also been involved in the early sessions of Amulet Edition.
Matsumoto has served as an MFA lecturer at the Transart Institute, University of Plymouth, and has been a guest critic at various prestigious institutions in the United States, Britain, and Europe.
He currently works as a research associate and senior consultant for the New Centre of Research & Practice and the City of Dallas Office of Art and Culture. He is also an honorary member of the British Art Network.
He has received numerous awards, including the Visual Art Open International Artist Award, Florence Biennale Mixed Media 2nd Place Award, and many others. His work is part of the permanent collection at the University of Texas at Tyler.
His publications and interviews have been featured in a variety of journals and magazines such as Kalubrt Magazine, the University of North Carolina Wilmington Journal Palaver, Furtherfield.org, and International Artist Magazine.
His multidisciplinary projects have been showcased in galleries like Meadows Gallery University of Texas at Tyler, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery University of North Carolina Asheville, and National Museum of Korea, among others.
He has held solo exhibitions at BYTE Gallery Transylvania University in 2015, Los Angeles Center of Digital Art in 2016, and Alviani ArtSpace, Pescara in 2017.
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