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Soshiro Matsubara

Images

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Bruno Pélassy and the Order of the Starfish, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 2023, photo by Frank Sperling

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Bruno Pélassy and the Order of the Starfish, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 2023, photo by Frank Sperling

Soshiro Matsubara, Entrance II; Last Night XLVIII, glazed ceramics, light bulbs, and cable, 39 × 30 × 8 cm, 2023, installation view Bruno Pélassy and the Order of the Starfish, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 2023, photo by Frank Sperling

Soshiro Matsubara, Entrance II; Last Night XLVIII, glazed ceramics, light bulbs, and cable, 39 × 30 × 8 cm, 2023, installation view Bruno Pélassy and the Order of the Starfish, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 2023, photo by Frank Sperling

Soshiro Matsubara, Entrance II; Last Night XLVIII, glazed ceramics, light bulbs, and cable, 39 × 30 × 8 cm, 2023, installation view Bruno Pélassy and the Order of the Starfish, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 2023, photo by Frank Sperling

Soshiro Matsubara, Entrance II; Last Night XLVIII, glazed ceramics, light bulbs, and cable, 39 × 30 × 8 cm, 2023, installation view Bruno Pélassy and the Order of the Starfish, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 2023, photo by Frank Sperling

Soshiro Matsubara, Untitled, 2022, glazed ceramics, cloth, dimensions variable, photo by Frank Sperling

Soshiro Matsubara, Untitled, 2022, glazed ceramics, cloth, dimensions variable, photo by Frank Sperling

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Another Surrealism, 2022, Museum Sønderjylland, Tønder, photo by David Stjernholm

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Another Surrealism, 2022, Museum Sønderjylland, Tønder, photo by David Stjernholm

Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night XLV, 2022, Glazed ceramic, light bulb, 30 × 38 × 13 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night XLV, 2022, Glazed ceramic, light bulb, 30 × 38 × 13 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Study for a Labyrinth, Bel Ami, Los Angeles, 2022, photo by Paul Salveson

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Study for a Labyrinth, Bel Ami, Los Angeles, 2022, photo by Paul Salveson

Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night XXXIV, 2022, glazed ceramics, light bulbs, cable, 34 × 40 × 8 cm, photo by Paul Salveson

Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night XXXIV, 2022, glazed ceramics, light bulbs, cable, 34 × 40 × 8 cm, photo by Paul Salveson

Soshiro Matsubara, Before Sunrise, 2022, oil on canvas, 122 × 87 cm (framed), photo by Paul Salveson

Soshiro Matsubara, Before Sunrise, 2022, oil on canvas, 122 × 87 cm (framed), photo by Paul Salveson

Soshiro Matsubara, Libra, 2022 (detail), glazed ceramics, oil paint, epoxy, artificial hair, hairnet, rug, acrylic, wood, 42 × 80 × 40 cm, photo by Paul Salveson

Soshiro Matsubara, Libra, 2022 (detail), glazed ceramics, oil paint, epoxy, artificial hair, hairnet, rug, acrylic, wood, 42 × 80 × 40 cm, photo by Paul Salveson

Soshiro Matsubara installation view Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique and etc. / Étude, Fern Residency, Bruxelles, 2021

Soshiro Matsubara installation view Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique and etc. / Étude, Fern Residency, Bruxelles, 2021

Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night XXIV (Tête de Méduse), 2021, glazed ceramic, light bulb, 40 × 29 × 12 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night XXIV (Tête de Méduse), 2021, glazed ceramic, light bulb, 40 × 29 × 12 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night XXIV (Tête de Méduse) (detail), 2021, glazed ceramic, light bulb, 40 × 29 × 12 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night XXIV (Tête de Méduse) (detail), 2021, glazed ceramic, light bulb, 40 × 29 × 12 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Untitled, 2021, glazed ceramic, 29 × 15 × 34 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Untitled, 2021, glazed ceramic, 29 × 15 × 34 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night XXII (Le nid), 2021, glazed ceramic, light bulb, 38 × 34 × 9 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night XXII (Le nid), 2021, glazed ceramic, light bulb, 38 × 34 × 9 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Caresses, 2021, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Caresses, 2021, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Caresses, 2021, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Caresses, 2021, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome

Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night XVII (Marguerite), 2020, glazed ceramics, light bulbs, and cable, 21 × 39 × 14 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Last Night XVII (Marguerite), 2020, glazed ceramics, light bulbs, and cable, 21 × 39 × 14 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Caresses, 2021, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Caresses, 2021, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Caresses, 2021, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Caresses, 2021, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Caresses, 2021, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome Photos: Agnese Bedini and Melania Dalle Grave

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view Caresses, 2021, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome Photos: Agnese Bedini and Melania Dalle Grave

Soshiro Matsubara, A Tale of Romance, 2020, carpet, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, fabric, wood, light sphere, Carpet: 350 × 200 cm, Sculpture ca. 20 × 130 × 90 cm, Lamp ø 28

Soshiro Matsubara, A Tale of Romance, 2020, carpet, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, fabric, wood, light sphere, Carpet: 350 × 200 cm, Sculpture ca. 20 × 130 × 90 cm, Lamp ø 28

Soshiro Matsubara, A Tale of Romance, 2020 (detail), carpet, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, fabric, wood, light sphere, Carpet: 350 × 200 cm, Sculpture ca. 20 × 130 × 90 cm, Lamp ø 28

Soshiro Matsubara, A Tale of Romance, 2020 (detail), carpet, glazed ceramics, artificial hair, fabric, wood, light sphere, Carpet: 350 × 200 cm, Sculpture ca. 20 × 130 × 90 cm, Lamp ø 28

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view True Romance, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2020

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view True Romance, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, 2020

Soshiro Matsubara, Memories, 2020 (detail), found floor lamp, glazed ceramics, found jewelry, wire, 180 x ø 26 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Memories, 2020 (detail), found floor lamp, glazed ceramics, found jewelry, wire, 180 x ø 26 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Portrait of Alma Mahler, 2020 (detail), glazed ceramics, artificial hair, wood, fabric, 153 × 30 × 30 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Portrait of Alma Mahler, 2020 (detail), glazed ceramics, artificial hair, wood, fabric, 153 × 30 × 30 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, The Caresses, 2020, oil on canvas, 67 × 135 × 2 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, The Caresses, 2020, oil on canvas, 67 × 135 × 2 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view You Are In My Veins, 2019, Kunsthal Aarhus/​Kvindemuseet, Aarhus, Denmark

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view You Are In My Veins, 2019, Kunsthal Aarhus/​Kvindemuseet, Aarhus, Denmark

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view You Are In My Veins, 2019, Kunsthal Aarhus/​Kvindemuseet, Aarhus, Denmark

Soshiro Matsubara, installation view You Are In My Veins, 2019, Kunsthal Aarhus/​Kvindemuseet, Aarhus, Denmark

Soshiro Matsubara, Engagement, Tolerance, Hospitality, 2019, Glazed ceramics, rabbit fur, polyester, metal, wood, epoxy clay, leather, oil paint, 160 × 100 × 26 cm Installation view Paris International 2019

Soshiro Matsubara, Engagement, Tolerance, Hospitality, 2019, Glazed ceramics, rabbit fur, polyester, metal, wood, epoxy clay, leather, oil paint, 160 × 100 × 26 cm Installation view Paris International 2019

Soshiro Matsubara, Engagement, Tolerance, Hospitality, 2018, ink on paper, 48 × 32 cm, 54 × 39 × 3 cm framed Installation view Paris International 2019

Soshiro Matsubara, Engagement, Tolerance, Hospitality, 2018, ink on paper, 48 × 32 cm, 54 × 39 × 3 cm framed Installation view Paris International 2019

Soshiro Matsubara, Engagement, Tolerance, Hospitality, 2018, ink on paper, 48 × 32 cm, 54 × 39 × 3 cm framed Installation view Paris International 2019

Soshiro Matsubara, Engagement, Tolerance, Hospitality, 2018, ink on paper, 48 × 32 cm, 54 × 39 × 3 cm framed Installation view Paris International 2019

Soshiro Matsubara, Kiss painting XVI, 2019, Oil on linen, handmade frame, 25.5 × 31.5 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Kiss painting XVI, 2019, Oil on linen, handmade frame, 25.5 × 31.5 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, installation View, LoveSick, 2018, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, installation View, LoveSick, 2018, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, installation View, LoveSick, 2018, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, installation View, LoveSick, 2018, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, installation View, LoveSick, 2018, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, installation View, LoveSick, 2018, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, left: kiss VIII, right: kiss IX, both 2018, Oil and acrylic on linen mounted on wood, 24 × 30 cm each, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, left: kiss VIII, right: kiss IX, both 2018, Oil and acrylic on linen mounted on wood, 24 × 30 cm each, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, installation View, LoveSick, 2018, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, installation View, LoveSick, 2018, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, installation View, LoveSick, 2018, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, installation View, LoveSick, 2018, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, installation View, LoveSick, 2018, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, installation View, LoveSick, 2018, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, photo by Schiefe Zähne / Hannes Schmidt

Soshiro Matsubara, Lovers (Oskar Kokoschka & Alma Mahler), 2016, Acrylic on carved wood, 129 × 87 cm

Soshiro Matsubara, Lovers (Oskar Kokoschka & Alma Mahler), 2016, Acrylic on carved wood, 129 × 87 cm

Haus der Matsubara, Installation View Apropos l’Hiver, 2017, Bel Ami, Los Angeles

Haus der Matsubara, Installation View Apropos l’Hiver, 2017, Bel Ami, Los Angeles

CV

Soshiro Matsubara
*1980, Hokkaido, Japan — Vienna

Co-founder of XYZcollective, Tokyo

Education

2005
BA in fine art, Tama Art University, Tokyo

2014 – 2016
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien

Solo Exhibitions

2022
Lonesome Diamonds, Martina Simeti, Milan
Golden Sorrow, Union Pacific, London
Study for a Labyrinth, Bel Ami, Los Angeles

2021
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique and etc. / Étude, Fern Residency, Brussels
Caresses, MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome

2020
True Romance, Croy Nielsen, Vienna
Haus der Matsubara, Brennan & Griffen, New York

2018
Engagement, Tolerance and Hospitality, Croy Nielsen, Vienna
Lovesick, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin

2017
Sleeves of Desire II, Brennan & Griffen, New York

2016
Sleeves of Desire, XYZcollective, Tokyo
Soshiro Matsubara, Paramount Ranch, LA 3 w. XYZcollective

2013
Awake or Asleep, sprout curation, Tokyo

2010
Confidence, Casaasia, Barcelona

2008
Missing Mass III, space 23 G, Tokyo

2007
Missing Mass II, hiromiyoshii, Tokyo

2005
Soshiro Matsubara, hiromiyoshii, Tokyo

Group Exhibitions

2024
A Reflection on the Sublime (curated with Kazuna Taguchi), Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
Presque Partout, FRAC Lorraine, Metz

2023 
Cadavre Exquis Or The Voluptuous Decay Of The Shivering Veil, Braunsfelder, Cologne 
Bruno Pélassy and The Order of The Starfish, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
Malediction and Prayer, Modern Art, London
Papertrail, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles
A Lover’s Discourse (with Ulala Imai), Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
Soshiro Matsubara and Joanna Woś, Croy Nielsen (temporary space), Berlin
Day by Day, Good Day, Union Pacific, London 
Cupid’s Bow (curated by Milano Chow), Bel Ami, Los Angeles 

2022
Another Surrealism, Den Frie, Copenhagen and Museum Sønderjylland, Tønder
Bread and Digestifs, Callirrhoë, Athens

2021
Sweet Home, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York
Von Fliegenfallen und Wiener Freiheit, Universitätsgalerie Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Vienna 

2020
Winterfest, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
The Sentimental Organization of the World, Crévecœur, Paris

2019
Autumn Sale of Dreams and Love, Haus der Matsubara feat. Kazuna Taguchi, Significant Other, Vienna
Form and Volume, Cristina Guerra, Lisbon
Is there something I should know, Vinifero, Vienna
Duo show with Naoki Sutter-Shudo, XYZ collective 
Kiki Buh Bye, SORT Vienna, hosted by Stiege 13, Vienna
You are in my Veins, Kvindemuseet / Kunsthalle Aarhus
Okey Dokey III: Fenster, Max Mayer, Düsseldorf

2018
Fabric Faces, Powder Phrases, Althuis Hofland Fine Arts, Amsterdam
Vergänglichkeit, privat, mit Kätzchen, Dependance für Zeitgenössischer Kunst, Vienna
Carved and Shaped by Proximity, pina, Vienna
Münster Sculpture Project in Sagamihara, Kanuma Park, Kanagawa
Happy Mind Natural High, MISAKO & ROSEN, Tokyo
Kiss in Tears, XYZCollective at Freedman Fitzpatrick, LA
Let’s See Action, Curated by MISAKO & ROSEN, Pollock Gallery, Dallas

2017
Post-Formalist Painting, statements, Tokyo
Apropos l’Hiver, Bel Ami, LA
Madame, Justice, Vienna
sylvanian families biennale 2017, XYZcollective, Tokyo
By the lakeside : organized by Yui Yaegashi, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago
SAYONARA Jupiter, Curated by MISAKO & ROSEN together with XYZcollective, 356mission, LA

2016
there’s hell in hello but more in goodbye, LambdaLambdaLambda at Galeria Dawid Radziszewski, Warsaw
Commodus Operandi, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago
Stealing Eyes (Imprisoned, Jailbreak, Imprisoned, Jailbreak), cupsule, Tokyo

2015
I’m sorry please talk more slowly, Hikarie, Tokyo

2014
PLUGGS, Karma International, Zürich
XYZcollective at Brennan & Griffen – Man & Play, Brennan & Griffen, NY
The Way of PAINTING, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo

2013
Blue Valentine, XYZcollective, Tokyo
19516 kilometers from Milwaukee or 12126 miles, MISAKO & ROSEN, Tokyo
Imprisoned, Jailbreak, XYZcollective, Tokyo

2014
GIVEN / LOST, SPROUT Curation, Tokyo

2013
Cross counter, XYZcollective and capsule, Tokyo

2012
Non-dejavu humming, Gell Alterna, Tokyo

2011
FAMILY AFFAIR, XYZcollective, Tokyo
REISSUED WOMEN, SPROUT Curation, Tokyo
The Adventure of Alter-Japan: Zen and Psychedelic, SPROUT Curation, Tokyo
Good Night MIHOKANNO, akibatamabi, Tokyo

2010
Melon float and shop, Château 2F, Tokyo
Tokyo Story, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo

2009
Hello! MIHOKANNO, Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo
Imaginary Museum of O collection-Alternative (Post) Modern, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo

2008
FAXINATION, LOYAL, Stockholm
Virshaba through Mithuna, curated by Soshiro Matsubara, hiromiyoshii, Tokyo

2006
AFTER THE REALITY, curated by hiromiyoshii, Deitch Projects, New York

2005
Gallery Artist Show, hiromiyoshii, Tokyo
Zone-Poetic Moment, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo

2004
Art@Agnes, The Agnes Hotel And Apartments Tokyo, Tokyo
AFTER THE REALITY, hiromiyoshii, Tokyo

Selected Press

2021
Gratza, Agnieszka, Soshiro Matsubara at MACRO, Rome”, Artforum, June

2020
Feldman, Max L., Heads-Off”, Spike, July
Lindenhofer, Juliana, Soshiro Matsubara: »Well, Where’s the Romance«”, PW Magazine, July

2018
Acha, Gabriela, Soshiro Matsubara: LoveSick”, Mousse, December