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
Union Pacific, London (upcoming)

2021
Bel Ami, Los Angeles (upcoming)
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

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

Performance

2018
song of ○ and △ by Toru Takemitsu, soshiro matsubara + kenji ide, Bel Ami, LA
song of ○ and △ by Toru Takemitsu, soshiro matsubara + kenji ide, LambdaLambdaLambda, Pristina

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