Researcher and Faculty Information

Hisashi Matsumoto Matsumoto Nao

Nao MATSUMOTO

Research Topics: Contemporary art Painting Installation Decoration Spatial Design

comment: We research, create and present new interpretations, values and possibilities of decoration, which is currently placed in a secondary position within the art genre, through spatially conscious installations, paintings and design work.

Awards: 2016 GENBI SHINKANSEN (joint venture) won the Good Design Award
http://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/43921
2016 APartMENT 8artist Renovation Project (Joint venture) Osaka City Housing Design Special Award
http://apartment-kitakagaya.info/
2015 Mme KIKI Mon Choco (joint venture) Collection of the Musée des arts decoratefs, Paris
http://mmekiki.net/monchoco/
2013 Renovated share house Anteroom Apartment Osaka (joint venture) won the Good Design Award
http://www.g-mark.org/award/describe/40429

Main Exhibitions
2015 “Wonder Beast” Children of this Planet, Utsunomiya Fairy Museum, Utsunomiya
2015 “Wonder Beast” Children of this Planet, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
2013 3rd Storehouse and Contemporary Art: Kirakira Hikaru, Kawagoe City Storehouse Museum, Kawagoe
2010 HANA: A visual adventure where reality and fiction blend together, Oyama City Kurumaya Museum of Art, Oyama
2010 MOT Annual "Decoration", Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
2009 "Floating Strokes" Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich
2008 “eddy”, SCAI X SCAI (SCAI THE BATHHOUSE), Tokyo
2008 "SENJIRU-infusion" Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich

Commission Work
2017 CHARLE Co., Ltd., TORAKU Co., Ltd., Kobe Specialty Goods Expo, Kobe
2016 "ISETAN HAUS" (Isetan Co., Ltd.), Nagoya
2015 "NEMIKA" (Lelian Co., Ltd.), Tokyo

Main classes taught: Design Basics ⅠⅡ, Visual Design Techniques Research ⅠⅡ, Visual Design Development ⅠⅡ, Career Design ⅠⅡ