Ruri Matsumoto

*1981 in Tokyo

Ruri Matsumoto initially studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts and at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Markus Lüpertz and Herbert Brandl, graduating as a master student of Katharina Grosse. Even during her studies, Ruri Matsumoto received various scholarships, art prizes, and nominations, and her work has been represented in international museum exhibitions, fairs, and gallery exhibitions.

The artist’s works are included in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the MARTa Herford Museum, the Akzo Art Foundation, the Miniature Museum Amsterdam, the Staffstiftung Lemgo, and many renowned international private collections.

he artist works according to a strict concept of reduction and apparent deconstruction. Horizontal or vertical bands of paint are carefully applied, with sections of the canvas covered with adhesive tape, which are then removed. This creates the traces, noses, breaks, and fragments typical of Matsumoto’s paintings. In contrast to Gerhard Richter’s well-known line paintings, which result from computer-controlled digital processes, Ruri Matsumato’s works are paintings in oil and acrylic on canvas, deliberately juxtaposing contrasting colors. She draws on Johannes Itten’s theory of the seven color contrasts: she juxtaposes pure colors, uses light-dark contrasts, juxtaposes complementary colors, and sets pastel, muted colors against saturated, bright colors. With the help of adhesive tape, she creates deliberate interruptions so that the colors juxtapose one another in fragmented ways. With precise placement, she creates a panopticon of color that appears random yet captivates with its geometric order.

Exhibitions (Selection)

2025 Asian Contemporary, Galerie Kellermann, Düsseldorf
2025 C’EST BIZ’ART, Manoir de la Ville de Martigny,Martigny, Switzerland
2024 Art Karlsruhe
2024 Museums Collection Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2023  livingstone gallery,Den Haag,Netherlands
2023   hidden color,thread,space“,kto gallery,Tokyo,Japan
2023  Art Rotterdam
2023 Rome International Artfair
2023VOLTA NY, New York, USA
2023VOLTA Basel, Switzerland
2023 Het Paleis/Escher Museum,Den Haag,Netherlands
2023 Krombach Constructions Sarl, Luxemburg
2022 Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart, Germany
2022 City Life, Stedelijkmuseum Vianen, Vianen,Netherlands
2022 Collectie Wilploo, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, Netherlands
2022 Museum Nairac, Barneveld, Netherlands
2022 Art Rotterdam, Netherlands
2022 VOLTA Basel, Switzerland
2022 Art Karlsruhe, Germany
2021Crossing the line, livingstone gallery, Den Haag, Netherlands
2021 Art on Paper, Museum Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
2020 Art Rotterdam, Netherlands
2020 Positions Berlin, Germany
2019 livingstone gallery, Den Haag, Netherlands
2019 Art Rotterdam, Netherlands
2019 Japanese Positions, raum 2810, Bonn, Germany
2019 Museum De ZwarteTulp, Lisse, Netherlands
2019 Paper Positions Berlin
2019 VOLTA Basel, Switzerland
2019 Art on Paper, Museum BOZAR Brussels, Belgium
2019 Positions Munich, Germany
2018 STRABAG Art Award International, Vienna,Austria
2017 Darmstädter Sezession, Kunstforum Darmstadt
2016 COFA Cologne Fine Art Contemporary, Cologne, Germany
2016 4.Internationaler André-Evard-Preis, Kunsthalle messmer, Riegel, Germany
2016 STRABAG Art Award International , Vienna,Austria
2015 WalterKoschatzky Kunst Preis, Vienna,Austria
2015 3.RUHR BIENNALE, Duisburg,Germany
2015 KUNST ZÜRICH, Zurich, Switzerland
2013 Wilhelm-Morgner-Preis, Museum Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus,Soest Germany
2013 open studio, National Museum of Contemporary Art Goyang, Seoul, South Korea
2012 Kunstpreis Start, Kunstmuseum Bonn,Bonn,Germany (nominated)
2012 City Gallery Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
2012 Gallery Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany
2012 Stipendium Kunstgenerator, City Gallery in Park Viersen, Germany
2009 Kunstpreis JUNGER WESTEN, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
2009 ART.FAIR Cologne,Germany
2009 STATT Museum Köln, Cologne, Germany
2008 Die Grosse, Museum Kunst Palast Düsseldorf, Germany
2003 City Gallery Chiba, Japan
2001 City Gallery Fukui, Japan

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Broken Line Orange Green - Ruri Matsumoto
Broken Line Hidden Colors Magenta Blue White - Ruri Matsumoto
Broken Line Removed Colors Light Grey - Ruri Matsumoto

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