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| Rui Matsunaga | |
I was born in Japan and now live and work in London. I graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts in 2002. |
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| About the Artist | |
I source figurative imagery from magazines, the Internet and photography for paintings. Drawing inspiration from Manga (Japanese cartoon and comics) and ancient mythology she exaggerates the tension between reality and fiction to transmute figures into shamans, witches, nympths and oracles existing in an otherworld of the magical and spiritual. In an increasingly technologised era contemporary and ancient mythologies blur in and out of existence which Matsunaga captures in her paintings so that we can contemplate our multi-dimensional and shifting realities. |
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Lotus
2005 |
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Light sabre
2004 |
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Last Oblations
2003 |
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Keeper of the Garden
2005 |
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Eternal Sunshine
2005 |
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Machine Dream
2005 |
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Jaguar Prince
2005 |
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The Architect of Landscape
2006 |
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| Education and biography | |
| 1999-2002 Royal Academy of Arts Schools, London - MA Fine Art Painting 1996-1999 Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London - BA(Hons) Fine Art Painting |
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| Rui Matsunaga Paintings and Drawings 23rd March - 6th May 2007 Private view 22nd March 6-9 pm Gallery Primo Alonso 395-397 Hackney Road London E2 8PP Painting People, Charlotte Mullins - published by Thames and Hudson |
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