Yutaka Matsuzawa, February 2, 1922, Shimosuwa-machi, Nagano-ken, Japan -
           October 15, 2006, Shimosuwa-machi, Japan

1941   Waseda No.1 Higher School (Waseda University),
           Science Department, Architecture Section

1946   Azusa Architecture Office, began associating with poets
           Gratuated from the Departure of Architecture in the Faculty of Science and
           Engineering at the Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

1949   Night school mathematics teacher at Suwa Business High School ;
           recognized by Katsue Kitazono and joined poetry group VOU.

1952   4th Yomiuri Independent Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
           12th Bijutsu Bunka Kyokai Art Association Exhibition, Japan - became a
           member on the recommendation of Nobuya Abe ;
           Interests in UFO’s parapsychology and parallel worlds

1953   5th Yomiuri Independent Exhibition (annual), Tokyo, Japan.

           Participates seven times between 1953-1963. 13th Bijutsu Bunka Kyokai Art Association Exhibition

 

1954   „Symbol poem“ concept of communication between different languages

1955   Fulbright exchange professorship at Wisconsin University, U.S.A.

1956   Studies of religious philosophy and fine arts at
           Columbia University, New York, USA

1957   Revelation on dematerialization of art while listening to all-night radio
           broadcast in New York

 

Exhibitions and Performances (selection)

1952   4th Yomiuri Independent Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
           12th Bijyutsu Bunka Art Association Exhibition, Japan

1953   5th Yomiuri Independent Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
           13th Bijyutsu Bunka Art Association Exhibition, Japan

1958   Exhibition of „Psi“ series at Yomiuri Independent Exhibition, Tokyo

1960   Participation in „Development of Surreal Painting“ exhibition and, in
           1961, the „Experiments in Modern Art“ exhibition at the National Museum of
           Modern Art, Tokyo

 

1963   Yutaka Matsuzawa, Solo Exhibition with Psi, Aoki Gallery, Tokyo

1964   In June 4, revelation to „get rid of objects !“ - start of conceptual art

 

1965   Gifu Indépendant Art Festival, Gifu, Japan

1966   Yutaka Matsuzawa, Vanishing of Matter 1966, at Modern Art Center of
           Japan Naiqua Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
           Contemporary Art Festival Saikai, Osaka, Japan

1970   Exhibition of My Death by invitation of Mainichi, Japan International Art Exhibition
           Concept Art Exhibit, Im Tachispiel Gallery, Innsbruck

           1970 Summer Exhibition, Art and Project Gallery, Amsterdam
           Contemporary Japanese Artists, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY
           Participation in international exhibitions expands greatly from this year on
           10th Tokyo Biennale, Between Man and Matter, Tokyo, Japan
           Nirvana For The Final Art, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan

1971   Sonsbeek ´71, Arnhem, NL (with Carl André, Joseph Beuys, Daniel Buren,
           Christo and Jeanne Claude, Walter de Maria, Dan Graham, Donald Judd, On
           Kawara,, Sol LeWitt etc.)
           Travel to England, the Netherlands
           Announced concept of „World Revolt“ to the world
           Built tree house „Meditation Platform“

1972   Nagano Prefecture Shinano Art Museum, Nagano, Japan
           Documenta 5, Kassel

1974   Catastrophe Art, Centro de Arte y Comunicación, CAYA, Buenos Aires,
           Argentina
           Concept of „Art Insurrection“ to the world

1976   Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
           Seven Italian Artists and Seven Japanese Artists, Italy Culture Center, Tokyo

 

1977   Yutaka Matsuzawa : The Chamber of Nine Meditations, Sao Paulo Biennale,
           award winner, prize in Catastrophe Art, Sao Paulo, Brazil
           Series of Modern Japanese Art Exhibitions, Poland

1979   Permanent member of Academia Tiberina in Rome in recognition of
           pioneering role in conceptual art
           Inscription of „vanishing“ message on „World Foundation Stone for Art“ in
           Mittelburg, the Netherlands the following year 1980

1981   Yutaka Matsuzawa, Vanishing Mandala, (Psi Pilgrim I), Katia Pissalo, Gallery,
           Paris, France

1982   Yutaka Matsuzawa, Vanishing Mandala, (Psi Pilgrim I), peace art action and
           performance, Lake Ikeda in Kyushu, Lake Suwa in Nagano, and the Atomic
           Bomb Dome in Hiroshima
           Solo exhibition at Okazaki Tamako Gallery, repeated annually in 1983, 1984,
           1985, and 1986
           Yutaka Matsuzawa in magazine Kikan

1983   Yutaka Matsuzawa’s Psi Box, limited Edition, nine different
           media from Zokeisha - in „Directions in Contemporary Art - The
           1960’s “ at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan

1984   Performances at NSW Art Museum in Sidney, on the ice at Lake Suwa,
           Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
           Christian Snow ABCD Gallery, Paris
           Yutaka Matsuzawa, FURK ’ ART 84 : Under Water and Vanishing Streamer,
           (Psi Pilgrim I), curated by Marc Hostettler, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
          „Directions in Contemporary Art - The 1970’s and After“ at Tokyo
           Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo
         „Japan International Art Festival at Ushimado“ in Ushimado, Okayama
           Prefecture
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : Under Water and Vanishing Streamer, (Psi Pilgrim I), Art
           Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
           Yutaka Matsuzawa, Swan Song Mandala, (Psi Pilgrim I), Artestudio, Ponte
           Nosa (B.G.)
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : Eshiki-Ron On „Kasaya" I, Paris-Tokyo-Exchange,
            ABCD Gallery

 

1985   Yutaka Matsuzawa : Under Water, (Psi Pilgrim I), performance, Königslplatz,
           show in Prozess und Konstruktion 1985 in München,
           Kunstlerwerkstätten, Lothringenstraße 13 (Process and Construction 1985 in
           Munich, Artist Workshop, Lothringerstaße 13), Munich, International
           Workshop Project organized by ‚Archives of Contemporary Thought Lodz‘
           and Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart, in cooperation with Landeshauptstadt
           München Kulturreferat, Germany - Opening Manfred Schneckenburger
           (Former Director of Documenta Kassel 6 and 8 ; All Artworks were donated
           by the Artists to the City of Munich care of Städtische Galerie im
           Lenbachhaus, Munich, (dokumentation Dr. Barbara Wörwag, Stuttgart)
           Art for Peace, Hamburg
          Japan Ushimado International Art Festival
          The Japanese Avant-Garde 1945-1965, Oxford
          Yutaka Matsuzawa, Nine Mandalas, Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart,
          Germany

1986   Yutaka Matsuzawa : Water & Fire, in Apocalypse in
           Contemporary Art - From The Death of Saoul, Yokohama Civic Art Gallery,
           Yokohama, Japan
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : After Man, in Apocalypse in Contemporary Art, 22nd
           Artists Today, exhibition, Yokohama Shimin Gallery, Yokohama
           Schloss Solitude-Pläne und Projekte (Castle of Solitude-Plans and Projects),
           Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany, (catalog)
           Solo exhibition Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart, Under Seabed Mandala
           (Performance)
           Civic Art Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
           Kanagawa. Dialog on Art and Peace, Yokohama
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : Vanishing Streamer, (Psi Pilgrim I), in Japon des Avant-
           Gardes, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : Under Water, (Psi Pilgrim I), Art Com, San Francisco,
           U.S.A.

1987   Solitude Echos-Realisierte Projekte von Schloss Solitude-Pläne und Projekte
           von 1986 (Solitude Echos-Realized Projects of Solitude Castle 1986) curated
           and organized by Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart in the Space of
           Kunstverein Ludwigsburg e.v., Germany
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : After Man, (Psi Pilgrim I), San Francisco Museum of
           Modern Art, San Fransisco, U.S.A.
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : Under Water and Under Fire, (Psi Pilgrim II), Museo
           Arte Contemporaneo, Madrid, Spain

1988   Yutaka Matsuzawa : Eshiki-Ron On „Kasaya“ IIIX, in Gabelung with Kazuo
            Katase, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
            Yutaka Matsuzawa : Under Water ; Under Fire and After Man, (Psi Pilgrim II),
            Nine Places, Berlin, Germany
            Yutaka Matsuzawa : Quantum Art Manifesto, Berlin-Tokyo-Exchange,
            Wewerka Gallery, Berlin
            Yutaka Matsuzawa : Vanishing Streamer, (Psi Pilgrim II), Nine Places,
            Copenhagen, Denmark in Concept Art curated and organized by Brigitte
            March Gallery, Stuttgart (catalogue)

1989   Concept Art curated and organized by Brigitte March Gallery (Eshiki-Ron
           Kasaya), Stuttgart, Germany, in cooperation with Stalke Gallery,
           Copenhagen, Denmark, and Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône (Eshiki-
           Ron Kasaya and Under Seabed Mandala), France, (catalogue)
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : Vanishing Streamer, (Psi Pilgrim), Nine Places,
           Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : Vanishing Streamer, (Psi Pilgrim II), Old Student
           House, Helsinki, Finland
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : Vanishing Streamer, (Psi Pilgrim II), Konsthogskolan,
           Stockholm, Sweden
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : Vanishing Streamer, (Psi Pilgrim II), Nine Places, San
           Fansisco, U.S.A.

1990   Yutaka Matsuzawa : New Pieces, in Art Meets Science and Spirituality in a
           Changing Economy (A.M.S.S.), Fodor-Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : Vanishing Streamer, Nine Places, (Psi Pilgrim II), San
           Fransisco, U.S.A.

1991   Yutaka Matsuzawa : Nothing Streamer, (Psi Pilgrim II), No Places

1992   Yutaka Matsuzawa : Eshiki-Ron Kasaya in FORCE SIGHT, Temporary
           Contemporary-Zeitgenössische Kunst an einem Ort auf Zeit, Schloss
           Presteneck, Stein am Kocher, Stadt Neuenstadt, opening Jean-Baptiste Joly,
           Akademie Schloss Solitude, curated and realized by Brigitte March Gallery,
           Stuttgart, Germany, (catalog)

1993   Yutaka Matsuzawa : Under Seabed Mandala in BRIGHT LIGHT, Temporary
           Contemporary-Zeitgenössische Kunst an einem Ort auf Zeit, Schloss
           Presteneck, Stein am Kocher, Stadt Neuenstadt, opening Manfred
           Schneckenburger (director of documenta 6 and 8 Kassel, curated and
           realized by Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany, (catalog)

1994   Yutaka Matsuzawa memento mori, Yamaguchi Prefectural Art Museum,
           Yamaguchi, Japan

1995   Quantum Art Manifesto, Museum Haus Kasuya, Yokosuka, Japan

1997   To spiritualism Yutaka Matsuzawa 1954-1997, Saito Memorial Kawaguchi
           Museum of Contemporary Art, Kawaguchi, Japan

1998   Yutaka Matsuzawa, Komagane Kogen Art Museum, Komagane, Japan

1999   Global Conceptualisme : Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s, Queens Museum of
           Art, New York, USA

2001   Century City, Tate Modern, London, England

2002   Slanting House/Statements by artists in Japan since 9.11, Museum of
           Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
           Eighty Years Problem - Genmei Kouan, Museum haus Kasuya, Yokosuka,
          Japan

2003   Yu Mist Ho, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Japan

2004   IN BED, Images from a Vital Stage, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota,
           Japan
           Vanishment and Future : Works of Yutaka Matsuzawa and other works
           selected by him, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima,
           Japan

2007   U CHU MI E ZU, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Japan

2010   Tracks of Art, Chino City Museum of Art, Chino, Japan
           Der erste Impuls (The First Impulse), Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart,
           Germany

2011   The Concept Sublime : 35 Years Brigitte March Gallery, Brigitte March
           Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

2012   Capturing Time, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima,
           Japan

2013   Rereading Yutaka Matsuzawa, Museum Haus Kasuya, Yokosuka, Japan
           Antigravity, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota, Japan
           Beyond Corrupted Eye Akumulatory 2 Gallery, 1972-1990, Museum of
           Contemporary Art in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
           Yutaka Matsuzawa, Museum Haus Kasuya, Yokosuka-city, Japan

2014   Yokohama Triennale, Yokohama, Japan
           Matsuzawa Yutaka, Misa Shin Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2015   Yutaka Matsuzawa : Eshiki Ron Kasaya, 1989, Installation, (solo-exhibition)
           Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

2017   From Nirvana to Catastroph : Matsuzawa and his „Commune in Imaginary
           Space“, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
           Yutaka Matsuzawa : Under Seabed-Mandala, 1986, Installation, (soloexhibition)
           Brigitte March Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

 

2019   Yutaka Matsuzawa, Yale Union, Portland, June 30-August 18, 2019

           curated by Alan Longino and Reiko Tomii.     

 

 

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