Ken MATSUBARA

1949        Born in Tokyo.
1973        Graduated from Musashino Art University,Tokyo.

Solo Exhibitions

2011         Winter Dreams, MA2Gallery,Tokyo
2009 The Portrait of Fruits, MA2Gallery,Tokyo
2008 A Knife In the Water, eN arts, Kyoto
2006 Sleep walker, MA2Gallery, Tokyo
2004 Sleep walker, Windows Bergdorf Goodman, N.Y. , U.S.A.
1993 Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, N.Y. ,U.S.A.
         Hosomi Gallery, Tokyo.
         Art Site, Fukui.
1997 Transmission, Congulation, Reflection, Gallery ÉøM, Tokyo.
1992 Jayne H. Baum Gallery, N.Y. , U.S.A.
1990 Vertical and Horizontal, PS Gallery, Tokyo.
1988 Picture Photo Space, Osaka.
         Twisted Perspective, PS Gallery, Tokyo.
         Jayne H. Baum Gallery, N.Y. , U.S.A.
1987 Light Gallery, N.Y. , U.S.A.
         Studio 666, Paris. France
         Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo.
1982 Kamakura Gallery, Tokyo.
         Polaroid Gallery, Tokyo.
           Suikatou, Tokyo.
1981 Axis Gallery, Tokyo.


Group Exhibitions

2010 The State Theater in Kosice, Slovakia
         International Theater Festival, Theater Polski in Poznan, Poland
         Archetype of Photography. Froese, Matsubara, Przyborek,
         The "Laznia" Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk, Poland
2009 6.BIENNALE FOTOGRAFII, Galeria Miejska Aersenal, Poznan, Poland
2008 “The Story Box” MA2Gallery ,Tokyo
1999 Innovation/Imagination: 50 Years of Polaroid Photography,
         Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco.
1994 INSIDE OUT: Contemporary Japanese photography,
         The Light Factory Photographic Arts Center, Charlotte. North Calorina , U.S.A.
1993 Breda Fotografica '93, De Beyerd Breda, the Netharlands.
1992 Photography of Contemporary Art, Walker Hill Art Center, Seuol. Korea
1991 Compound of The "Maniéra," Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Machida.
         The 20th Contemporary Art Exhibition of  Japan, 1991,
         Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art.
1990 The Silent Dialogue, Still Life in the West and Japan, Shizuoka
         Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka.
         The Imprinted Ideas, Tochigi Prefecturl Museum of  Fine Arts, Utsunomiya.
         Les Fleurs, Studio 666, Paris, and Galerie Photographique, Toulouse.
         Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art.
1989 Gruop Show, Maoson de La Culture, Annecy, France.
         Reospective des Artstes Expose entre 1986 et 1988, Studio 666, Paris, France
1988 Expressions in Photography and Its Related Media II,
         Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka.
1987 AIPAD Show, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
1981 The 12th Print Grand-Prix Exhibition, Nichido Salon, Tokyo.
         Four Stars, Kado Gallery, Tokyo.

Selected Collections

International Polaroid Collection, Cambrige, Massachusetts. U.S.A.
Nippon Polalroid (Polaroid Corpolation of  Japan), Tokyo.
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport, California. U.S.A.
Maison du Livre de L' image et du Son, La Bibliotheque de Villeurbanne, Lyon. France
Bayly Art Museum, Virginia. U.S.A.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. U.S.A.
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo.
Bell Atlantic Corpolation, N.Y. , U.S.A.
Goldman Sachs Corporation, N.Y. , U.S.A.
Readers Digest, N.Y. , U.S.A.
Marieke and Pieter Sanders Collection, Netherland

Award

1991 The 20th Contemporary Art Exhibition of  Japan, 1991,
                Tokyo Metropolitan  Art Museum Award.