In 2002, Matsuyama won the TOKYO FM Award in the GEISAI-2 Scout Judging Division. Matsuyama has participated in the Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2006, Minoh Forest Art Walk 2023, Jogonin International Art Festival, and Nagahama International Art Festival. Everyday memories are sealed into the works through a foil stamping technique that has become second nature to the artist's hands.
Jun Matsuyama
Jun Matsuyama
Japan
⬤ Works in 2026
memory collection
⬤ Message
Lately, my memory has been poor. So I thought I'd try to create a collection of things and episodes that have stuck in my memory.
This piece has gold leaf and other foils pressed onto it. I believe the technique of foil stamping is something that has become ingrained in the artist's hands. And covering it with foil seems to seal away the memory of that moment.
I captured the memory of this very moment, along with the memory of my hands, by foil stamping, and transformed it into a work of art.
⬤ Biography
Born in Iwate Prefecture in 1974.
Completed graduate studies in crafts (fine-grained lacquerware) at Kyoto City University of Arts in 2000.
2002 GEISAI-2 (Tokyo Big Sight/Tokyo) Scout Judging Division: TOKYO FM Award
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2006 (Niigata)
2008 Christie's Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
2010 BASARA Exhibition (Spiral/Tokyo)
2017 Vvk18 Jun Matsuyama curated the "Human Figures" exhibition (KUNST ARZT/Kyoto)
2018 Ah!!rt Screaming Art - The Great Ah!!rt Exhibition (Seibu Shibuya Store / Tokyo)
2021 No Side Exhibition: Tokyo University of the Arts Rugby Club x Kyoto University of the Arts Rugby Club (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Main Store / Tokyo)
Minoh Forest Art Walk 2023 (Osaka)
2024-2026 Jogonin International Art Festival (Shiga)
Nagahama International Art Festival 2025-2026 (Shiga)