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Gaku Matsuoka
1988 Born in Toyama,Japan
2012 BFA in Japanese Paintings/Musashino Art University
2014 MFA in Japanese Paintings/Musashino Art University
Solo Exhibitions
2025 "Depth of memory",iwao gallery,Kuramae,Tokyo
2023 "DO NOT ENTER",Pragmata,Hacchobori,Tokyo
"Gaku Matsuoka Solo Exhibition",Dai-ichi Life Gallery,Yurakucho,Tokyo
2022 "Gaku Matsuoka Solo Exhibition",Art Space 88,Kunitachi,Tokyo
"Gaku Matsuoka Solo Exhibition",Art Space Rashinban,Kyobashi,Tokyo
2021 "Gaku Matsuoka Solo Exhibition",Art Space Rashinban,Kyobashi,Tokyo
2020 "Lyrical Songs",Pragmata,Hacchobori,Tokyo
2017 "Echoes",Pragmata,Hacchobori,Tokyo
"Gaku Matsuoka Solo Exhibition",GFAL,Musashino Art University,Tokyo
2016 "Traces of repeat",Gallery Hirookabijutsu,Ochanomizu,Tokyo
"Gaku Matsuoka Solo Exhibition",Galleria AONEKO,Nishiogikubo,Tokyo
2015 "I keep the light inside",Galleria AONEKO,Nishiogikubo,Tokyo
2013 "Gaku Matsuoka Japanese Painting Exhibition",FACE TO FACE,Kichijoji,Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2024 "The joint exhibition of Makihiko Watanabe,Gaku Matsuoka",Art Space Rashinban,Kyobashi,Tokyo
2023 "Some things never change,and some things will change.",Uchiyama Residence,House of a RichFarmer/Medicine Dealer's House,Kanaoka Residence Nationally registered tangible cultural property,Toyama,Japan
2020 "Will+s2020",Seibu,Ikebukuro,Tokyo[’19]
2017 "The joint exhibition of Kansui Abe,Gaku Matsuoka",Art Space Rashinban,Kyobashi,Tokyo
"The Association of Sou”,Tonami Municipal Museum Of Art,Toyama,Japan
2014 "GRAFFITI|Akihiko Sugita/Gaku Matsuoka",Pragmata,Hacchobori,Tokyo
Awards and Selections
2025 Selected for"The 43rd Ueno Royal Museum Grand Prize Exhibition"Candidates for the award['24]
Selected for"The 52nd SOGA Exhibition”['12,’15~]
2024 Selected for"The 50th Spring SOGA Exhibition Tokyo"['11,'12,'13,'16~'24]
Selected for"Art Olympia 2024”
2022 "The 48th Spring SOGA Exhibition Tokyo"Award for Spring Exhibition['15]
2021 Selected for"Let’s go to the Gallery 2021"['16]
2016 "Sekai-do Painting Award Exhibition 2016"Iken Award
2015 "VOCA 2015-The Vision of Contemporary Art"Award of Exellence
2014 "Garyuzakura,Japanese Painting Grand Prize"Encouragement Award['12]
Others
2025 Japan Artist Association"Support Program for Artists"
2021 Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation"Grant for Exhibition by young artists"
2015 "Jinzukyo Art Exhibition",Osawano Culture Hall,Toyama/Exhibition as a Commissioned Painter
2013 "Art Education:Apprecation/creation2014",Museum Of Modern Art,Toyama,Japan/Exhibition as an Invited Painter/Workshop
Associate member of The SOGA-kai Association of Japanese Painting