Tomokazu Matsuyama (1976, Born in Gifu, Based in New York) moved to the United States in 2002, after graduating from Sophia University. He received his MFA in Communications Design from the Prat t Institute, New York. Matsuyama’ s works include painting, sculpture as well as public art installation and respond to his own bi-cultural experience of growing up between Japan and America by bringing together aspects of both Eastern and Western aesthetic system and reflect the changing modern society in the informatization. Numerous exhibitions have been held in major cities in galleries, museums, and university facilities around the world. His works are in the permanent collections of LACMA, Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, Pérez Ar t Museum Miami, Long Museum and Powerlong Museum in China, the Royal Family, Bank of Sharjah Collection, Dubai, UAE, K11 Art Foundation in Hong Kong, Microsoft Collection and more. From 2012 to May 2017 he was an adjunct professor at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) . In 2020, he designed and supervised the community ar t space at JR Shinjuku Station East Square and installed 7m-tall sculpture. In 2021, he was featured on NHK’ s “Nichiyo Bijutsukan”, Japan’ s longest running weekly arts TV program and his international activities and growing profile were well valued.