1974Born in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
Lived in Morimachi, Shizuoka Prefecture
2002B.F.A., in Japanese Painting of Tokyo University of the Arts
2004M.F.A., in Japanese Painting of Tokyo University of the Arts
2007Doctoral Degree (PhD) in Japanese Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts
Doctoral Dissertation : ” The Inescapable Awakening To Pain, Through Visual Perception Via The Sensory Nerves ”
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004L’espoir Fuyuko Matsui Exhibition Ginza Surugadai Art Gallery, Tokyo
2005Fuyuko Matsui Exhibition Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo
2007Fuyuko Matsui NARCISSUS Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo
2008Fuyuko Matsui Exhibition Hirano Museum, Shizuoka
2010Fuyuko MATSUI Exhibition Galerie DA-END, Paris
2011“Matsui Fuyuko Charity Auction for the Recovery of Northeastern Japan,” Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo
“Fuyuko MATSUI: Becoming Friends with All the Children in the World,” Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa
2012Fuyuko Matsui NIGHT BLIND Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo
2013Fuyuko Matsui ENTROPY Gallery Naruyama, Tokyo
2018Fuyuko Matsui “The Cycle of Life and Death” Shinjyuku Rurikoin Temple
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006MOT Annual 2006: No Border. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Nihonga Painting: Six Provocative Artists. Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa
SKETCH. Tokyo University of the Arts and Music, Tokyo
15th Annual Scholaship Recipient Art Exhibition. The Sato Museum of Art, Tokyo
2009Medicine and Art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
2010Koizumi Yakumo – The Secret of Lafcadio Hearn. Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
2012Phantoms of Asia, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (USA)
2017“JAPAN Spirits of Nature” Nordiska Akvarellmuseet (Sweden)
2019“Japan Supernatural” Art Gallery of New South Wales (Australia)
2021“FIGURE/S: drawing after Bellmer” Drawing Room（London, UK）
“TOKYO: ART & PHOTOGRAPHY” Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, UK)
2022“Darkroom: FUYUKO MATSUI” Turku Art Museum (Finland)
Awards
2006The Sato Museum of Art Exhibitoner of Excellence Award
VOGUE NIPPON 2006VOGUE Nippon 2006 Women of the Year
The Best Debutant of the Year, Art Section
2007Nomura Awards as Top Graduate from Tokyo University of the Arts
2008The Shizuoka Prefectural Award of Cultural Advancement
2010Testimony of ROLEX JAPAN
2014Nikkei Business “The Most Influential People in JAPAN 100”
2015Emblems Selection committee of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
2017Ambassador for Tokyo University of the Arts 130th Anniversary
2019Appointed member to the Shizuoka Prefecture Cultural Policies Council
Appointed member to the Logo Selection Committee of JAPAN EXPO2025
Selected Collections
The Sato Museum of art
The University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts
Hirano Museum of Art
Yokohama Museum of Art
Mori Art Museum