Morio Matsui

Morio Matsui was born in Toyohashi, Aichi, the sixth in a family of seven children.[2] His father was wounded in war, and his mother died when he was 14.[2] He studied at the Musashino College of Fine Art in Tokyo.[2]

In 1967, he moved to Paris, France, on a French government scholarship.[2] He continued his studies at the Académie Julian (Guancé Studio, 1967–1968) and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris,(Singier Studio, 1967–1972).

Matsui was made Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2000,[3] and was awarded France's Legion of Honour medal in 2003.[4]

Le Testament

La Nature

Arbre de Vie

Hope Japan

Univers (detail), 2017, oil on canvas, 200 x 200 cm

• Le Testament, oil on canvas, 215 x 470 cm (1985)
• Paysage en noir et blanc, oil on canvas, 200 x 450 cm (1985)
• Kakejiku, oil on canvas, 1000 x 215 cm (1987)
• Triptych: La Crucifixion, La Résurrection, L'Ascension, oil on canvas, (195 x 130 cm) x3 (1998)
• La Nature, oil on canvas, 215 x 500 cm (2004)
• Arbre de Vie, oil on canvas, 215 x 500 cm (2006)
• Soleil levant, oil on canvas, 215 x 500 cm (2007)
• No more Nagasaki, oil on canvas, 215 x 1000 cm (2010)
• Hope Japan, oil on canvas, 215 x 1000 cm (2011-2012)
• Yamato-Damashii (detail), oil on canvas, 215 x 1000 cm (2012)
• Univers, (detail), oil on canvas, 200 x 200 cm (2017)

Matsui at the Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum in 2014

• Galerie de France, Paris Twelve Artists from the Singier studio (1969)
• Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris (1971)
• Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Paris (1970, 1971, 1974)
• Salon de Mai, Paris (1970, 1971, 1986)
• Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, Paris (1978, 1982, 2007)
• Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. Contemporary Prints with Pignon, Zao Wou-Ki, Warhol, Picasso (1979)
• Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Air France Poster Exhibition with Vasarely, Poliakoff, Mathieu, Hartung, Colin (1981)
• Toyohashi Art Museum, Japan (1986)
• Sogetsu Gallery, Tokyo (1986, 1988, 1990)
• Nichizu Museum of Design, Kyoto (1987)
• Mitsubishi Artium Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan (1989)
• New Chitose Airport Terminal Museum, Sapporo (1992)
• Fesch Museum, Ajaccio. Retrospective (1997)
• La Marge Gallery, Ajaccio (1998)
• Fine Arts Museum, Menton.Masters of Modern Portrait with Giacometti, Warhol, César, Arman, Ben (1999)
• Palais de l'Europe, Menton. Contemporary Nudes Exhibition with Villeglé, Monory, Velikovic, Combas, Di Rosa (2000)
• Ajaccio, Monaco, Paris, Nice, Calvi, Nagasaki. Exhibition of the triptych "La Crucifixion, la Résurrection, l'Ascension" (2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2008)
• Saint Paul de Vence Museum (encounter with André Verdet) (2001)
• Galerie de la Marine, Museum of Nice (2002)
• UNESCO, Miro Hall, Paris (2003)
• Expo 2005 in Aichi, French pavilion, Japan (2005)
• Takashimaya, Nihombashi, Tokyo (98 large paintings: 5, 7 and 10 meters) (2005)
• Chanel Nexus Hall, Ginza, Tokyo. 150th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between France and Japan (2008)[5]
• Expo 2008 in Zaragoza, French pavilion, Spain (2008)
• Goto Cultural Center, Nagasaki (2010)
• Toyohashi City Museum of Art & History, Japan Retrospective (2010)
• Nagasaki National Peace Memorial Hall, Nagasaki 65th anniversary (2010)
• 5/R Hall & Gallery, Nagoya (2011)
• Contemporary Arts Festival, Aspretto base, Corsica (2011)
• Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum (2012)
• Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum for the 90th anniversary of the Franco-Japanese cultural partnership (1924-2014). 151 paintings plus 17 measuring 10 meters (2014)
• Lourdes Sanctuary(43 paintings in 6 sites). Each year the sanctuary greets 80 000 sick people, 100 000 volunteers and 6 000 000 pilgrims (2015).
• Kyoto Sanctuary. Kamigamo-jinja, Hosein and Sanzen-in Temples where the artist celebrated his 50-year career (2016-2017).
• Tsukiji Honganji Temple, Tokyo (Opening ceremony celebrating the 160th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and Japan)
• Inaugural Exhibition at the Kanda Myojin shrine in Tokyo (2018)
• Sakuragaoka Museum, Toyokawa (2020)

• 80 works from 1966 to 2000, French-English, 150 pages, DCL editions 2001[6]
• Recent works from 1997 to 2007, French-Japanese, 50 pages, DCL editions 2007[7]
• Matsui Morio - Retrospective, Catalogue of the retrospective at the Toyohashi City Museum of Art & History (Japan) 17 July - 22 August 2010, Japanese-English, 133 pages, Insho-sha editions 2010[8]
• Création de la Lumière in June–July 2014 at Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum, Japanese, 223 pages, Showado editions, 2014

• Official website