Born in Gifu, Japan in 1976. After graduating from Sophia University’s Faculty of Economics in 2000, Matsuyama moved to the US in 2002 and graduated with honors from the Pratt Institute (New York) in 2004, majoring in Communications Design. He started his career by painting murals on the streets of New York, which gradually attracted interest and led to a collaboration with Nike. In 2019, Matsuyama worked on the “Bowery Mural,” renowned as a sacred space on the streets of New York and previously adorned by artists such as Keith Haring, Banksy, and JR. His work deconstructs and fuses various symbolic motifs, often governed by the East and West cultural contexts. He applies a delicate touch to the reconstruction of context in terms of the global history of painting, and chronology, and combines traditional Japanese colors with extremely modern fluorescent hues or replaces the conventional Japanese motifs for paintings on the beauty of nature (flowers, birds, wind, and the moon) with similar symbols from the West. His most typical subject matter is the equestrian figure, an image that would usually represent extreme control and authority. However, his treatment of this motif is far from an expression of power, instead his depictions are idyllic scenes of figures in glamorous costume frolicking in the fields. Matsuyama has held various solo exhibitions at galleries and museums around the world, and has worked on many commissioned sculptures, murals, and installations. His works are in major museums such as the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, as well as the collections of major corporations such as Microsoft and the Toyota Motor Corporation (US), and Nike Japan. His pieces are also housed in large contemporary art collections in Japan and overseas, including the Royal Family of Dubai.