Matsubara Naoko | |
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.jpg) Naoko Matsubara presents her mural "Chromatic Convergence" (2018) | |
| Born | 1937 (1937) |
| Education | Kyoto University of Applied Arts in 1960; MFA in the School of Fine Arts at theCarnegie Mellon University inPittsburgh |
| Known for | graphic artist |
Matsubara NaokoRCA (松原 直子; born 1937 inTokushima) is a Japanese-Canadianprint-maker.
Matsubara graduated from the Kyoto University of Applied Arts in 1960. She then pursued an MFA in the School of Fine Arts at theCarnegie Mellon University inPittsburgh on a Fulbright Travel Grant, and since then has traveled extensively and taught at thePratt Institute in Brooklyn—a rare distinction for a Japanese woman. She also studied one year at theRoyal College of Art, London. After travel abroad, the artist returned to Japan for two years, before going back to the United States. There she worked as assistant toFritz Eichenberg, and also taught at the Pratt Institute of Graphic Art in New York, as well as at the University of Rhode Island.[1] Currently she lives and works inOakville, Canada.
Naoko Matsubara’s father was the chief priest in aShinto shrine inKyoto.Shrines andtemples became one of the major themes of Matsubara’s works. Naoko Matsubara’s style is influenced by her teacherMunakata Shiko (1903–1975), who worked in themingei (folk art) tradition.
Her works are part of the collections of many museums around the world, such as thePortland Art Museum,[2] theHarvard Art Museums,[3] theFine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[4] theCarnegie Museum of Art,[5] theDetroit Institute of Art,[6] theUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art,[7] theSidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art,[8] thePennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts,[9] theLos Angeles County Museum of Art,[10] theAlbright-Knox Art Gallery,[11] theYale University Art Gallery,[12] thePhiladelphia Museum of Art, theArt Institute of Chicago, theRoyal Ontario Museum, theAlbertina in Vienna, theBritish Museum in London,[13] theKyoto National Museum of Modern Art, theMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston,[14] theTokyo National Museum of Modern Art, theSmithsonian Institution and theLibrary of Congress in Washington, theHamburg Museum of Arts and Crafts, theHaifa Museum in Israel and theArt Gallery of New South Wales inSydney.
She is a member of theRoyal Canadian Academy of Arts.[15] In 2024, she had her firstArt Gallery of Ontario solo exhibition with 20 woodcut prints, anchored byTagasode (2014), a monumental 2 meter long single-sheet print which is the culmination of Matsubara's printmaking career.[16]
Naoko Matsubara's sister is the novelistHisako Matsubara, they collaborated on the publication of the Japanese taleTaketori Monogatari in German. Naoko did the illustrations, while her sister did the translation and the commentary.
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