Junko Matsumoto

ECO (=Circulation; Kokoro-no-Tabi)
Watching idleness of time

"When I make my work of art I try to think and express what is the fact of my being. To me the work of creation, seeking self, is much important to realize continue of my present, any completion of visual art works may not attract me. The creation is fun, I can feel I am not live alone, my subject is consist of interesting different cultures or fruits of any man's history, nostalgic ties of blood. At the time, a mirage, nothing is the real, but visions in front collect my physical sense. There is a hard stiff shell above me, so I cannot confront with my origin or real task. I only live to the life.
Things never last forever. People sometime see future in the past, and also can see past in the future. Time is idle now, so we may think of what is the mind of our game. (Which is the right direction?)"
Junko Matsumoto

* Kokoro-no-Tabi Kokoro - mind, one's heart Tabi - Journey

Junko Matsumoto was born 1968 in Japan.

Education:
Graduated from Kobe University, Japan, Faculty of Education. Obtained a Bachelor of Art Education degree in 1991. Completed an intensive course in English as a Foreign Language at the University of Canberra, Australia, 1993. Graduated from Canberra School of Art, Associate Diploma in Painting Workshop, 1997. Joined the Kitchen Design Department as an Interior Designer and Draftsman, a position she held until 1993. Part-time teaching at high school and junior high school in Nara, Japan in 1998. Now she works in the DTP Digital Image Publishing and Multimedia Information Department.

Exhibitions / Selected group shows:
1995: Mad with love, Wild with longing Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra, Australia
1996: Last week, Androids did not come to Garage sale / ANCA Gallery, Canberra Australia
1998-2000: Several group Exhibition and Internet art show at Art addiction / International art gallery in Sweden and Italy
2000:"2001" Clg. Jacques Cartier, France
2001: LE TRIBU DEL L'ARTE, GALLERIA COMUNALE DARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA, Curator: Achille Bonito Oliva, Ada Lombardi

Media appearance
1997 Canberra Times ;A window to the unconscious mind by Joel Spencer
2000 WORLD OF ART
Art Addiction directed by PETRU RUSSU