Ruri Matsumoto reduces three-dimensional spaces to lines with the help of thread and finally translates the whole into a painted canvas. With each layer, the composition becomes more complex. The lines are arranged vertically and straightened with adhesive tape. Under the tape, colors can mix together, while fragments of color sometimes break off when the tape is removed.
The result is a painting that at first glance appears to be constructed with strong lines, but on closer inspection is a landscape of lines that are both delicate and unpredictable.

Foto von Gerd Pfitzner

Ruri Matsumoto

  • 1981 born in Tokyo, Japan
  • 2012 Masterstudent under Prof. Katharina Grosse
  • 2007-2013 Artacademy of Düsseldorf under Prof. Herbert Brandl and Prof. Katharina Grosse
  • 2004-2007 Gueststudent at Artacademy of Düsseldorf under Prof. Siegfried
    Anzinger and Prof. Helmut Federle
  • 2000-2004 Tokyo National University fine Arts and Music, Japan

Lives and works in Düsseldorf.

photo by Gerd Plitzner