is a Japanese photographer.
Biography
Michiko Matsumoto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in 1950, and in 1974 graduated from Hosei University (Tokyo). She is currently based in Tokyo.
The artist's early work of the 1980s included several series of portraits of artists living in various countries and the principal dancers of major dance companies.
She has published 13 books of photography. Her works are in the collections of a number of museums internationally.
Exhibitions
Selected solo exhibitions
1974 "Yoko Ono in New York" 3points, Tokyo
1978 "Women Come Alive" Pepe, Tokyo
1978 "In South East Asia" Hankyu Art Gallery, Osaka
1981 "Niki de Saint Phalle" Space Niki, Tokyo
1983 "Portraits of New York Women" Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Sapporo
1986 "Niki de Saint Phalle" Parco SR6, Tokyo
1988 "Portraits ~ Women Artists" Soho Photo Gallery, New York U.S.A
1989 "Portraits of Dancers 1" Gallery Selare, Tokyo
1990 "Portraits of Women Artists" Keihan Art Gallery, Osaka
1990–1998 "Portraits of Dancers 2–5" Gallery Selare, Tokyo
1998 "Dancers" Dentsu Kosan Gallery, Tokyo
1999 "Nicolas Le Rishe in Paris" Gallery Selare, Tokyo
2000 "White on White" Heart & Color, Tokyo
2001 "Ruzimatov in St. Petersburg" Egg Gallery, Tokyo
2002 "Homage to Niki de Saint Phalle" Gallery Colorium,Tokyo, Prinz, Kyoto
2004 "Meditative Body, Awaked City" Gallery 21, Tokyo
2004 "Sessions" Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo
2005 "Rose Passion" Gallery Colorium, Tokyo
2007 "Cloths with Soul" Gallery le bain, Tokyo
2007 "Meditative Body — from St. Petersburg" Gallery Tosei, Tokyo
2009 "The Name of Roses" Junkudo, Tokyo
2010 "The Witches Tea Party" (Portraits of Niki de Saint Phalle) Tokinowasuremono, Tokyo 2013 "Les Femmes Artistes" LIBRAIRIE 6 2016 "Portraits " The Museum of Contemporary Art Karuizawa, Nagano
Selected group exhibitions
1987 "Contemporary Japanese Photography" Toured Europe
1988 "Faces of 20th Century by Distinguished Photographers" Asahi Gallery, Tokyo
1990 "Women Photographers" Nikon Salon, New York, 1995 "Objects, faces and Anti-Narratives" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 1998-2000 "Women Photographers from Japan" Toured U.S.A. 2003 "Mon Paris" Gallery 21, Tokyo 2006 "Photographs of Kazuo Oono" Fukushima Photo Museum 2007 "Works from the Photographic Art in Japan" Shanghai Art Museum, China 2008 "Visions des Artistes Feminines" Gallery 21, Tokyo 2008 "Esprit de Paris" Gallery 21, Tokyo 2008 "Vision of America III" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 2010 "Onna Tachidomaranai Jyoseitachi "(Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography) 2010 "Human Images of 20th Century ~All photographs are portraits~"(Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)
Publications
Nobiyaka onna-tachi ) / Women Come Alive. Tokyo: Hanashi no Tokushū-sha, 1978. Portraits of women Michiko Matsumoto Ballet: 5 September 1981. Singapore: National Theatre Trust, 1981. (in English) Shōzō Nyūyōku no onna-tachi () / Portraits of New York women. Tokyo: Tōjusha, 1983. Ochiai Keiko, Matsumoto Michiko no heya () / Série Chambre 4. Tokyo: Ōbunsha, 1985. . With Keiko Ochiai. Niki do Sanfāru () / Portrait of Niki de Saint Phalle. Tokyo: Parco, 1986. . About Niki de Saint Phalle. Portraits: Josei ātisto no shōjō () / Portraits: Women Artists. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1995. . Dancers: Erosu no shōjō (). Kodansha, 1998. Portraits of dancers. Portraits: 54-nin no josei ātisto-tachi (). Kyoto: Kyōto Shoin, 1999. . Portraits of 54 women artists. Haretara bara hiyori () / Rose Passion. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2005. . Tamashii no nuno: Monsūn-Ajia 12-jin no josei-sakka-tachi (). Tankōsha, 2007. . Portraits of 12 women artists of "monsoon Asia". Yōroppa bara no namae o meguru tabi () / The Seven Roses Story. Tokyo: Media Factory, 2009. . "Ｎippon no Ｂara"(Japanese Wild Roses)(日本のバラ), Tankosha,2012 "Tokyo Sakura 100 ka "(100 Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo) (東京桜100花), Tankosha,2015 "Sarasa" (Printed Cotton in the World) (更紗), Tankosha,2016
Public collections
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Museum of Liberty Osaka, Osaka
Museum of Josei University, Tokyo
Niki Museum, Nasu, Tochigi
The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo
The Museum of contemporary Art Karuizawa,Nagano,Karuizawa
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery,Tokyo
References
Sources
Nihon shashinka jiten () / 328 Outstanding Japanese Photographers. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2000. . Despite the English-language alternative title, all in Japanese.