EDUCATION
2014/2016
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, Austria
2005
BA in Fine Art, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, Germany (upcoming)
2024
All In Your Shadow, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, Austria
Soshiro Matsubara with Bruno Pélassy: Another Side of the Order of the Starfish, in collaboration with Haus am Waldsee, Berlin and Frac Lorraine, Metz, at Phileas, Vienna, Austria
2023
Soshiro Matsubara and Joanna Woś, Croy Nielsen, Berlin, Germany
2022
Lonesome Diamonds, Martina Simeti, Milan, Italy
Golden Sorrow, Union Pacific, London, United Kingdom
Study for a Labyrinth, Bel Ami, Los Angeles, USA
2021
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique and etc./ Étude, Fern, Brussels, Belgium
Caresses, MACRO, Museam of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
2020
True Romance, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, Austria
Haus der Matsubara, Brennan & Griffen, New York, USA
2019
DUO (with Naoki Sutter-Shudo), XYZ collective, Tokyo, Japan
Kiki’s Buh Bye (with Tanja Nis-Hansen), SORT, Vienna, Austria
Okey Dokey III: Fenster, Max Mayer, Düsseldorf, Germany
2018
Haus der Matsubara, Bel Ami, Los Angeles, USA
Engagement, Tolerance and Hospitality, Croy Nielsen, Vienna, Austria
LoveSick, Schiefe Zähne, Berlin, Germany
2017
Sleeves of Desire II, Brennan & Griffen, New York, USA
2016
There’s hell in hello but more in goodbye (with Tatjana Danneberg), LambdaLambdaLambda at Galeria Dawid Radziszewski, Warsaw, Poland
Sleeves of Desire, XYZ collective, Tokyo, Japan
Soshiro Matsubara, XYZ collective at Paramount Ranch 3, Los Angeles, USA
2013
Awake or Asleep, Sprout Curation, Tokyo, Japan
2010
Trust, Casa Asia, Barcelona, Spain
2008
Missing Mass III, Space 23°C, Tokyo, Japan
2007
Missing Mass II, Hiromiyoshii, Tokyo, Japan
2005
Soshiro Matsubara, Hiromiyoshii, Tokyo, Japan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Dark Figures Surround Me (curated by Hugo Alcantara), Menaea Collection, London, United Kingdom
Uknown Familiars: The Vienna Insurance Group Collections, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Presque Partout, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, France
2023
A Reflection on the Sublime, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
Cadavre Exquis or the Voluptuous Decay of the Shivering Veil, Braunsfelder, Cologne, Germany
Bruno Pélassy and the Order of the Starfish, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
A Lover’s Discourse, (with Ulala Imai) Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, USA
Malediction and Prayer, Modern Art, London, United Kingdom
Papertrail, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles, USA
Day by Day, Good Day, Union Pacific, London, United Kingdom
Cupid’s Bow, Bel Ami, Los Angeles, USA
2022
En Anden Surrealisme, Museum Sønderjylland, Tønder, Denmark
Another Surrealism, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark
What is it Like to be a Bat?, ADZ, Lisbon, Portugal
Bread and Digestifs, Callirrhoë, Athens, Greece
2021
Sweet Home, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, USA
Von Fliegenfallen und Wiener Freiheit, Universitätsgalerie Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Vienna, Austria
2020
Winterfest, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, USA
The Sentimental Organization of the World, Crévecœur, Paris, France
From the Xmas Tree of Lucy Bull, From the Desk of Lucy Bull, Los Angeles, USA
2019
Autumn Sale of Dreams and Love, Haus der Matsubara feat. Kazuma Taguchi, Significant Other, Vienna, Austria
Form and Volume, Cristina Guerra, Lisbon, Portugal
Is there something I should know, Vinifero, Vienna, Austria
Museum of Modern Art and Western Antiquities Section II, Department of Carving and Modeling: Form and Volume, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon
You are in my Veins, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
2018
Drawings, 650mAh, Hove, United Kingdom
Fabric Faces, Powder Phrases, Althius Hofland Fine Arts, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Vergänglichkeit, privat, mit Kätzchen, Dependance für Zeitgenössischer Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Carved and Shaped by Proxitmity, Pina, Vienna, Austria
Münster Scultpure Project in Sagamihara, Kanuma Park, Kanawaga, Japan
Happy Mind Natural High, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan
Kiss in Tears, XYZ collective at Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles, USA
Let’s See Action, Pollock Gallery, Dallas, USA
2017
Post-Formalist Painting, Statements, Tokyo
Apropos l’Hiyer, Bel Ami, Los Angeles, USA
Madame, Justice, Vienna, Austria
Sylvanian Families Biennale 2017, XYZ collective, Tokyo, Japan
By the Lakeside, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, USA
SAYONARA Jupiter, XYZ collective at 356 mission, Los Angeles, USA
2016
Commodus Operandi, Andre Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, USA
Stealing Eyes (Imprisoned, Jailbreak, Imprisoned, Jailbreak), Capsule, Tokyo, Japan
2015
I’m sorry please talk more slowly, Shibuya Hikarie 8/ CUBE 1, 2, 3, Tokyo, Japan
2014
PLUGGS, Karma International, Zürich, Switzerland
Man & Play, XYZ collective at Brennan & Griffen, New York, USA
The Way of PAINTING, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Blue Valentine, XYZ collective, Tokyo, Japan
19516 kilometers from Milwaukee or 12126 miles, Misako & Rosen, Tokyo, Japan
Imprisoned, Jailbreak, XYZ collective, Tokyo
2012
Given/Lost, Sprout Curation, Tokyo, Japan
Non-dejavu humming, Gell Alterna, Tokyo, Japan
2011
Cross Counter, XYZ collective at Capsule, Tokyo, Japan
FAMILY AFFAIR, XYZ collective, Tokyo, Japan
Reissued Women – An homage to David Salle, Sprout Curation, Tokyo, Japan
The Adventure of Alter-Japan: Zen and Psychedelic, Sprout Curation, Tokyo, Japan
Good Night Mihokanno, Akiba Tamabi, Tokyo, Japan
2010
Melon float and shop, Château 2F, Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Story, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
2009
Hello! Mihokanno, Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
Imaginary Museum of O-collection, Tokyo Wonder Site Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Faxination, Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden
Virshaba through Mithuna, curated by Soshiro Matsubara, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan
2006
After the Reality, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
2005
Gallery Artist Show, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan
Zone-Poetic Moment, Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo, Japan
2004
Art@Agnes, The Agnes Hotel And Apartments Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
After the Reality, Hiromi Yoshii, Tokyo, Japan
PERFORMANCES
2021
Sweet Memories (Audio), Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Rome, Italy
2019
Sweet Memories, by Soshiro Matsubara and Kenji Ide, XYZ collective, Tokyo, Japan
Song of ○ and △, by Toru Takemitsu, Soshiro Matsubara and Kenji Ide, Guimarães, Vienna, Austria
2018
Song of ○ and △, by Toru Takemitsu, Soshiro Matsubara and Kenji Ide, Bel Ami, Los Angeles, USA
Song of ○ and △, by Toru Takemitsu, Soshiro Matsubara and Kenji Ide, LambdaLambdaLambda, Pristina, Kosovo
RESIDENCIES
2021
Fern Nr. 01 2021, Brussels, Belgium
2010
HANGER.ORG, Barcelona, Spain
PUBLICATIONS AND SELECTED PRESS
2024
“Unknown Familiars”, Catalogue, Die Sammlungen der Vienna Insurance Group, Leopold Museum, Vienna
2021
Gratza Agnieszka, “Soshiro Matsubara at MACRO, Rome”, Artforum, June
2020
Feldman, Max L.m “Heads-Off”, Spike, July
Lindenhofer, Juliana, “Soshiro Matsubara: »Well, Where’s the Romance«”, PW Magazine, July
2018
Acha, Gabriela, “Soshiro Matsubara: LoveSick”, Mousse, December