Public Art Projects, Outdoor Sculpture Installations
2015 | Kanazawa Art Center | Kanazawa, Japan |
2013 | Houston Zen Center | Houston, TX |
The Mount | Lenox, MA | |
Leverett Peace Pagoda | Leverett, MA | |
Grafton Peace Pagoda | Grafton, New York | |
2012 | Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum | Pedvale, Latvia |
2011 | Maria V. Howard Arts Center | Rocky Mount, NC |
Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum | Pedvale, Latvia | |
Morton Arboretum | Lisle, IL | |
Leverett Peace Pagoda | Leverett, MA | |
2010 | Public Art Chattanooga | Chattanooga, TN |
Leverett Peace Pagoda | Leverett, MA | |
2009 | Western Michigan University | Kalamzoo, MI |
2008 | Union University | Jackson, TN |
Elm Park | Worcester, MA | |
2007 | Omi International Arts Center, Field Sculpture Park | Ghent, NY |
Arsenal Arts Center | Watertown, MA | |
2006 | Bellevue Sculpture Park | Bellevue, WA |
Abington Sculpture Park | Jenkintown, PA | |
2005 | Sculpture Trail | West Yorkshire, England |
Wood Sculpture Symposium | Damariscotta, ME | |
2004 | Connecticut Sculpture Park | Bridgeport, CT |
Leverett Peace Pagoda | Leverett, MA | |
Forest Hills Park | Boston, MA | |
2003 | Franconia Sculpture Park | Shafer, MN |
Western Carolina University | Cullowhee, NC | |
Collinsville Arts Initiative | Collinsville, CT | |
Forest Hills Park | Boston, MA | |
2002 | Syracuse University | Syracuse,NY |
Zen Center of Syracus | Syracuse, NY | |
Dai Bosatsu Zen Monastery | Livingston Manor, NY | |
University of Massachusetts | Amherst, MA | |
Forest Hills Park | Boston, MA | |
Byrdcliffe Arts Colony | Woodstock, NY | |
2001 | NY Buddhist Temple | New York, NY |
2000 | Stone Quarry Hill Park | Cazenovia, NY |
George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum | Springfield, MA | |
1999 | W.E.B. DuBois Library Sculpture Courtyard | Amherst, MA |
1998 | Smith College | Northampton, MA |
1993- | Grafton Peace Pagoda | Grafton, New York |
1992 | Taiseki Shinto Shrine | Oshika Village, Japan |
1989- | Leverett Peace Pagoda | Leverett, MA |
1994 | Toyohashi Peace Pagoda | Toyohashi, Japan |
1988 | Hiroshima Peace Pagoda | Hiroshima, Japan |
Solo Exhibitions
2014 | Babson College | Babson Park, MA |
2013 | EastWing Gallery, Mount Wachusett CC | Gardner, MA |
2012 | Winfisky Gallery, Salem State U. | Salem, MA |
2007 | Dento Gallery | San Fransico, CA |
San Fransico Zen Center | San Fransico, CA | |
Los Angeles Zen Center | Los Angeles, CA | |
West LA Buddhist Temple | Los Angeles, CA | |
Palo Alto Buddhist Temple | Palo Alto, CA | |
Great Vow Monastery | Clatskanie, OR | |
Dharma Rain Zen Center | Portland, OR | |
2002 | Zen Mountain Monastery | Mt. Tremper, NY |
2001 | Interfaith Center of New York | New York, NY |
NY Buddhist Church | New York, NY | |
2000 | Zen Center of Syracuse | Syracuse, NY |
1999 | Hampden Gallery | Amherst, MA |
1998 | Hillyer Gallery | Smith College, MA |
1995 | Rokubenkan Museum | Oshika, Japan |
1994 | Gallery Kise | Tsukuba, Japan |
Gallery Ai | Yaizu, Japan | |
1992 | Mitsubishi Gallery | Shizuoka, Japan |
1991 | Gallery Kaze | Tokyo, Japan |
Biga Center | Oshika, Japan | |
1986 | Gallery Tadasu | Kyoto, Japan |
Group Exhibitions
2013 | NY Buddhist Church | New York, NY Three-person exhibition |
2012 | Cheim Read | New York, NY |
2011 | Qatar Visual Art Center | Dhoa, Qatar |
2008-11 | Traveling exhibition, Prayer Flags Around the World | NY, MA, Germany, UK, Romania, Netherlands… |
2009 | Frieze Art Fair | London, England |
2008 | St Pancras Station, London Bienale | London, England |
Chang Hai International, Tile Project | Beijing, China | |
Kanoria Centre for the Arts, Tile Project | Ahmedabad, India | |
National Heritage Museum, Keepers of Tradition | Lexington, MA | |
Rhode Island Community College | Lincoln, RI | |
Traveling exhibition, Prayer Flags Around the World | NY, MA, Germany, England, Vietnam,… | |
2007 | Aula Gallery | Debrecen, Hungary |
Bunker Hill CC Gallery | Boston, MA | |
James Cohan Gallery | NY, NY | |
Open Square | Holyoke, MA | |
2006 | Karolyi Castle | Carei, Rumania |
College of New Rochelle | New Rochelle, NY | |
2005 | Robert Miller Gallery | New York, NY |
University Museum of Indiana U. of Penn. | Indiana, PA | |
Gleason Fine Art | Boothbay Harbor, ME | |
Open Square | Holyoke, MA | |
Schafler Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | |
2004 | Cleveland State University Art Gallery | Cleveland, Ohio |
Thrive Art Space | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Gallery U | Cleveland, Ohio | |
Barnes Gallery | Leverett, MA | |
Brent Sikkema | New York, NY | |
Schafler Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | |
2003 | Center for the Arts | Northampton, MA |
2002 | Schafler Gallery | Brooklyn, NY |
Exit Art | New York, NY | |
Library of Congress | Washington D.C. | |
Williamson Gallery, Art Center College of Design | Pasadena, CA | |
2001 | Ronin Gallery | New York, NY |
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park | Cazenovia, NY | |
Hampshire College Gallery | Amherst, MA | |
Art Space | Greenfield, MA | |
2000 | Schafler Gallery | Brooklyn, NY |
Barnes Gallery | Leverett. MA | |
Smith Art Museum | Springfield, MA | |
1999 | Exit Art | New York, NY |
Belchertown Art Center | Belchertown, MA | |
Schafler Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | |
Barnes Gallery | Leverett. MA | |
Hampden Gallery | Amherst, MA | |
1998 | Durfee Conservatory | Amherst, MA |
Hampden GalleryAmherst, MA | ||
1997 | Herter Gallery | Amherst, MA |
Durfee Conservatory | Amherst, MA | |
Hampden Gallery | Amherst, MA | |
1996 | Hampden Gallery | Amherst, MA |
Durfee Conservatory | Amherst, MA | |
Hammond Museum | New Salem, NY | |
1986-94 | Cultural Center | Oshika, Japan |
1994 | Art Station Gallery | Nagano, Japan |
1993 | Matsukawa City Center | Matsukawa, Japan |
1987 | Art House Gallery | Iida, Japan |
1981 | Fairfield Arts Center | Fairfield, CT |
1979 | Silvermine Guild of Artists | New Canaan, CT |
Pratt Institute | Brooklyn, NY |
Sculpture and Performance Collaborations
2012 | Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum | Pedvale, Latvia | Rebirth |
2011 | Morton Arboretum | Lisle, IL | Purification |
2010 | Leverett Peace Pagoda | Leverett, MA | Purification |
2005 | Sculpture Trail | West Yorkshire, UK | Purification |
2004 | Forest Hills Park | Boston, MA | Enso and the Cosmic Dance |
2003 | Forest Hills Park | Boston, MA | Enso, the Five Elements |
2000 | Smith Art Museum | Springfield, MA | In Praise of Tara: Tantric Tibetan Dance Theater |
2000 | Smith Art Museum | Springfield, MA | Dance of the Dieties |
1999 | Exit Art | New York, NY | The Choice 99 |
1999 | Bowker Auditorium | Amherst, MA | Pooja: The Five Elements in Prayer |
1998 | Bowker Auditorium | Amherst, MA | In Praise of Tara |
Film/Projects
2008 | Prayer Flags Around the World. Curator. Artists from over 18 countries create artwork for a traveling exhibition. US,Germany, England, Vietnam… |
1983 | Assistant Director. Documentary movie: “Hopi Prophecy”, tying together the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki with uranium mined from Native Land. Best Documentary, Native American Film Festival. San Francisco, CA 1988 |
Awards/ Grants/ Residencies
2012 | Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum Residency. Pedvale, Latvia |
2011 | Pedvale Open-Air Art Museum Residency. Pedvale, Latvia |
US Embassy Grants Program | |
2008 | First International Art Book Symposium. Cairo, Egypt |
Japan Foundation Grant | |
2007 | Blanche E. Coleman Award |
2006 | Dorothea Fleiss East West Artists Symposia and Residency. Carei, Rumania |
TransCultural Exchange Grant | |
2005 | Sculpture Trail, West Yorkshire, England |
2004 | Adolph and Ester Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant |
2004 | Pratt Institute Faculty Professional Development Grant |
2003 | Franconia Sculpture Park/Jerome Fellowship. Residency to create new work |
2002 | DeFrancisco Cultural Projects Grant |
2001 | Massachusetts Cultural Council Professional Development Grant |
2001 | Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant |
2000 | Stone Quarry Hill Art Park. Residency to create new work |
2000 | Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, Fellowship. W. Rutland, VT |
1998-9 | University of Massachusetts Arts Council Grant |
1996-9 | University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Department Teaching Assistantship |
1996-8 | University of Massachusetts Minority Student Recruitment Organization Teaching Assistantship |
1997-8 | Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Alternate Candidate |
1996-7 | Japanese American Citizens League National Scholarship: Kuwahara Creative Arts Scholarship |
1996-7 | Japanese American Citizens League Scholarship. NY Chapter |
1978-9 | Ford Foundation Grant. Artist’s Grant |
Collections
2011 | Maria V. Howard Arts Center. Rocky Mount, NC |
2009 | Zen Center of Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA |
2008 | Colma Japanese Cemetery. Colma, CA |
2007 | Zen Center of Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA |
Palo Alto Buddhist Temple. Palo Alto, CA | |
Great Vow Monastery. Clatskanie, OR | |
2006 | Abington Sculpture Park. Jenkintown, PA |
2004 | Leverett Peace Pagoda. Leverett, MA |
Grafton Peace Pagoda. Grafton, New York | |
Connecticut Sculpture Park. Bridgeport, CT | |
2003 | Western Carolina University.Cullowhee, NC |
2002 | Syracuse University. Syracuse, NY |
Zen Center of Syracuse. Syracuse, NY | |
Library of Congress. Washington D.C. | |
Dai Bosatsu Zen Monastery. Livingston Manor, NY | |
University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA | |
2001 | New York Buddhist Temple. New York, NY |
2000 | George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum. Springfield, MA |
1998 | Smith College. Northampton, MA |
1992 | Taiseki Shinto Shrine. Oshika, Japan |
1994 | Toyohashi Peace Pagoda. Toyohashi, Japan |
1988 | Hiroshima Peace Pagoda. Hiroshima, Japan |
1984-97 | Over two hundred sculptures in Japan for temples, shrines, villages, businesses, and individual patrons |
Bibliography
2012 | East Meets West. Greenfield Recorder. April 4. D1,2 |
2011 | Purification. Artscope Magazine. March/April. p34 |
2009 | Prayer for the World, Global art project focuses on peace. Telegram & Gazette. March 25. B 8,9 |
2008 | Carving Out A Dream edited by B. Amore. Kokoro Press. ISBN 978-0-615-21973-8 p 70-1 |
Keepers of Tradition by Maggie Holtzberg. UMass Press. ISBN 978-1-55849-640-8 p 75, 77 | |
2007 | I Bow to you, Traveling Exhibition of Buddhist Sculptures by Thomas Matsuda. Wheel of Dharma. July. 3 |
Traveling Exhibition of Buddhist Sculptures by Thomas Matsuda. Nichibei Times. July 5-11. 6 | |
Exhibition of Works by Thomas Matsuda Arrives in Los Angeles Rafu Shimpo. July 13. 2 | |
Buddhist Sculpture Exhibition in PA, SF. Hokubei Mainichi News. July 10. 2 | |
Sculptures by Thoams Matsuda. Hokubei Mainichi Times. July 17. 2 Japanese | |
Buddhist Sculpture Tour, Thomas Matsuda. Mon Magazine. August. 31. Japanese | |
Buddhist Sculptor Stops at Dentoh on West Coast Tour. Nichibei Times. August 2-8. 19 | |
Carving Out a Niche, East Coast Artist Brings His Buddhist Sculptures to Bay Area. Hokubei News. August 2. 1 | |
2006 | Inside/Outside: Treelines. Sculpture Magazine. October. 14 |
Celebration 1991-2001, The Story of Stone Quarry Hill Art Park. p 62 | |
Abington Art Center’s Sculpture Park. WHYY TV. Phiadelphia PBS. August, September | |
2005 | If You Can Make It There, Carol Cambo. UMASS Amherst magazine. Cover, 32-42, reproductions, Fall |
2001 | “Searching for the Buddha” Now on Exhibit in N.Y. The Rafu Shimpo. Los Angeles, CA. June 19. 1 |
2000 | Matsuda Gains Inspiration from Life. Syracuse Herald. July 9 |
1999 | Searching for the Buddha. University of Massachusetts Alumni Magazine. Amherst, MA. Summer. 7 |
Opening Reception September 19. The Sentinel. Belchertown, MA. September. 8 | |
Capturing a Moment of the Spirit Evolving. Amherst Bulletin. Amherst, MA. June. B1 | |
Sculptures from Scraps. Daily Hampshire Gazette. May. C1, C7 | |
Matsuda Shows Buddhist Works. The Recorder. Greenfield, MA. May | |
Collaboration. Union News. Springfield, MA. C4 | |
1998 | Buddhas for a New World Exhibit at Smith. The Recorder. Greenfield, MA. September. A7 |
Buddhas for a New World. Valley Advocate, News and Arts Weekly. Northampton, MA. September | |
1996 | Art Outdoors, In your Face, On High. New York Times. May |
1995 | Prior to Starting his Pilgrimage to India, Tom Matsuda’s Buddhist Exhibition. Shinshu Newspaper, Japan. July |
Exhibition of Wood and Stone Buddhas. Ibaragi Magazine. December | |
1994 | 27 Buddhist Sculptures in Exhibition at Yaizu. Shizuoka Newspaper. Japan. November |
1993 | It’s a Great Thing. It’s Just About Peace. Times Union. Albany, NY. October. C1, A7 |
Peace Pagoda Dedicated. The Sunday Record. Albany, NY. October. A1, 7 | |
1992 | Invitation to Country Living. Yomiuri Weekly Magazine. Japan. February |
1991 | American Sculptor’s Buddhist Exhibition. Yomiuri Newspaper. Tokyo, Japan. October |
1989 | Inspired by Native Americans, a Third Generation Japanese American Carves Buddhist Sculpture in a Mountain Village. Wood Life Magazine. Japan. March. 36, 37 |
Lectures/ Critiques/ Juries
2014 | Babson College, Babson Park, MA. Lecture |
2013 | Lasell College, Newton, MA. Lecture and Demonstration |
Lowell Folk Festival. Lowell, MA. Demonstrator | |
2012 | Salem State University. Salem, MA. Lecture |
2009 | New England Wood Carvers Inc. Lecture and Demonstration |
Lowell Folk Festival. Lowell, MA. Demonstrator | |
2006 | Greater Gardner Artist Association Annual Spring Show. Judge |
2005 | Mount Wachusett Community College. Gardner, MA. Lecture |
2003- | Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY. BFA Critiques |
2002- | Zen Mountain Monastery. Mt. Tremper, NY. Lecture |
2001 | Marlboro College. Marlboro, VT. Slide Presentation, Student Critique |
2001 | NY Buddhist Church. New York, NY. Lecture |
2001- | Carving Studio and Sculpture Center. West Rutland, VT. Slide Presentation |
2000 | Holyoke Community College. Holyoke, MA. Slide Presentation. |
1996-9 | University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA. BFA Critiques |
Education
1996-99 | Masters of Fine Arts, Sculpture. University of Massachusetts. |
1984-86 | Apprenticeship under a renowned sculptor, Koukei Eri. Kyoto, Japan. |
1984 | Japanese Brush Painting. Kyoto, Japan. |
1976-79 | Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors, Drawing & Painting, minor in Printmaking. Pratt Institute, NY |
Teaching
2005- | Mount Wachusett Community College. Gardner, MA. Professor. Chair, Department of Art |
1998- | Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY. Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts, School of Art and Design |
2001- | College of New Rochelle. New Rochelle, NY. Adjunct Professor, Graduate School Division of Art & Communication |
2001- | The Carving Studio. West Rutland, VT. Wood sculpture |
2002- | Zen Mountain Monastery. Mt. Tremper, NY. Buddhist Sculpture |
2004- | Fire Lotus Zen Temple. Brooklyn, NY. Buddhist Sculpture |