Thomas Ken Matsuda
655 Roaring Brook Road
Conway, MA 01341
Tel (413) 369-8043
E-mail: matsudat@yahoo.com
Website:  www.tmatsuda.com

  

Public Art Projects, Outdoor Sculpture Installations
2007 Omi International Arts Center, Field Sculpture Park Ghent, NY
  Arsenal Arts Center Watertown, MA
2006 Bellevue Sculpture Park Bellevue, WA
 

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 Jenkintown, PA
2005    Sculpture Trail                             West Yorkshire, England
  Wood Sculpture Symposium Damariscotta, ME
2004     Connecticut Sculpture Park  Bridgeport, CT
  Leverett Peace Pagoda Leverett, MA
2004 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
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
2007 Open Square Holyoke, MA
2006 Karolyi Castle Carei, Rumania
  Museum Judetul Satu Mare 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 Gallery                        Amherst, 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
     

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Sculpture and Performance Collaborations
2004 Forest Hills Park Boston, MA
2003 Forest Hills Park Boston, MA
2000 Smith Art Museum Springfield, MA
2000 Smith Art Museum Springfield, MA
1999 Exit Art New York, NY
1999 Bowker Auditorium Amherst, MA
1998 Bowker Auditorium Amherst, MA

Film        

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

2006        Dorothea Fleiss East West Artists Symposia and Residency. Carei, Rumania
2005-6    National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals
2004        Adolph and Ester Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant
2004        Pratt Institute Faculty Professional Development Grant
2003        FSP/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
Major Works/ Commissions/ Collections

2004        Leverett Peace Pagoda.  Leverett, MA
2004        Grafton Peace Pagoda.  Grafton, New York
2003        Western Carolina University. Cullowhee, NC
2002        Syracuse University.  Syracuse, NY
2002        Zen Center of Syracuse.  Syracuse, NY
2002        Library of Congress.  Washington D.C.
2002        Dai Bosatsu Zen Monastery.  Livingston Manor, NY
2002        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
1984-01  Over three hundred sculptures for various temples, shrines, villages, businesses, and individual patrons
Articles in Publications 

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
1999        Opening Reception September 19.  The Sentinel.  Belchertown, MA.  September. 8
1999        Capturing a Moment of the Spirit Evolving.  Amherst Bulletin.  Amherst, MA.  June.  B1
1999        Sculptures from Scraps.  Daily Hampshire Gazette.  May. C1, C7
1999        Matsuda Shows Buddhist Works.  The Recorder.  Greenfield, MA.  May.
1999        Collaboration.  Union News.  Springfield, MA.  C4
1998        Buddhas for a New World Exhibit at Smith.  The Recorder.  Greenfield, MA.  September.  A7
1998        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, Westchester County Section.  May.
1995        Prior to Starting his Pilgrimage to India, Tom Matsuda's Buddhist Exhibition. Shinshu Newspaper, Japan. July
1994        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
1993        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
Visiting Artist Lectures and Critiques

2005        Mount Wachusett Community College. Gardner, MA
2003-       Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, NY.
2002-       Zen Mountain Monastery. Mt. Tremper, NY.
2001        Marlboro College. Marlboro, VT.
2001        NY Buddhist Church. New York, NY
2001-       Carving Studio and Sculpture Center. West Rutland, VT.
2000        Holyoke Community College. Holyoke, MA
1996-9    University of Massachusetts.  Amherst, MA
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
Current Employment

2005-       Mount Wachusett Community College.  Gardner, MA.  Assistant Professor.  Department of Art
1998-       Pratt Institute.  Brooklyn, NY. Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Fine Art, School of Art and Design
2001-       College of New Rochelle. New Rochelle, NY. Adjunct Associate Professor, Graduate School Div. of Art & Comm.
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
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Last Update: 09/07/2007