Biography:
Born in 1963

Photographer Taiji Matsue’s work offers the viewer glimpses of the earth’s surface from a great variety of locations. Regardless of the setting however, his subjective depiction of the landscape in frontally-lit stark black and white deprives it of existential or endemic meaning. Through this unique style Matsue’s images take on the appearance of collected specimens of the earth, and whether the subject is a vast cityscape or an empty desert, it is regarded as no more than a fragment of the face of the planet on which we live. The detailed black and white patterns recorded in Matsue’s works evoke a daydream-like beauty and intensity, a quality that further enhances this unique and remarkable vision.

Exhibition:

elected Recent Solo Exhibitions
2006 JP-22, L.A. Galerie, Frankfurt (also2003, 2001)
Landscape, COHEN AMADOR GALLERY, New York
JP-22, TARO NASU GALLERY, Tokyo (also 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999)
JP-22, The Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
2005 Landscape, Museum Schloss Moyland, Germany
　　　　CC gazetteer, NADiff, Tokyo

Selected Recent Group Exhibitions
2006 Modern Paradise: Jodern Art, Tokyo
　　　　Spectacular City PHOTOGRAPHING THE FUTURE, NETHERLANDS ARCHITECTURE INSTITUTE (NAI), Rotterdam
2005 The ancient Sound of the Image, Contemporary Photography from Japan, Palazzo Poli, Rome
2004 35th Rencontres d'Arles, Arles
　　　　OFFICINA ASIA, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, BolognaOFFICINA ASIA, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
2002 Multitude, Artists Space, New York
　　　　27th Kimura Ihei Memorial Photography Award Exhibition, Minolta Photo Space Tokyo, Osaka
2001 SURFACE - contemporary photography and video from Japan, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam