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Matazo Kayama (1927-2004) was born in Kyoto, the son of a designer of Kimono. He used to play in his father's studio, and loved to see him and his disciples at work sketching and painting. He also learned a lot from his father's collection of international art books. Kayama started making art, and when he was 13 years old he entered the Japanese Painting Academy in Kyoto. In 1944 he went on to study traditional Nihonga techniques at Tokyo National Academy of Fine Arts. In 1949, he graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts with a degree in painting. Around 1960 he traveled, gave exhibitions, and held conferences abroad. Starting in 1950, he participated in expositions of The Association of Young Artists (Shinseisaku gakai), wherein he was awarded four times. He became a famous painter in his early 30's. From 1958 on, he participated in international expositions of modern Japanese artists. In 1967, he also participated in the exhibition Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Painting at the State Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg and at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. In 1957, he was granted the Young Painters Prize in the Asahi News. In 1973 he was granted the prize for Japanese Art and, in 1980, he received the Prize of the Ministry of Culture. He became a professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts in 1988. Towards the end of the 1970s, several state organizations commissioned him to make mural decorations, including the Japanese Embassy in the United States. He had held a private exhibition in Paris in 1990. He held exhibitions at the Central Museum of Beijing (1993) and British Museum (1996)

Hydrangea Rain 1998

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Wind 1974

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Moon and the camel 1957

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Ami (Clothes with Mesh-patterned Print)

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Hana no kumo (mist of petals) 2007 Hana akari (radiance of blossoms)

Shirobotan Hori Art Museum

Roses

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Snow 1978 National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

Kingfisher 1990

Plower and Shell 1989 Venus Comb and Plover 1972

Sunflower

Long-Horned Beetle (1970)

Tetra 1989

White peony (1990

Hori Art Museum

Hori Art Museum

Morning Glory 1990

Hori Art Museum

Exhibition poster

 In “Screen with Floral Fans” (1966), Matazo Kayama incorporated traditional motifs, such as fans, waves and patchworks of torn paper, with bold color and very large designsYamatane Museum of Art

The BMW Art Car Project was introduced by the French racecar driver and auctioneer Hervé Poulain, who wanted to invite an artist to create a canvas on an automobile. In 1975, Poulain commissioned American artist and friend Alexander Calder to paint the first BMW Art Car. Since Calder's work of art, many other renowned artists throughout the world have created BMW Art Cars, including David Hockney, Jenny Holzer, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol. In 1990 Matazo Kayama painted on the body of BMW525i for BMW Art Car Project. He used Japanese traditional technique called "kirikane". Leaves of gold and platinum were cut very carefully. And glue on all over the BMW's body.

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