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Kayama Matazo was born in Kyoto to a family of artists and craftsmen. His father designed kimono textiles, and his grandfather was a Kano school painter. Kayama graduated from the Japanese painting division of Kyoto's Municipal School of Fine Art and Crafts in 1944 and from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1949. He was a member of the Shin-Seisaku Kyokai (the New Creation Association) and won its New Artist Award in the society's 17th and 18th exhibitions, in 1953 and 1954 respectively. He exhibited paintings regularly with other cultural groups, the Hikobayu association which he helped to found in 1954, and the Todoroki-kai beginning in 1959. Kayama taught painting at Tama University of Fine Art and Music from 1966-77 and 1978-88, and joined the faculty of Tokyo University of Fine Arts in 1988.
Represented in the 1950s in the "Contemporary Art Exhibitions" sponsored by the Mainichi Newspaper in Tokyo, in 1957 Kayama gained recognition in the West when he won an award in New York at the "2nd Guggenheim International Art Exhibition" along with his fellow countrymen Kawabata Minoru (b. 1911) and Yamaguchi Takeo (1902-1983).
The work of Kayama Matazo has been included in group and solo exhibitions worldwide. One-man exhibitions include those at the Yoseido Gallery in Tokyo in 1955, at the Janet Nessler Gallery in New York in 1961, at the Kansai Gallery in Osaka in 1963, at the Murakoshi Gallery in Tokyo in 1963 and 1979, and at the Uchiyama Gallery in Tokyo 1979. Solo museum exhibitions of his paintings were held in 1982 at the Tokyo Central Museum of Art, in 1986 at the Fukuoka Municipal Art Museum and at the Seibu Museum of Tokyo, and in 1988 at the Takashimaya stores in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto and Osaka. He has completed commissions for the Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, the Jindai-ji Temple and the Kuon-ji Temple. In 1967 his work was included in Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Painting at the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad and at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
In 1973 Kayama Matazo won the Japan Art Award and in 1980 he received the Cultural Ministry Award. His work is in museum and private collections worldwide.
Represented in the 1950s in the "Contemporary Art Exhibitions" sponsored by the Mainichi Newspaper in Tokyo, in 1957 Kayama gained recognition in the West when he won an award in New York at the "2nd Guggenheim International Art Exhibition" along with his fellow countrymen Kawabata Minoru (b. 1911) and Yamaguchi Takeo (1902-1983).
The work of Kayama Matazo has been included in group and solo exhibitions worldwide. One-man exhibitions include those at the Yoseido Gallery in Tokyo in 1955, at the Janet Nessler Gallery in New York in 1961, at the Kansai Gallery in Osaka in 1963, at the Murakoshi Gallery in Tokyo in 1963 and 1979, and at the Uchiyama Gallery in Tokyo 1979. Solo museum exhibitions of his paintings were held in 1982 at the Tokyo Central Museum of Art, in 1986 at the Fukuoka Municipal Art Museum and at the Seibu Museum of Tokyo, and in 1988 at the Takashimaya stores in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto and Osaka. He has completed commissions for the Tokyo Museum of Modern Art, the Jindai-ji Temple and the Kuon-ji Temple. In 1967 his work was included in Masterpieces of Modern Japanese Painting at the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad and at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow.
In 1973 Kayama Matazo won the Japan Art Award and in 1980 he received the Cultural Ministry Award. His work is in museum and private collections worldwide.