Chiemi MatsuiChiemi.Matsui
Born in Kyoto,Japan.Matsui worked with stage lighting for concerts and plays,
when she began painting in 2004.
In addition to holding a solo exhibition,Matsui works with musicians to combine music and visual art.
From 2016,she has been creating live digital drawings using an iPad with the improvisational band DOGON.
1977Born in Kyoto Prefecture
2004Start drawing a picture
2006First solo exhibition
Chiemi Zoo (Kyoto Contemporary Gallery Collage) will be held from March 21st to 26th
22.23 Ongaku Gallery Live vol.1 (ART COMPLEX1928) held
2007 Art Boom 2007 Small Painting Exhibition Café de Marche Prize Winner
2008November 24th to 29th 2nd solo exhibition
Chiemi Suizokukan “Eyukan” (Gallery Fuga) held
30th Music Gallery Live “Undersea Concert” vol.2 “(El Osaka Petit El)” held
2009Selected for FUKUI Thumbhole Art Exhibition
2011 November 18th Music Gallery Live vol.3 “Rainbow” (El Osaka Petit El) held
year 2012 March 12th Natural Art Gallery (umeda AKASO) held
2013
Third solo exhibition held in Tokyo and Kyoto
August 10th to 17th Soul of Moon in Tokyo (Cafe Crosspoint) August 19th to September 19th Kyoto (Cocokara Cafe+Dish)
Responsible for the jacket art for Hana Takadaka's first album "Hana Takadaka" released on October 25, 2013
Ongaku Gallery Live vol.4 “Soul of Moon” held in Osaka and Tokyo
October 5, 2013 Osaka El Osaka Petit El
November 23, 2013 Tokyo Koenji Rakuya
2014
Tadashi Hirosawa's single CD "Saffron Fireworks" released on February 1st - In charge of the CD jacket art
March 16, 2014: Responsible for stage design for the stage play “Edit Piaf Story”
Released from August 30, 2014 Jun Takase's first album "Ways" CD jacket illustration
In charge of the illustration for the back jacket of the DOGON album “Non-Rocket Space Reach Part 1” released on December 1, 2014
2015Year
Released on February 14th Kazuyumi 3-song single "Sukide~To Be Romantic" CD jacket illustration
Released May 22, 2015 Fuyuta Matsutani Album "Yellow Black Music" CD jacket illustration
2016Year
March 4th solo exhibition held in Kyoto and Tokyo
"Voyager Golden Art Record"
March 11th-18th Kyoto (PARKER HOUSE ROLL) March 23rd-29th Tokyo (Cafe Crosspoint)
March 18, 2016 Ongaku Gallery Live vol.5 (PARKER HOUSE ROLL)
March 21, 2016 CDJacket Live (Tokyo Koenji JIROKICHI) held
March 22, 2016 Voyager's Space Travel (Tokyo Koenji JIROKICHI)
Performing live painting for the first time
May 28th and 29th, 2016: In charge of the flyer art and lighting for Ryuseigun Gekidan “Aquarius”
June 20, 2016 “Drawing by Summer and Chiemi” (PARKER HOUSE ROLL)
Second time in life! live painting
September 19th to 25th, 2016 “Chiemi’s Small Painting Exhibition” (Osaka Anzu-sha)
2016 fall live painting tour held
October 28th Hideo Onishi (Dr) x Chiemi Matsui Chiba Prefecture FIREBIRD
October 29th DOGON x Chiemi Matsui Tokyo COLP CLOP
November 18th THANK YOU LIVE Chiemi Matsui x Kogoro Tatsumi (Tp) x Masahiro Yamamoto (Dr) Kyoto PARKER HOUSE ROLL
December 27, 2016 Masahiro Yamamoto x Takeharu Hayakawa “Bullet Hakka” 2017 flyer illustration
2017
March 27th~April 8th “STAGE” Chiemi Matsui (painting) & Minae Fujiwara (photo) Exhibition (Osaka Onnagi) held
April 8th “Takeharu Hayakawa Bass Solo Live & Chiemi Matsui Live Painting”
June 17th and 18th, 2017 Responsible for the flyer art and lighting for the theater company Ryuseigun “Horoscope”
2017 Participated in DOGON Non-Rocket Space Reaching Tour Part 2 with drawing and lighting
September 2nd Kyoto Parker House Roll
September 3rd Hiroshima Jive
September 4th Osaka Jack Lion
October 6, 2017 “Sloops” In charge of the crucifixion one-man flyer
November 17, 2017 Independently planned event
“Well Come Happy Life” held
November 25, 26, 2017 In charge of the flyer art and lighting for Gekidan Ryuseigun's "2017: A Space Odyssey"
December 29, 2017 Masahiro Yamamoto x Takeharu Hayakawa Guest: Koichi Iwamoto “Danutachi” 2017 flyer illustration
2018
“Chiemi Matryoshka Exhibition” will be held! !
March 16th to 25th Kyoto “CAFE Suzunari”
April 2nd - 14th Osaka “Otonagi Oto Shokudo Sakaba”
Participate in The Space Baa×Monoral Zonmbi tour with digital live painting
April 17th Osaka Ibaraki Jack Lion
April 18th Kyoto Parker House Roll
May 8th to 13th, 2018 “Cosmic Exhibition of Paintings and Lights”
May 30th - July 2nd, 2018 "Chiemi Matsui Painting Exhibition in Tokyo"
July 8, 2018 Participated in “Syd Barrett Singing Party” digital live painting
Osaka Ibaraki Jack Lion
August 15, 2018 “THE LIGHTNING KYOTO O-BON MEETING” Participated in digital live painting
Masataka Fujikake, Hiroshi Funato, Mandog
Kyoto Parker House Roll
September 8, 2018 "Aya" Shin Yoshimori Piano Chiemi Matsui Participated in live painting
Kyoto Parker House Roll
September 8, 2018 “Nobu Yoshimori solo on piano for Musica 2018 flyer illustration
Participated in the 2018 DOGON Non-Rocket Space Reaching Tour Part 3 with drawing and lighting
September 18th Kyoto Parker House Roll
September 19th Osaka Jack Lion
September 21st Tokyo Nishi-Ogikubo Clop Clop
September 23, 2018 “Takayuki Kato Guitar & Chiemi Matsui Digital Live Painting”
October 20, 2018Spain BergaAt the music and art festival "DE'U VOS GUARD FEST"
Participate in digital live painting
Co-starring with Nico Roig
November 8, 2018 “Katsuhiko Akiyama x Masataka Fujikake” “Radical Will” release commemorative live event, participating in digital live painting
GuestMandog
Kyoto Parker House Roll
November 11, 2018 Gekidan Ryuseigun Planetarium & Reading Drama & Digital Live Painting
Participated in “Night on the Galaxy Express” flyer drawing and digital live painting
Osaka Dainichi Move 21 Planetarium
Independent project “THANK YOU LIVE VOL.2” held on November 18, 2018
Hiroaki Katayama, Takeharu Hayakawa, Masashi Minato, Jun Hashimoto, Kogoro Tatsumi
Naoko Arai, Yumiko Igawa, Chiemi Matsui
Kyoto Parker House Roll
November 19, 2018 Participated in “Turnip General Meeting” with digital live painting
Jun Hashimoto, Kogoro Tatsumi, Hiroaki Katayama, Takeharu Hayakawa, Masashi Minato, Marvin
Guest Kazuhisa Uchihashi
Nagoya Tokuzo
2019
February 1st “R.Ariel Kafari Liv” performance in Japan Participated in digital live painting
Since March 2019, I have been in charge of the cover art for Sumer's monthly newspaper "Kandan".
March 9, 2019 In charge of flyer art for Gekidan Ryuseigun “Beyond the memories of the distant sea...”
Osaka Dainichi Move 21 Planetarium
March 17, 2019 Participated in digital live painting of “Tadashi Hirosawa x Sinon Planetarium Live”
Guest Yuu Watanabe
Osaka Tondabayashi Subaru Hall Planetarium Room
Digital live painting tour
April 10, 2019 “W VISION” Participation
Takayuki Kato, Teruo Matsumoto
Tokyo Nishi-Ogikubo Clop Clop
April 11th
Participated in digital live painting of "Enzo Favataa Cross Sync Quartet" performance in Japan
Guest Keishi Ota, Tsuneo Imahori
TokyoKoenji JIROKICHI
April 11th
Participating in “Matsui Planning” digital live painting
Shin Yoshimori, Yoji Akazawa, Hideo Onishi
Guest Takeharu Hayakawa
Tokyo Nishi-Ogikubo Clop Clop
June 7th
Participated in "SUEMARR & CHIEMI" digital live painting
SUEMARR, Chiemi Matsui
Kyoto Neon Forest Bar Jiji
July 31st
"W VISION"
Participate in digital live painting
Takayuki Kato, Teruo Matsumoto, Beijing Ichi
Tokyo Nishi-Ogikubo Clop Clop
August 24th
"MUSICA SULLE BOCCHE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL"
Participate in Rosa Brunello Los Fermentos's Rye with digital live painting
Italy, Sardinia, Castelsardo
October 19th
Participating in “A” Makina Kodama’s live performance with digital live painting
Osaka Jack Lion
October 21st
2019 Welcome to Paradice
Beijing Hajime, Eri Ohno, Tomoko Hisamoto, Yoshiko Yoshida, Mitsuru Kotaki, Akira Sekine's live performance
Participate in digital live painting
Kyoto Chitoku
Participated in “DOGON Tour” in November with digital live painting
7th Nagoya Valentine Drive
8th Osaka Jack Lion
November 23rd and 24th: Participated in the play “Galaxy Railway Night” by Gekidan Ryuseigun with digital live painting
Osaka Star Cafe⭐︎SPICA
2020
Digital Live Painting Spring Petit Tour
DOGON
Tokyo Asagaya Yellow Vision
Summer and Chiemi Matsui “Songs, Paintings, and Cold Bullet Cover Art Exhibition”
Yokohama February 27th Hakuraku Sammy's
Nagoya February 28th Nannya
Kyoto February 29th CAFE Suzunari
*Canceled due to coronavirus
Kyoto April 7th to 19th~under the sun~Chiemi Matsui Painting Exhibition CAFE Suzunari
Closing event on the 19th Yumiko Igawa x Naoko Arai whis Chiemi Matsui CAFE Suzunari
Tokyo April 28th Yagi Buo whis Matsui Chiemi Koenji JIROKICHI
August 12th-23rd 〜under the sun〜Chiemi MatsuiPainting exhibition held at CAFE Suzunari
August 19Chiemi Matsui Digital Live Painting Audience Limited Live Streaming Kyoto Crucifixion
guest musician
Keizo Nobori (sax) Mitsuhide Tatsumi (tp.etc) MANDOG (gt) Naoko Arai (harmonica) Yumiko Igawa (accordion)
October 15th DOGON
Tokyo Asagaya Yellow Vision
October 17th Summer & Chiemi Matsui “Spacewalk of Songs and Paintings”
Yokohama Hakuraku SAMMY'S
Participating in Washing Machine Petit Tour Digital Live Painting Jun Hashimoto (GT) Arata Noguchi (GT) Masashi Minato (DR) (Crucifixion only) Mitsuhide Tatsumi (TP)
November 17th Washing Machine@Nagoya Nanya
November 18th Washing Machine@Kyoto Crucifixion
November 29th: Participated in Hirosawa Tadashi's one-man live "NIGHT SONG WITH BAND" @ Shinsaibashi JANUS with digital live painting
December 5th Gekidan Ryuseigun “Starry Night Reading & Digital Live Painting @ Hoshi Cafe Spica”
December 18th - January 17Hi Machinaka Art Gallery "Time and Space in a mysterious forest" Chiemi Matsui painting exhibition held
Space Matryoshka Workshop held on January 9th
Closing event “Ongaku Gallery Live vol.6” @Cafe Gallery Tokijiku held on January 17th
Piano Jun Takase.Harmonica Naoko Arai.Digital live painting Chiemi Matsui
2021
January 20th to February 13th Cat Exhibition @ Cafe Gallery Tokijiku Group Exhibition
March 14th Alchemist nursery rhyme CD release commemorative live feat Art Painting Chiemi collaboration project
“Songs of you who were once a child” held at Kobe Brick Warehouse K-wave
EXP Jun Hashimoto GT Takeharu Hayakawa BA Mitsuhide Tatsumi TP Shinki Nagata dr Chiemi Matsui D.Livepaint
Tour participation (March 16th Nagoya Tokuzo, 17th Kyoto Crucifixion, 18th Kobe Brick Warehouse K-wave)
April 19th Octopus and Kentaro’s restart commemorative live “Sumar-san and Chiemi’s Drawing” will be held
July 17th “Tadashi Hirosawa ~20th Anniversary Night~” Participated in Banana Hall digital live painting
July 31st “MUSIC&ART” Hideo Onishi dr x Chiemi Matsui Participation Matsudo FIREBIRD, Chiba Prefecture
August 1st Yagi no Buo with Chiemi Matsui Tokyo Koenji JIROKICHI
August 2nd “Fuss Discord Fandom” Beijing No. 1 Mitsuru Kotaki DJ Yama aka Sahib
August 3rd “ELECTRIC SYBAPSE” Takayuki Kato gt Sagayuki gt.vo Kenji Sato ba Masataka Fujikake dr
August 4th Summer Hakuraku Sammy's (Changed to live streaming due to cancellation)
August 6th EXP Tokyo Nishi-Ogikubo Clop Clop
August 7th Cape Ishiwatari TP Guy GT Yuki Kaneko electric violin Participated in impromptu live performance Nagoya Nanya
September/October "Spring Roll Space Exhibition" painting exhibition held at Kyoto Shugakuin "Spring Roll Stand Wrap & Roll"
September 25th Special Live “Spring Roll Swimming with Songs and Pictures” Summer
October 30th “Harmonica, accordion and picture spring roll swimming” OTTOPOO's Naoko Arai Yumiko Igawa
November 3rd Funaokayama Autumn Cultural Festival Participated in live painting
December 2"ELECTRIC SYBAPSE” Participating in Tokyo Iriya Nateru House
December 11th UrBANGUILD 15th Anniversary Project Dokurozu x Messiah and Human People Digital live painting collaboration at Dokurozu's live performance
December 12, 13, 14 Gekidan Ryuseigun Star x Theater x Digital Live Painting “Horoscope” Participation Dotonbori ZAZA
2022
Monday, March 7th
Takayuki Kato (gt.etc)Chiemi Matsui (vj)Maki Hachiya (vo)Yoichi Okabe (Perc)KAGARI (dance)Koen-dori Classics
March 8th (Tuesday)
Summer (gt.vo) & Chiemi Matsui (d.l.Painting) Hakuraku Sammy's
Wednesday, March 9th
“Electric Synapse” Audience limited/simultaneous streaming live
Takayuki Kato gSagayuki vo,gKenji Sato bMasataka Fujikake drChiemi Matsui (video)LIVE MUSIC JIROKICHI
Friday, April 8th
Yagi no Buo (harmonica)Chiemi Matsui (video)Audience-limited/simultaneous live streamingLIVE MUSIC JIROKICHI
4/9 (Sat) 4/10 (Sun)
Shinmatsudo FIREBIRD
"MUSIC & ART FESTIVAL"
・Hideo Onishi (Dr.) × Hirona Nakagawa (PAINTING)
・MUSTANG JERX(BAND) × Hisao Nishimoto(PAINTING)
・Masaki Tanaka (Gt.Vo.) × Kana Sato (PAINTING)
・SoberBrown(BAND) × Chiemi Matsui(PAINTING)
・Lin (Ba.Vo.) × Uirio (PAINTING)
Wednesday, May 11th
Sumer-san playing & Chiemi Matsui
Yokohama Hakuraku Sammy's
Friday, May 13th DOGON
Yoji Akazawagt.etc
Mitsuhide Tatsumi tp.etc
Masashi Minato dr
Chiemi Matsui
Tokyo Asagaya Yellow Vision
July 7th SPACE★HOUSE opens
Exhibition of paintings at the venue
Live painting collaboration with an idol group called NaNiYoRi
July 13th Electric Rock Synapse
Tokyo JIROKICHI
Sagayuki (voice, guitar)
Takayuki Kato (guitar)
Kenji Sato (bass)
Masataka Fujikake (drums)
Chiemi Matsui (video)
Friday, July 15th
Electric Whirlpool special project No. 6 at Classics on Shibuya Performance Street
Takayuki Kato (guitar)
Shumie Akemi (keyboard, piano, voice)
Tetsuro Fujimaki (drums)
Beijing No. 1 (pantomime, voice, etc.)
Lenka (butoh dance)
Akiko Nakayama (video)
Chiemi Matsui (video)
Shibuya Koen-dori Classics
July 16th (Sat) “EXP”
Jun Hashimoto (gt)
Mitsuhide Tatsumi (tp)
Takeharu Hayakawa (ba)
Maki Nagata (dr)
Chiemi Matsui (artvision)
Tokyo Asagaya SOUL ball Tokyo
July 24th (Sunday) Dokurozu
『UCHU ICHI NO ME』
Venue limited pre-sale one-man
Crucifixion (Kyoto)
Guest▶︎bike
Live painting▶︎Chiemi Matsui
Sumer-san and Chiemi's drawing Konamon tour
July 29th (Friday) Yakisoba Alright!
August 1st (Monday) Spring roll stand wrap & roll
Wednesday, August 3rd Octopus and Kentaro
Saturday, August 6th Dokurozu
『UCHU ICHI NO ME』
Venue limited pre-sale one-man
Tokyo Aoyama Tsukimi Le Kimifu
guest
Live painting▶︎Chiemi Matsui
August 24th (Wednesday) Kyoto Chitoku
"PSYCHO-EVOLVE vol.7"
[Performer]
PSYCHO-TRIBE
Chizuru Omae (pf.voice)
Chiemi Matsui [Live paint&Digital.Live paint]
Sunday, September 11th “Forest of Heavy Music”■
@ Mori no Gakusha Gokasho (Hiyoshi-cho, Nantan City)
Appearance
13:00~Shingo Tomimatsu
13:15 ~ Seal
13:45〜OTTOPOO'S + Chiemi Matsui
14:30 ~ Sumita
15:00〜Rice Paddy
15:30~ Kayoko Sawada
16:15 ~ Monster Rosimov
Theater company✩Meteor group★Planetarium play
"Phantom Constellation"
Music edition: October 9th (Sunday)
Theater version: October 29th (Sat)
30th (Sun)
SPACE★HOUSE, Nishinari Ward, Osaka City
October 23rd (Sun) headphones
Guest Chiemi Matsui
Kyoto spring roll stand wrap & roll
Friday, November 18th
“Thank You Live vol.4” Art & Music
Cast:
●PSYCHO-TRIBE (Hidekazu Sugita Dr.)
●SUEMARR (Sumar Vo, Gt)
●DOGON-1 (Yoji Akazawa Gt, etc/Mitsuhide Tatsumi Tp, etc)
●Hideo Onishi (Dr)
●Chiemi Matsui (live painting)
Wednesday, December 7th [Electric Rock Synapse! ]
Takayuki Kato(g) Sagayuki(vo,g)
Kenji Sato (b) Masataka Fujikake (dr) Chiemi Matsui (video) Takanori Terabe (sound)
Koen-dori Classics
December 8th (Thursday) Asagaya Yellow Vision
DOGON+Chiemi Matsui
Yoji Akazawa (gt, etc.)
Masashi Minato (ds)
Tatsumi 'Kogoro' Mitsuhide (TP, iPhone)
Chiemi Matsui (Digital Live Painting)
Friday, December 9th
Hakuraku Border's Summer and Chiemi
December 17th (Sat)
Planetarium & digital live painting
“Recitation on a Starry Night ~Winter Night Sky Edition~”
Reading works
Ayumu Hiyama “In the Yabu” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
Fumion Nakaishi “I am a cat” by Natsume Soseki
Rie Okada “The Moon and the Horse Bandit” Written by: Hideo Oguma
Yukika Kanai “The Cask of Amontillado” Written by Edgar Allan Poe
Nakatarira "Sukiyaki and Duck Dishes - Western Food Miscellaneous -" Written by Kitaoji Rosanjin
Friday, December 23rd Christmas Concert
Performance / OTTOPOO'S
Digital live painting / Chiemi Matsui
Venue / Nantan City Goma “Miki-ya”
2023
February 18th (Sat) Okinawa Kuza
Music Lane Festival Okinawa 2023
Venue: Peaceful Valley
Participating in Tadashi Hirosawa's Live with digital live painting
March 10th (Friday) Kyoto Negative Positive
"Anya & Sue - Return From Deep Snow 2023 -"
Saiin (Kyoto) negative
Cast: Anya&Sue:
Anya Hinkle (singing, guitar, fiddle) from USAhttps://anyahinkle.com/home
Summer (singing, guitar, banjo)
PiCas:
Kazuhiko Iwaki (lap steel)
Jun Taniguchi (bass)
Takashi Yoshioka (drums)
Digital painting: Chiemi Matsui
Wednesday, March 15th Chiba PrefectureShinmatsudo FIREBIRD
MUSIC & ART FIREBIRD 16th Anniversary Special
Noise Curry x Hirona Nakagawa
project TIDELAND×Uirio
The Memphis Bell×Hisao Nishimoto
Kenjiro Numata and Sekiken Boys x Lin
VERONICA VERONICO×K:SOUL:Y a.k.a YAN
Hideo Onishi x Chiemi Matsui
March 30th (Thursday) Tokyo Shibuya Performance Street Classics
Electric Rock Synapse
Takayuki Kato (g)
Sagayuki (voice, g)
Kenji Sato (b)
Masataka Fujikake (elec, ds)
with Chiemi Matsui (video)
Takanori Terabe (acoustic)
March 31st (Friday) Tokyo Nishi-Ogikubo Clop Clo
Ishiwatari Misaki (tp)
Akihiro Ishiwata (gt)
Mitsuhide Tatsumi (tp)
Chiemi Matsui (video)
April 15th (Sat) Nagoya Gokisho Nanya
"Okawari Carbonara"
Gai (g) Misaki Ishiwatari (tp) NOAH (b) Reiko Nonoyama (ds)
Guest: Chiemi Matsui (digital live painting)
While working on stage lighting, I am currently creating paintings.