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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 Matsui​Painting 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 17​Hi 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

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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)

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While working on stage lighting, I am currently creating paintings.

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