Osamu Matsuda

Osamu Matsuda is a Japanese artist who graduated from the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Tokyo University of Arts in 2009. He works with videos, objects, and drawings and focuses on the themes of life and death. Matsuda employs motifs such as social issues, phenomena, and customs hidden within society to explore these themes. Negative presence, such as shut-ins and NEETS, battles, and death in computer games, and the view of life in the virtual world, are also important in Matsuda's creations.

In his recent activities, Matsuda has used his own upbringing and social issues in his works, displaying a humorous attitude and vitality in his solo exhibition "Nothing is Serious" in 2015. In his latest solo show, "You Know, You Know" in 2017, he presented an ironic way to escape from already established ideology and values. He also published a DVD titled "Gatapishi!" and created an opening movie for a theater production by Minamoza. Matsuda has participated in The Influencers Festival in 2014 as well.