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松澤薫　Kaoru Matsuzawa

I study my own life because I do not yet know what life is. Before thinking about anything, I consider life to be the ground from which all things arise. Everything that happens depends on the existence of my body. The body is constantly moving, encountering things, and moving again. Since life is what moves my body, I believe that how I understand life—how I perceive it and how I choose to live—is directly connected to my artistic practice.

I consider every action in daily life to be one: a life. Actions in everyday life are often given names. For example, the act of making an artwork is called “making” or “artistic practice.” However, there is only one body. Even when we divide our actions by giving them different names, the boundaries between them exist only as conceptual distinctions. In the same way, every small event and experience in the past is inseparable from the person I am now. I could not be who I am at this moment without any of the countless things that have happened to me, even those that may have seemed insignificant at the time.

All actions, including making art, are part of life.

Therefore, I believe that questions surrounding artistic practice can be approached simply by examining how I live—how I act and how I think. “Making” is a continuity of actions. The beginning of making does not start at the moment I pick up a brush. The experiences and things I have learned before that moment are already moving the brush. In this sense, every experience of living outside what is conventionally called the time of “making” also contributes to the making of an artwork. The actions in  making are no different from the actions in living.

Then, what is an “expression”?
I consider every action to be an expression. The word “expression” seems to imply an intention to make someone feel something. Yet in everyday life, we sometimes perceive something about a person through their seemingly ordinary actions. Whether intentional or not, we can sense something through the actions of others. I think the way of expressing and appreciating comes from natural human life. So, just living should be an expression.

I believe that living is itself a continuity of actions, and therefore an act of expression. We are expressing something simply by being alive. In this sense, the actions of living themselves can be understood as what we call an artwork.

Solo Exhibition

Fed２０２６　”いまの連続“（Continuity of Now”）, OGUMAG+, Tokyo

Dec２０２４　”自分から逃げる“（Escaping from Myself）, ATELIER_KONGEN, Kanagawa

Group Exhibition


Aug２０２６　　”The One That Got Away”, Marco gallery, Osaka

Fed２０２６　　”2025 Tokyo Big Six Art Universities Joint Graduation” , National Art Center, Tokyo

Jan ２０２６　　”2025Tama Art University Graduation Works Exhibition” , Tama Art University, Tokyo

Nov２０２５　　”ナナ展”, National Art Center, Tokyo　　

Nov２０２５　　”つまり、つまり、つまってない。〜言葉より先にいた〜”, Tama Art University, Tokyo

Aug２０２５　　　”島を航ぐ”, UMIYA MA GALLERY, Kanagawa

Nov２０２４　　”ナナ展”, National Art Center, Tokyo

Mar２０２４　　　”＋１０６歳”, Silver Salon C, Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan B1, Tokyo

Fed２０２４　　”2023 Tokyo Big Six Art Universities Joint Graduation” , National Art Center, Tokyo

Jan ２０２４　　”2025Tama Art University Graduation Works Exhibition” , Tama Art University, Tokyo

Nov２０２３　　”渦中”, Tama Art University, Tokyo

Aug２０２２　　”わちゃわちゃ”, Room412, Tokyo

Jan２０２３　　”ふれて・はなれて”, ATELIER_KONGEN, Kanagawa

Aug２０２２　　”とぅー２”, KOGANEI ART SPOT Chateau 2F, Tokyo

Feb２０２２　　”とぅー”, Gallery 33 South, Tokyo,

Dec２０２１　　”学生選抜展2021 1次審査通過展”, Gallery美の舎, Tokyo

Sep２０２１　　”・・・展”, Hiroshige Gallery, Tokyo

Jul２０２１　　　”今二人そして二人”, Kawaguchi Comprehensive Cultural Center Lilia (Public Foundation), Saitama

Dec２０２０　　　”学生公募展 WORKS!vol.1″, Gallery美の舎, Tkyo

Aug２０１８　　”すいAtelier”, COMET, Tokyo