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About Me
Edi Matsumoto
Edi Matsumoto was born and raised in Japan. Her maternal great-grandfather was a traditional Japanese artist who painted birds, flowers, and snow-capped mountains using an ink brush technique. She grew up in an environment where art was valued. Her interest in art was cultivated at an early age.
Edi Matsumoto holds a bachelor's degree in anthropology from Tsukuba University in Japan. After traveling around Southeast Asia exploring cultures and volunteering at the Mother Theresa’s Home for the Dying Destitutes in Calcutta, India, she came to the U.S. She earned a Master's degree in Nursing, and she has worked in the healthcare field for nearly thirty years.
Encouraged by her husband, Fred, who saw her sketch (left bottom) from 20 years prior, Matsumoto began taking art classes at a community college. In 2018, she earned her second Master's degree in Fine Art from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
Matsumoto’s work has won numerous awards and has been shown at galleries and museums locally, nationally and internationally including the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, the Triton Museum of Arts in Santa Clara, and Pacific Grove Art Center among others. Her work has been shown in the prestigious Fine Art Conoisseur and American Art Collector magazines among others.
Matsumoto divides her time between working on her own creative activity and coaching others to discover their creativity.
Awards:
2023
Special Recognition Art Award, The Healing Power of Elements, New York.
World Art Awards, http://www.americanartawards.com/
Medmic, https://medmic.com/at-the-end-of-the-day/ Nurses Guild https://nursesguild.com/a-life-in-my-hand-painting/
2022
6th place, American Art Awards, Someone Famous https://www.americanartawards.com/2022-winning-art-artist-contacts-cats-31-40/
1st place, Medmic, https://medmic.com/congratulations-to-our-summer-painting-contest-winners/
2021
Spring Salon Online Exhibition, Finalist, International Guild of Realism, February
ARC Salon, Semi-Finalist in Portrait Division, Art Renewal Center, NJ
2020
Asian Subject 5, &6th place, Human Realism, 2nd place, Spiritual 6th place, American Art Awards, Hollywood, CA Represent,
Finalist, See Me, New York, NY
Women Artists Making Their Mark, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA
The Healing Power of Art in Isolation, Siy Gallery, San Francisco, CA Spring Online Juried show, American Women Artists, August
Top 15% Bold Brush Painting Competition in April/June/August, FASO
2019
ARC Salon, Finalist in Portrait Division, Art Renewal Center, NJ 2nd place, Bay Area Masters Exhibition, Peninsula Museum of Art, Burlingame, CA
2nd place, Realism – Human, Category 34, American Art Awards, Hollywood, CA 3rd place, Portrait of Someone Not Famous, Category 32, American Art Awards, Hollywood, CA
Top 15% Bold Brush Painting Competition in April and May, FASO
Celebrating Genius of the Women, Women in the Arts, Orlando Public Library, Orlando, FL
2018
Expressions of Clinician Well-Being Art Show, Top 30 artists, National Academy of Medicine, Washington, DC
Honorable Mention, Health Equity, Monterey County Health Department, Salinas, CA
2017
Honorable Mention, Sustainable Art, Monterey County Health Department, Salinas, CA
2016
Top 15% Bold Brush Painting Competition, FASO
2015
Honorable Mention, Big Blue Life Paint Out Monterey, Monterey Bay Plein Air Painter
2013
Top 15% Bold Brush Painting Competition, FASO
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2023
In Full Bloom, Venture Gallery, Monterey, CA
2022
Japonica, Venture Gallery, Monterey, CA
2021
Goddesses and Warriors, Visual art and Haiku poetry, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
2020
Goddesses and Warriors, Visual art and Haiku poetry, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA
2018
Lives in Our Hands, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA Selected
Juried Group Exhibitions:
2023
Fall Online Salon, International Guild of Realism
The Healing Power of Elements ~ Earth, Water, Air & Fire Online exhibition, Manhattan Arts International, NYC, NY Salon at the Triton 2023, Santa Clara, CA Portraits 2023, International Online Group Exhibition, Gallerium, Canada
2022
Celebrating the Genius of Women, Women in the Arts, Google Arts & Culture.
2021
Celebrating the Genius of Women, women in the Arts, https://www.womeninthearts.org/digital-exhibition
Cancer: Never Give up-2021, Bifarin Services https://www.biafarin.com/p/badges.html?ARID=2440602000182867995&CNTID=2440602000183682659&TPII=ArtworkSales&CNTIDII=2440602000182915431
2020
Healing Power of Art in Isolation Juried Show, top 20, SIY Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Summer Juried Show, realART, Sylvia White Gallery, Agoura Hills, CA Spring Online Juried Show, American Women Artists, Spring Salon Online Exhibition, International Guild of Realism
2019
Celebrating Monterey County, Monterey County Health Department, Salinas, CA
Salinas Valley Arts and Culture, CSUMB Center for Arts and Culture, Salinas, CA The 2nd Half: Over 50 show 2019, Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
The Affordable Art Week in April and May, SeeMe, Manhattan, NY
2018
Expressions of Clinician Well-Being Permanent Pop-Up Gallery, National Academy of Medicine, Washington, DC
Health Equity, Monterey County Health Department, Salinas, CA Growth, Emerging Artists Alliance of Monterey, Monterey, CA
2017
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA Celebrating Monterey County, Government Building, Salinas, CA Sustainable Art, Monterey County Health Department, Salinas, CA
2015
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Monterey County Show, Transportation Agency, Salinas, CA Childhood Memory, Monterey County Health Department, Salinas, CA
2014
Celebrating Monterey County, Government Building, Salinas, CA Health is Our Right, Monterey County Health Department, Salinas, CA
2013
Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Living in Monterey County, Government Building, Salinas, CA
2006
Student Art Show, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
Public Art:
2023
Princess Poodle, the Dogs of Carmel, the Carmel Chamber of Commerce, Carmel, Ca
2022
Seas the Day, the Heart of Carmel Project, the Carmel Chamber of Commerce, Carmel, CA
2021
Rustic Charm of Carmel, the Heart of Carmel Project, leadership Carmel, Carmel, CA
Publications:
2023
American Artwork, Berkeley, CA
Pointe of Art, Carmel, CA
2022
Google Arts and Culture https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/bugeisha-edi-matsumoto/LAEYstfsoofgyg?fbclid=IwAR3ZaM21d5fzpZNBa42SYPIdYeiSf4BeyP0NNfk2fAqBOreIszk4H7yaYrg https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/wounded-healer-edi-matsumoto/BQGVnLbsdet0tw?fbclid=IwAR0xjbHkTaKcQKd75iCGI9K2Fq0hsyz5D5mYHEoFNArp88cT30VSyR2bdZI
Emotions 2022 by Gallerium https://www.gallerium.art/p/emotions-2022.html?TP=poster&name=edi-matsumoto
2021
21 Figure Paintings You Must See by Max Gillies, Fine Art Connoisseur, November 12,
2020
https://fineartconnoisseur.com/2020/11/contemporary-figure-paintings/ Contemporary Ukiyo-e Interpreted by Edi Matsumoto, www.ny-artnews.com https://www.artdealerstreet.com/single-post/contemporary-ukiyo-e-interpreted-by-edi-matsumoto See|Me Editorial A Broad canvas Edi Matsumoto, https://www.see.me/a-broad-canvas//interview-with-edi-matsumoto A Nurse Turned Artist, Monterey County Weekly https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/entertainment/art/a-nurse-turned-artist-celebrates-strong-beautiful-women-in-her-new-exhibit-goddesses-and-warriors/article_fa5f06a6-3201-11ec-8570-6b36b1ce78ed.html 2020
Bugeisha, featured in Go Figure in Fine Art Connoisseur, Dec. 2020 Concentration, American Art Collector magazine, Apr. 2020
2019
Tough Decision, cover image for Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Mar. 2019 Concentration, featured as a finalist of ARC salon, in Fine Art Connoisseur, Oct. 2019
2018
Tough Decision, image of healthcare workers burnout, WebMD, Medscape website
Lives in Our Hands, www.Blurb.com
Tough Decision, Expressions of Clinician Well-Being Permanent Digital Gallery, National Academy of Medicine, Washington, DC http://nam.edu/expressclinicianwellbeing/#/
Selected Lectures:
2023
Art as a Healing Tool for Nurses, Department of Human Development Nursing Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois, Chicago IL
2020
Grand Rounds, Healing Art for Burnout Prevention, Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Monterey, CA
2019
Art as a Healing Tool, Women Leaders in Diabetes Conference, San Francisco, CA
Gallery:
2021 Venture Gallery, Monterey
