# Event Details - **Event Name**: Artist Talk: Tomokazu Matsuyama with Sharon Matt Atkins - **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm – Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for an evening conversation between artist Tomokazu Matsuyama and Sharon Matt Atkins, presented by Liu Shiming Art Foundation.About this EventThe talk is organized as part of the Liu Shiming Art Foundation’s ongoing public programs, which foster conversations on cultural heritage, artistic expression, and the shared languages of art across generations and geographies.​​Matsuyama’s career has been defined by a sustained dialogue between cultures, merging motifs from Japanese visual history, Western painting traditions, global pop culture, and digital aesthetics to reflect the complexity of contemporary identity. Sharon Matt Atkins will trace the arc of this development, from Matsuyama's early years negotiating cultural duality after relocating to the United States, to his increasingly large-scale and public projects that challenge fixed notions of cultural belonging.Placed in conversation with Liu Shiming, a modern sculptor who likewise navigated the interplay of Eastern heritage and Western modernist influence, the discussion will highlight shared concerns around the human figure as a site of cultural storytelling, the reinterpretation of artistic tradition, and the creation of new visual languages rooted in hybridity. While the two artists come from different eras and mediums, both operate from the “in-between,” using art to express fluid identity and global experience.Together, Matsuyama and Atkins will reflect on how Liu Shiming’s emphasis on everyday humanity, cultural synthesis, and artistic independence provides a meaningful framework for understanding the contemporary relevance and impact of Matsuyama’s work today.Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025Time:Doors open: 5:30 PMConversation begins: 6:00 PMDuration: 45 minutes conversation followed by a 15-minute Q&AEvent concludes: 7:30 PMLocation:15 E 40th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10016Free and open to the public. RSVP required as seating is limited.Speakers:Tomokazu MatsuyamaBorn in Gifu, Japan (1976), Tomokazu Matsuyama lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His work spans painting, sculpture, and installation, organically blending and reimagining diverse elements–such as ancient and modern, figurative and abstract, Eastern and Western. His major public works include The Bowery Mural (New York, 2019/2025), Hanao (Tokyo, 2020), and Wheels of Fortune (Tokyo, 2020). Recent exhibitions include FIRST LAST (Azabudai Hills Gallery, 2025), Morning Sun (Edward Hopper House Museum, 2025), Liberation Back Home (SCAD Museum of Art, 2025), and Mythologiques (Venice Biennale, 2024). His works are held in major public and private collections worldwide.Sharon Matt AtkinsAs Deputy Director for Art at the Brooklyn Museum, Sharon Matt Atkins leads the institution’s Art Division. Since joining the Museum in 2009, she has organized and co-organized major exhibitions including JR: Chronicles (2019), Swoon: Submerged Motherlands (2015), and Ai Weiwei: According to What? (2014). Before Brooklyn, she served as Assistant Curator at the Currier Museum of Art and held positions at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Atkins holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from Rutgers University. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/artist-talk-tomokazu-matsuyama-with-sharon-matt-atkins/100001963545283801 - **Event Categories**: art, fine-arts, exhibitions, contests, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: Liu Shiming Art Foundation - **lat**: 40.7518084 - **long**: -73.9806684 - **full address**: Liu Shiming Art Foundation, 15 East 40th Street, New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Artist Talk: Tomokazu Matsuyama with Sharon Matt Atkins - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/56efe1df39a47b84c608f32ed125f13daa57fba5996ee6aadd43b5a0c6aff80f-rimg-w1081-h567-dcffffff-gmir.jpg?v=1762842941 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Artist Talk: Tomokazu Matsuyama with Sharon Matt Atkins being held? - **A:** Artist Talk: Tomokazu Matsuyama with Sharon Matt Atkins takes place on Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 05:30 pm to Thu, 20 Nov, 2025 at 07:30 pm at Liu Shiming Art Foundation, 15 East 40th Street, New York, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Artist Talk: Tomokazu Matsuyama with Sharon Matt Atkins? - **A:** Artist Talk: Tomokazu Matsuyama with Sharon Matt Atkins is organized by Liu Shiming Art Foundation. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Artist Talk: Tomokazu Matsuyama with Sharon Matt Atkins is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in New York, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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