Simone Catania ha ideato diversi video digitali nei quali si vedono sagome di persone che passeggiano, si fermano, saltano e infine volano in uno spazio virtuale totalmente bianco, e costruisce con il ritmo e con la composizione visiva un equilibrio basato meticolosamente sulla legge matematica della sezione aurea. Un’idea semplice, alla quale l’artista ha voluto dare il nome di “Pubbliche Relazioni”, a causa della mancanza d’interazione e di comunicazione fra i personaggi che popolano lo spazio virtuale.

Born(1953) in Kobe city, Japan. I studied drawing and painting at the Art Institute of Osaka Municipal Museum of Art and have exhibited in many solo shows and group exhibitions.

I love oil paint, it's texture, viscosity, slow-drying time and smell. I paint abstract. I never know what it is going to be until it's complete. When I start to paint, I always put some colours on the canvas without thinking. My choice of colours is often accidental or intuitive. I try to catch the chance meeting of colour with composition. Sometimes I get lost, and then other times I find myself walking along a path that brings me back to where I belong. Abstract is for me a concrete way to share an inner sense, place and time with you directly and deeply.

Duo Exhibition "OUR HOUSE" Hiroshi Matsumoto x Yoshimi Kamimoto
11/25/2012 - 12/01/2012 Gallery NOMA, Hyogo, Japan

NOMA Gallery & Shop "NOMAMISE AUTUMN"
9/28/2012 - 9/30/2012 Gallery NOMA, Hyogo, Japan

NOMA Gallery & Shop "NOMAMISE SUMMER"
7/6/2012 - 7/8/2012 Gallery NOMA, Hyogo, Japan

NOMA Gallery & Shop "NOMAMISE SPRING"
3/30/2012 - 4/1/2012 Gallery NOMA, Hyogo, Japan

NOMA Gallery & Shop 6 "NOMAMISE"
12/16/2011 - 12/18/2011 Gallery NOMA, Hyogo, Japan

Group Exhibition "Japan Live"
12/03/2011 - 12/18/2011 Il Ramo d'Oro, Napoli, Italy


NOMA Gallery & Shop 5 "NOMAMISE Autumn"
09/17/2011 - 09/19/2011 Gallery NOMA, Hyogo, Japan

New show of Three Ravens Gallery
08/05/2009 - 08/07/2011 Edison, WA, U.S.

NOMA Gallery & Shop 4 "NOMAMISE"
06/17/2011 - 06/19/2011 Gallery NOMA, Hyogo, Japan

Group Exhibition "Background noise - Rumore di fondo"
05/07/2011 - 05/22/201 Il Ramo d'Oro, Napoli, Italy

Group Exhibition "HEARTBEAT"
04/09/2011 - 04/22/2011 Il Ramo d'Oro, Napoli, Italy

CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION 2011 in Islamabad
'United - in the Age of Dialogue' RASTAY
04/05/2011 - 04/08/2011 National Art Gallery, Islamabad, Pakistan

NOMA Gallery & Shop 3 "NOMAMISE"
03/18/2011 - 03/20/2011 Gallery NOMA, Hyogo, Japan


Group Exhibition "Thumbhole"
12/16/2010 - 12/28/2010 Il Ramo d'Oro, Napoli, Italy

Group Exhibition "Thumbhole"
12/16/2010 - 12/28/2010 Gallery Edel , Hyogo, Japan

NOMA Gallery & Shop 2 "NOMAMISE"
12/17/2010 - 12/19/2010 Il Ramo d'Oro, Napoli, Italy

NOMA Gallery & Shop 1 "NOMAMISE"
10/02/2010 - 10/03/2010 Gallery NOMA, Hyogo, Japan

Group Exhibition "Thumbhole"
07/22/2010 - 08/03/201 Gallery Edel , Hyogo, Japan

Duo Exhibition "Hiroshi Matsumoto x Natsuo Ikegami"
06/13/2010 - 06/19/2010 -Opening Special exhibition- Gallery NOMA, Hyogo, Japan


Group Exhibition "ASIAN OVERVIEW 2010"
01/16/2009 - 01/31/2010 Il Ramo d'Oro, Napoli, Italy

Group Exhibition "BEAUTIFUL ELSEWHERE" International exhibition of contemporary art
11/23/2009 - 12/03/2009 Universita' degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope" Villa Doria D'Angri Via Petrarca, 80, Napoli ,Italy

Preview of Three Ravens Gallery
10/30/2009 - 11/01/2009 Ardmore, PA, U.S.

Group Exhibition "ASIAN OVERVIEW ROME 2009" Exhibition of artists from Italy and Far East
06/10/2009 - 06/24/2009 Villa De Santis Via Casilina corner Via Gordiani, Rome, Italy

Group Exhibition "Asian collection"
02/14/2009 - 02/28/2009 Il Ramo d'Oro, Napoli, Italy, Napoli, Italy

Group Exhibition Sentieri del pensiero / Paths of thought"(2 abstract works)
11/07/2008 - 11/16/2008 Sala delle terrazze, Castel dell'Ovo, Napoli, Italy
organizedby Il Ramo d'Oro

Solo Show "Hiroshi Matsumoto"
02/25/2006 - 03/07/2006 Gallery Okumura, Shizuoka

Solo Show "Hiroshi Matsumoto"
02/25/2006 - 03/05/2006 Sun Art, Shizuoka


Solo Show "Hiroshi Matsumoto"
12/03/2005 - 12/18/2005 Seo Cornici Kuwana-City, Mie

Solo Show "Hiroshi Matsumoto"
06/17/2005 - 06/26/2005 Gallery Kawanaka, Miyazaki

Duo Exhibition "Emi Hiramatsu+Hiroshi Matsumoto"
05/12/2005 - 05/31/2005 Pushpin Gallery, Shizuoka

Baekwoon Art Festival
10/09/2004 - 10/11/2004 Uiwang-City. Korea

Mixed Exhibition "Five Portions
09/12/2004 - 09/30/2004 gallery tohrei, Osaka

Mixed Exhibition "Four Portions "
04/07/2003 - 04/12/2003 GALLERY NAW, Osaka

Solo Show "Recollections"
10/02/2002 - 10/27/2002 GALLERY Tomoe, Hyogo

Mixed Exhibition "Q+"
May, 2001 Gendai Zaro, Osaka

Solo Show "Time passes slowly"
Oct, 1999 GALLERY Tomoe, Hyogo