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Lana Matsuyama is a Japanese-American contemporary artist, designer and creative director based in London and New York. Specialising in abstract mixed media paintings and drawings, she aims to retain a sense of minimalism in her work whilst simultaneously creating movement, emotion and complexity through repetition, texture and patina.

Lana's inspiration comes from patterns in nature, ever-changing urban landscapes and Japanese influences such as wabi-sabi. Conceptually, she is interested in exposing the creative process through a practice of layering, adjusting, and building. This is expressed on the canvas in a variety of ways: the application of translucent or fragmented layers, the stacking of different mediums on the same surface, painting over underlying images, and the repetition of incrementally shifting adjacent lines to create forms that are constantly in flux.

Lana studied design, psychology and advertising at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualised Study and graduated with high honors. Professionally, she worked as a designer and strategist at the world's leading online fine art resource as well as an award-winning interactive agency in New York before founding her own studio, Design Pool (wearedesignpool.com), where she now leads a talented team of multi-disciplinary creatives. Lana's expansion into fine art is a natural progression from her background in design; her forms and compositions as well as her process as an artist are informed by her approach to graphic design and digital illustration.


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Sculpture, Balance Series #10, Lana Matsuyama

Balance Series #10

Lana Matsuyama

Sculpture - 9.8 x 9.8 x 5.9 inch

$395

Painting, Process no. 9, Lana Matsuyama

Process no. 9

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 24.8 x 19.3 x 1.6 inch

$1,054

Painting, Formscape no. 50, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 50

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,251

Painting, Walls & Façades Series #5, Lana Matsuyama

Walls & Façades Series #5

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$658

Painting, Formscape no. 56, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 56

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,514

Painting, Formscape no. 57, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 57

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

$1,514

Painting, Formscape no. 52, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 52

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,975

Painting, Formscape no. 53, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 53

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 31.5 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$1,975

Painting, Formscape no. 55, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 55

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,251

Painting, Formscape no. 58, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 58

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,514

Painting, Formscape no. 59, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 59

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,514

Painting, Formscape no. 36, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 36

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,514

Painting, Formscape no. 37, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 37

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$1,514

Painting, Formscape no. 38, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 38

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$1,514

Painting, Formscape no. 39, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 39

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$1,514

Painting, Formscape no. 45, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 45

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,251

Painting, Formscape no. 46, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 46

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,251

Painting, Formscape no. 47, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 47

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,251

Painting, Formscape no. 49, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 49

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 27.6 x 27.6 x 1.6 inch

$1,975

Painting, Formscape no. 35, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 35

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,514

Painting, Formscape no. 34, Lana Matsuyama

Formscape no. 34

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

$1,514

Painting, Process #1, Lana Matsuyama

Process #1

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 15.7 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch

$593

Painting, Walls & Façades Series #8, Lana Matsuyama

Walls & Façades Series #8

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 78.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

$1,975

Painting, Urban Landscape Series #12, Lana Matsuyama

Urban Landscape Series #12

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 28.7 x 28.7 x 1.6 inch

$724

Painting, Process no. 6, Lana Matsuyama

Process no. 6

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 24 x 18.1 x 1.2 inch

$1,054

Painting, Walls & Façades Series #6, Lana Matsuyama

Walls & Façades Series #6

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

$658

Painting, Balance Series #13, Lana Matsuyama

Balance Series #13

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 20.1 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

$593

Painting, Mind Palace no. 8, Lana Matsuyama

Mind Palace no. 8

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 19.3 x 19.3 x 3.1 inch

$790

Painting, Mind Palace no. 9, Lana Matsuyama

Mind Palace no. 9

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 19.3 x 19.3 x 3.1 inch

$790

Painting, Path Series #5, Lana Matsuyama

Path Series #5

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.6 inch

$198

Painting, Walls & Façades Series #4, Lana Matsuyama

Walls & Façades Series #4

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 47.2 x 59.1 x 1.6 inch

$2,634

Painting, Path Series #4, Lana Matsuyama

Path Series #4

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 9.8 x 9.8 x 1.6 inch

$198

Painting, Path Series #3, Lana Matsuyama

Path Series #3

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch

$237

Painting, Balance Series #5, Lana Matsuyama

Balance Series #5

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 23.6 x 16.5 x 1.6 inch

$527

Painting, Ephemera Series #2, Lana Matsuyama

Ephemera Series #2

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 11.8 x 9.8 x 0.8 inch

$329

Painting, Balance Series #8, Lana Matsuyama

Balance Series #8

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 19.7 x 15.7 x 0.8 inch

$461

Sculpture, Balance Series #12, Lana Matsuyama

Balance Series #12

Lana Matsuyama

Sculpture - 7.9 x 7.9 x 5.9 inch

$329

Painting, Walls & Façades Series #10, Lana Matsuyama

Walls & Façades Series #10

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$362

Painting, Walls & Façades Series #11, Lana Matsuyama

Walls & Façades Series #11

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inch

$362

Painting, Walls & Façades no. 18, Lana Matsuyama

Walls & Façades no. 18

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 16.1 x 12.2 x 1.2 inch

$527

Sculpture, Balance Series #9, Lana Matsuyama

Balance Series #9

Lana Matsuyama

Sculpture - 23.6 x 13.8 x 11.8 inch

$6,584

Painting, Urban Landscape Series #6, Lana Matsuyama

Urban Landscape Series #6

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 11.8 x 9.8 x 1.6 inch

$329

Painting, Urban Landscape Series #13, Lana Matsuyama

Urban Landscape Series #13

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 20.1 x 26 x 0.8 inch

$514

Sculpture, Wabi-Sabi Bowl, Lana Matsuyama

Wabi-Sabi Bowl

Lana Matsuyama

Sculpture - 6.7 x 10.6 x 10.6 inch

$230

Painting, Urban Landscape Series #16, Lana Matsuyama

Urban Landscape Series #16

Lana Matsuyama

Painting - 24 x 20.1 x 0.8 inch

Sold

Sculpture, Process #3, Lana Matsuyama

Process #3

Lana Matsuyama

Sculpture - 11.8 x 11.8 x 8.7 inch

Sold

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Who is the artist?

Lana Matsuyama is a Japanese-American contemporary artist, designer and creative director based in London and New York. Specialising in abstract mixed media paintings and drawings, she aims to retain a sense of minimalism in her work whilst simultaneously creating movement, emotion and complexity through repetition, texture and patina.

Lana's inspiration comes from patterns in nature, ever-changing urban landscapes and Japanese influences such as wabi-sabi. Conceptually, she is interested in exposing the creative process through a practice of layering, adjusting, and building. This is expressed on the canvas in a variety of ways: the application of translucent or fragmented layers, the stacking of different mediums on the same surface, painting over underlying images, and the repetition of incrementally shifting adjacent lines to create forms that are constantly in flux.

Lana studied design, psychology and advertising at New York University's Gallatin School of Individualised Study and graduated with high honors. Professionally, she worked as a designer and strategist at the world's leading online fine art resource as well as an award-winning interactive agency in New York before founding her own studio, Design Pool (wearedesignpool.com), where she now leads a talented team of multi-disciplinary creatives. Lana's expansion into fine art is a natural progression from her background in design; her forms and compositions as well as her process as an artist are informed by her approach to graphic design and digital illustration.

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What is Lana Matsuyama’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Colorful Geometric Painters, Swathes of Color