Michiko Matsumoto

is a Japanese photographer known for her images of ūman ribu (women's liberation movement) activities.

Biography Michiko Matsumoto was born in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in 1950. In the early 1970s, she attended women's liberation gatherings and published the photographs she took there. In 1978, she published a collection of photographs of the feminist movement titled のびやかな女たち/ Women Come Alive.

In the later 1970s, she travelled to locations including New York and Paris to photograph prominent feminists, artists and dancers. Michiko's work aimed to counter the presentation of women's bodies in mass media and to show community.

She has published 13 books of photography. Her works are in the collections of a number of museums internationally. She is currently based in Tokyo.

Exhibitions Selected solo exhibitions 1974 "Yoko Ono in New York" 3points, Tokyo 1978 "Women Come Alive" Pepe, Tokyo 1978 "In South East Asia" Hankyu Art Gallery, Osaka 1981 "Niki de Saint Phalle" Space Niki, Tokyo 1983 "Portraits of New York Women" Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Sapporo 1986 "Niki de Saint Phalle" Parco SR6, Tokyo 1988 "Portraits ~ Women Artists" Soho Photo Gallery, New York U.S.A 1989 "Portraits of Dancers 1" Gallery Selare, Tokyo 1990 "Portraits of Women Artists" Keihan Art Gallery, Osaka 1990–1998 "Portraits of Dancers 2–5" Gallery Selare, Tokyo 1998 "Dancers" Dentsu Kosan Gallery, Tokyo 1999 "Nicolas Le Rishe in Paris" Gallery Selare, Tokyo 2000 "White on White" Heart & Color, Tokyo 2001 "Ruzimatov in St. Petersburg" Egg Gallery, Tokyo 2002 "Homage to Niki de Saint Phalle" Gallery Colorium,Tokyo, Prinz, Kyoto 2004 "Meditative Body, Awaked City" Gallery 21, Tokyo 2004 "Sessions" Zeit-Foto Salon, Tokyo 2005 "Rose Passion" Gallery Colorium, Tokyo 2007 "Cloths with Soul" Gallery le bain, Tokyo 2007 "Meditative Body — from St. Petersburg" Gallery Tosei, Tokyo 2009 "The Name of Roses" Junkudo, Tokyo 2010 "The Witches Tea Party" (Portraits of Niki de Saint Phalle) Tokinowasuremono, Tokyo 2013 "Les Femmes Artistes" LIBRAIRIE 6 2016 "Portraits " The Museum of Contemporary Art Karuizawa, Nagano

Selected group exhibitions 1987 "Contemporary Japanese Photography" Toured Europe 1988 "Faces of 20th Century by Distinguished Photographers" Asahi Gallery, Tokyo 1990 "Women Photographers" Nikon Salon, New York, 1995 "Objects, faces and Anti-Narratives" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 1998-2000 "Women Photographers from Japan" Toured U.S.A. 2003 "Mon Paris" Gallery 21, Tokyo 2006 "Photographs of Kazuo Oono" Fukushima Photo Museum 2007 "Works from the Photographic Art in Japan" Shanghai Art Museum, China 2008 "Visions des Artistes Feminines" Gallery 21, Tokyo 2008 "Esprit de Paris" Gallery 21, Tokyo 2008 "Vision of America III" Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 2010 "Onna Tachidomaranai Jyoseitachi "(Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography) 2010 "Human Images of 20th Century ~All photographs are portraits~"(Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography)

Publications Nobiyaka onna-tachi ) / Women Come Alive. Tokyo: Hanashi no Tokushū-sha, 1978. Portraits of women Michiko Matsumoto Ballet: 5 September 1981. Singapore: National Theatre Trust, 1981. (in English) Shōzō Nyūyōku no onna-tachi / Portraits of New York women. Tokyo: Tōjusha, 1983. Ochiai Keiko, Matsumoto Michiko no heya / Série Chambre 4. Tokyo: Ōbunsha, 1985. . With Keiko Ochiai. Niki do Sanfāru / Portrait of Niki de Saint Phalle. Tokyo: Parco, 1986. . About Niki de Saint Phalle. Portraits: Josei ātisto no shōjō / Portraits: Women Artists. Tokyo: Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1995. . Dancers: Erosu no shōjō . Kodansha, 1998. Portraits of dancers. Portraits: 54-nin no josei ātisto-tachi . Kyoto: Kyōto Shoin, 1999. . Portraits of 54 women artists. Haretara bara hiyori / Rose Passion. Kyoto: Tankōsha, 2005. . Tamashii no nuno: Monsūn-Ajia 12-jin no josei-sakka-tachi . Tankōsha, 2007. . Portraits of 12 women artists of "monsoon Asia". Yōroppa bara no namae o meguru tabi / The Seven Roses Story. Tokyo: Media Factory, 2009. . "Nippon no Bara"(Japanese Wild Roses)(日本のバラ), Tankosha,2012 "Tokyo Sakura 100 ka "(100 Cherry Blossoms in Tokyo) (東京桜100花), Tankosha,2015 "Sarasa" (Printed Cotton in the World) (更紗), Tankosha,2016

Public collections Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris Museum of Liberty Osaka, Osaka Museum of Josei University, Tokyo Niki Museum, Nasu, Tochigi The National Museum of Modern Art,Tokyo The Museum of contemporary Art Karuizawa,Nagano,Karuizawa Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery,Tokyo