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Matzu MTP - The Vitals

Age: 27
/>Hometown: Tokyo Japan
Where do you now live?:
BKln, NYC
How long have you been creating street art?:
I cant define when my start is..
What did you do last
night?: Trying to figure things out for my new painting
/>What is your favorite thing to eat for dinner?: Japanese
food
Who is your favorite fictional character?: Reluctant
Warrior
What do you currently have in your pockets?: I
have this rent which I have to pay
If you were given “more time,”
what would you do with it?: I d probably still think I need more
time.
Who do you love?: Yuca.

Matzu MTP - The A’s to Our Q’s:

Wooster: How did you get started
in creating art for the street?

Matzu MTP: I never
thought my paintings are just merely for the street, but pretty much it just
happening like everybody else. scribbring in notebooks and textbooks.

/>Wooster: How would you describe your style?

/>Matzu MTP: I am trying to lose the boarder between western
urban aesthetic and Japanese traditional aesthetic.

Wooster:
What other street artists do you most admire and why?

/>Matzu MTP: Doze, Skwerm, Kenjamight. their works are always
evolving.

Wooster: What’s your favorite city,
neighborhood, or block, to post and/or to see street art?

/>Matzu MTP: NYC is a great place to see any type of art in
general. really keeps me motivated.

Wooster: What
inspires you now?

Matzu MTP: Artworks itself do
inspire me alot but I feel its more from the artist. When I meet and get to
know them it really inspires me to see how the artists concept are being
practiced into visual forms.

Wooster: What are you
currently working on?  Can you give us a sneak peek?

Matzu
MTP: I am working on new paintings for the coming Levi s solo show
“Asian Aesthetic Consumerism”. I m emphasizing more on dealing with traditional
Japanese element and medium than before. My goal of this show is to introduce
new perspective of Japanese art. The opening is on 29th of Jan, all I can show
you for now is the image of the flyer, but stop by if you have time.

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