Tomokazu Matsuyama is a Japanese artist currently based in New York. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Communications Design from Pratt Institute. Matsuyama’s work is reflective of his multi-cultural background (Japanese and American), in which he blends together both Eastern and Western aesthetics. His art draws influences from Edo- and Meiji-period Japanese art, classical Roman art, classical Greek art, French Renaissance painting, post-war contemporary art, and the visual language of global, popular culture as embodied by mass media.