3D & Mixed Mediums

The New Series, Ribbon Reborn Ribbon came in Red and White!

Decorative white frame, inside are curled cream and silver satin ribbons and a white square frame, with some wires.
Red shadow box filled with red and plaid ribbons, some labeled 'Chico Saku', arranged in a decorative manner.

The White one will be exhibited at YWCA in Reborn: Motherhood Exhibition as a collaboration between Art Gallery Association and Mama On Palette from Sep. 16th till 21st in Singapore Gallery Month, 2024! 

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Colorful floral and patterned paper pieces applied to a red wooden door with a maze-like design, with a blue 'SOLD' label across it.

Texture Resilience Pink

Mixed Medium                                                                                                                                                      61cm x 91cm                                                                                                                                                                    2023
Colorful abstract artwork of a red, black, and yellow patterned object on a textured turquoise background with a bright blue 'SOLD' text overlay.

Texture Resilience Eyeglasses

Mixed Medium                                                                                                                                                      91cm x 61cm                                                                                                                                                                    2023
Decorative black triangles and colorful patterned paper triangles arranged on a white canvas.

Texture Resilience Triangles

Mixed Medium                                                                                                                                                      91cm x 61cm                                                                                                                                                                    2023
Colorful spiral abstract painting with vibrant concentric circles.

Dragon Eye (龍の目）

Mixed Medium                                                                                                                                                      91cm x 61cm                                                                                                                                                                    2023
Colorful mosaic tiles with small, round, eye-shaped decorative objects placed on the tiles, some scattered across the blue and yellow tiled surfaces.

Spring in Breadbasket

Mixed Medium                                                                                                                                                      91cm x 61cm                                                                                                                                                                    2023
A colorful abstract painting with a marbled pattern of pink, green, black, white, and gray hues, encased in a silver metallic circle on a teal background. The artist's signature appears at the bottom right corner. The word 'SOLD' is overlaid in light blue and gray letters across the bottom right of the image.

Texture Resilience Maru Blue

Mixed Medium                                                                                                                                                      20cm x 20cm                                                                                                                                                                    2023
Abstract swirl pattern with marbled colors of red, white, black, and beige inside a circular frame on pink background, signed by Kumiko M.

Texture Resilience Pink

Mixed Medium                                                                                                                                                      20cm x 20cm                                                                                                                                                                     2023
Abstract swirling paint inside a gold circular border on an orange background.

Texture Resilience Orange

Mixed Medium                                                                                                                                                      20cm x 20cm                                                                                                                                                                     2023

Resilience Head Won Finalist Award from Art Show International Gallery! (Aug.4, 2022)

Certificate for Finalist Award in the 2022 International Juried Art Competition, presented to Kumiko Matsushima, with a textured yellow background, a small window showing an outdoor scene, and signatures at the bottom, from Art Show International Gallery.
Black sculpture of a human head with gold paint running across the face and head, set against a plain background.

Kintsugi Head Reborn
- Arrival of Resilience Head-

In 2002, I took a class, figure sculpting with clay at 92nd St Y in New York City in 2002.  It was my first sculpture using a live model.  But somebody broke it.  I got shocked, traumatized and stopped making any more sculpture. 

For some reason, I didn't discard it including the small piece of ear torn off from the head all through my moves from New York City to Tokyo, Tokyo to Hong Kong, and Hong Kong to Singapore for as many as 20 years. 

I vaguely got interested in the Japanese traditional technique, Kintsugi with which broken porcelain plates etc. are repaired with lacquer and gold powder.  Coincidentally I had a chance to take an easy Kintsugi using glue and gold powder to repair broken porcelain plates and cups in June.  And I came up with an idea to apply that technique on my broken clay sculpture!  

I carried out the idea finally on July 29th and 30th, 2022.  I made it!!!  The broken sculpture in despair was reborn as a shiny and beautiful sculpture head in black and gold smiling proudly and in a victorious manner!!!

Black sculpture of a human head with a gold paint covering the nose and cheeks.
A damaged marble sculpture of a human face with a large crack running from the forehead to the chin, and a smaller crack on the cheek, against a black background.
Marble sculpture of a human head and face in profile view with curly hair, set against a black background.
Person sculpting a clay bust of a human face in a home studio setting.
A piece of black painted broken clay ear on a crumpled sheet of aluminum foil.
A person wearing a black glove is sculpting a dark-colored bust of a man's head on a worktable, with a lamp and tools in the background.

​Participated in Future Exhibition (Jul 25- Aug 25, 2022)

Glass jar with a gold lid containing colorful pompoms, a beaded chain, and a small black object inside, set against a black background.

Mysterious 1

Mixed Medium
8cm radius X 17cm                                                                                           2022
A small transparent glass jar with a silver screw cap containing a purple fluffy pom-pom attached to a gold and pink twisted string.

Mysterious 2

Mixed Medium
4cm radius X 8cm                                                                                           2020-2022
Certificate of participation awarded to Kumiko Matsushima for virtual art exhibition 'Future,' curated by Beatrice Cordaro and Alessia Perone, featuring signatures of both curators, with purple, black, and white design elements.
A clear capsule bottle with a gold emblem, spilled red gummy bear candies, and an open red and white polka dot container lid.

Great Mother

Mixed Medium                                                                                           2020
Three small jars filled with green, yellow, and red gummy bears, each with a different decorated lid and a label in front with written text.

Old Wise Man, Anima, Great Mother

Mixed Medium
2020
Three bear-shaped jars filled with different colored gummy candies, each with a colorful cloth lid. The first jar has red candies labeled 'Trick or Star,' the second has white candies with Chinese characters, and the third has orange candies labeled 'Anima.'

Trickster, Persona, Animus

Mixed Medium
2020

Response Art

As a part of art therapy training, I had chances to create artwork in response to other people's artwork or material which emerges in the process of art therapy.  Response art is used by art therapists to contain difficult material, express and examine their experiences, and share their experiences with others.  (Partly quoted from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07421656.2012.701594?journalCode=uart20)  This experience also provided me with opportunities to create 3D artwork mainly with mixed medium. 

A colorful patchwork fabric project with two pink and green tube-shaped attachments and pinning tools on a black surface.
Colorful fabric backpack with multiple pockets and patterns, and abstract designs, on a black surface.

Creature of Intersubjectivity

Mixed Medium                                                                                                        2020
A vase holding a colorful arrangement of paper and yarn crafted flowers and bows.

Resilient Flowers

Mixed Medium                                                                                                        2020
A paper chart titled 'Map of Art Therapy' with a large heart shape divided into two parts. The left side, colored yellow and red, lists 'transference,' 'unconscious,' 'awareness,' and 'person.' The right side, pink, includes 'great methods,' 'inter-subjective,' 'voluntary therapy,' and 'old use manual,' with some torn pieces.

Map of Art Therapy

Mixed Medium                                                                                                                              2020
Small glass jar with a silver lid containing a purple pompom and a twisted gold and pink straw.

Mysterious 2

Mixed Medium
4cm radius X 8cm                                                                                           2020-2022
A stuffed doll resembling a human on a black background with pins attached to its body. A label below indicates it is a specimen named Homo Sapience, dated 10/01/2020, from Singapore.

Specimen #33333

Mixed Medium                                                                                                                              2020
A yellow textured fabric on a dark surface, with ribbons attached.

Collective Souls

Mixed Medium
4cm radius X 8cm                                                                                           2020-2022
Collage of colorful cutouts with a woman in a purple and black dress, an American flag, and landscape imagery.

Leftside Right 2020

Mixed Medium                                                                                                                                                      A3                                                                                                                                                                     2020
Abstract collage featuring a woman in a white dress with black hair up, a man in red playing a drum, planets, geometric patterns, and surreal elements.
Collage of various objects including a sunflower, a slice of grapefruit, a green globe, a blue gift box, a lipstick, seashells, glasses of red wine, and a woman with sunglasses and curly black hair.
Decorative collage featuring a woman blowing bubbles, children playing, an airplane, a toy car, and various colorful buildings, with the text 'Children’s Corner'.
Collage of torn and layered colorful paper pieces with patterns and images, including clouds, flowers, and abstract shapes.