Hiroyuki Masuyama

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Hiroyuki Masuyama
Born (1968-07-28) 28 July 1968 (age 55)
Tsukuba, Japan
NationalityJapanese
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Website art.hiroyukimasuyama.com

Hiroyuki Masuyama (born 28 July 1968) is a Japanese photographer and artist.

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Early life and education

Masuyama was born in Tsukuba, Japan on 28 July 1968. He graduated from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1991 and undertook postgraduate studies in mural painting at the same school from 1991 to 1993. From 1995 to 1999, Masuyama studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under a DAAD scholarship. He studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne from 1999 to 2001. [1] [2]

Career

Masuyama's work involves digital editing to combine numerous photographs into a composite image, with a focus on reproducing historical landscape art. [3] His work has been featured in many galleries and museums, including the Alte Nationalgalerie, [4] the Kallmann-Museum  [ de ], [5] and the Messner Mountain Museum. [3]

Masuyama has been based in Düsseldorf, Germany, since 2001. [1]

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References

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