Morio MATSUI / 松井守男

【Profile】Morio MATSUI
I was born in Toyohashi, Aichi. I studied at the Musashino College of Fine Art in Tokyo. 
In 1967, I moved to Paris, France, on a French government scholarship.
I continued my studies at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
And I was heavily influenced by encounter with Pablo Picasso. 
I have been based in Corsica on the occasion of my solo exhibition at the Fesch Museum in 1997. 
I was awarded the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2000, and France's Legion of Honour in 2003.