Biography

San Diego State University- Bachelor of Arts- Fine Art: painting, printmaking and photography, minor- Communications: Television, Film and New Media, 1998

Digital Media Certificate, Digital Communication and Media/ Multimedia, San Diego Continuing Education, 2016

Terry Matsuoka’s formal schooling is as a visual artist.  He studied painting at San Diego State University under renowned artists Janet Cooling, Richard Baker and Gail Roberts.  Matsuoka began painting figurative works with an emphasis on concept and formal matters.  His subject matter concentrated on everyday tacit mundane situations that Americans experience that are unique to contemporary life.  To make his commentary on these situations, he drew from art history in the way of Baroque and Pop Art references.   

Since this time, Matsuoka has also been doing commissioned fine art and also commercial work.  He has shown his work at Central Saint Martins in London, Art Around Adams, the San Diego Art Institute, San Diego State University, and Sony ArtWalk. 

He has always been influenced by figurative artists like Edgar Degas, Eduoard Manet and Wayne Thiebaud.  Lately, Matsuoka has been growing increasingly interested in “low-brow” and Pop-Art styles and artists such as Audrey Kawasaki, Banksy, Mark Ryden and Jean-Michel Basquiat.  His latest work reflects this with more whimsical subject matter and visually dynamic compositions. 

Matsuoka has taught art for over 17 years at the Army and Navy Academy and Mira Costa College. 

To commission or purchase the work of Terry Matsuoka, please contact the artist at crunchysandwich@gmail.com . You can also hire Terry to do live art at your event.

Exhibitions   

Solo Shows 

"The Figure",  Kadan, Art Around Adams, Normal Heights, San Diego, CA, November 2004

"Handmade", Glashaus Gallery, Barrio Logan, San Diego, CA, February 2015, in conjunction with Kaori Fukuyama "Color of Light"

Group Shows 

"Printmaking", Flor Y Canto University Art Gallery at San Diego State University, April 1998, with Jason Sherry among other artists

"San Diego Art Institute Show", Sony Artwalk, Little Italy, San Diego, CA, April 1998

"Still Wet", Flor Y Canto University Art Gallery at San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, May 1998

"Juried Exhibition", San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, July 1998

"Juried Exhibition", San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, September 1998

"Student Aspirations", R.I.Q. Gallery, Market st. Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, CA, November 1998, curator Eric Wong

"Juried Exhibition", San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, December 1998, juror Doug Pratt

"Juried Exhibition", San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, January 1999, juror Arthur Ollman

"Art of Word", R.I.Q. Gallery, Market st. Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego, CA, March 1999, curator Eric Wong

"San Diego Art Institute Show", Sony Artwalk, Little Italy, San Diego, CA, April 1999

"Southern California Regional Exhibition", San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, May 1999, juror Neil Kendricks

"C-Note", San Diego Art Institute, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA, July 1999

"Common Ground", San Diego Asian Film Festival, San Diego, CA, October 2008

"North Park Nights Asia", Ray At Night, North Park, San Diego, CA, December 2008

"Basic Tuesdays by Schugariver", Basic, East Village, San Diego, CA, April 2009

"Common Ground", San Diego Asian Film Festival, October 2009

Curator 

Common Ground- art show of the San Diego Asian Film Festival, San Diego, California 2008

North Park Nights Asia, Crunchy Sandwich and Silk Road Art Show at Ray at Night, San Diego, California, December 2008

Common Ground- art show of the San Diego Asian Film Festival, San Diego, California 2009

Common Ground- art show of the San Diego Asian Film Festival, San Diego, California 2010

Membership 

Toms artist collective, national, 2013- present

San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California, 1998-2001

National Art Educators Association, national, 2018- present