Die Faszination für Japan kann man den Arbeiten von Georg Matthes anmerken. Seine Bildsprache und die Ästhetik lassen sich wie eine Biographie lesen. Matthes Wurzeln sind spürbar in der Manga-Welt zu finden. 1972, nach seinem Umzug nach Japan, beginnt er seine Ausbildung bei Ishinomori Shotaro zum Cartoon Zeichner.
In den darauf folgenden Jahren macht er sich in Japan einen Namen als Zeichner mit regelmäßigen Karikaturen und Artikeln in der größten überregionalen Tageszeitung „Yomiuri“.
Der Japanspezialist begibt sich parallel dazu auch in das Filmmetier: er ist als Moderator und Schauspieler im japanischen Fernsehen vor und als Produzent hinter der Kamera aktiv.
Der gebürtige Düsseldorfer startet eine eigene Videoproduktion für modernes Ballett.
Die Tanzwelt wird ihn lange Zeit beschäftigen. Bis heute hat er mehr als 450 Tanzfilme und Filme von Bühnenaufführungen geschaffen.
Seit den 80er Jahren verarbeitet er die Tanzeindrücke nicht nur filmisch sondern auch zeichnerisch in seinen Mangas (Cartoons) und fotografisch. Die Bewegung des Films kombiniert der 1942 geborene Künstler mit der Farbigkeit und den grafischen Elementen aus seiner Manga-Zeit. So hat er seinen eigenen Stil entwickelt, der zugleich plakativ wie auch leicht ist.
Seit 1996 ist Georg Matthes zumindest teilweise wieder zurück in Deutschland mit Ausstellungen unter anderem im Ludwig Forum Aachen, dem Staatlichen Museum in
St. Petersburg, Tivat Montenegro und zahlreichen internationalen Galerien.
Aber Japan ist nicht vergessen. Er produziert Dokumentarfilme über Japan, japanische Ballettaufführungen im Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf, Rockkonzerte zum Japanjahr in Düsseldorf und unterrichtet Jugendliche in der Kunst des Mangazeichnens.
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1942 Born on August 20th in Duesseldorf/Germany
1970 Married to Kazue Kakinuma
1972 Move to Japan
1996 Moving back to Germany for familiar reasons
EDUCATION
1949 Enrollment compulsory school education
1958 Graduation Business School of Commerce
1959 Business training as industrial merchant at E. Muenster
KG in Duesseldorf (now HARIBO)
1961 Trained as Programmer
CAREER
1962 Programmer at RAAB KARCHER, Duesseldorf
1969 Salary accountant (department flight personnel) at
DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG, Hamburg/Germany
1972 Move to Japan
Disciple of Mangaka Ishinomori Shotaro
1974 Affirmation by the German Embassy in Tokyo as a
Freelance Journalist. Foreign correspondent for the German Magazine Blickpunkt Film.
Articles in Japanese Magazines and tabloids
Special periodical "Water" . (mizu)
8 years continuous editorials and illustrations. Articles
and Manga drawings for the nation wide daily published
Newspaper Yomiuri for 6 years, followed by 6 years
editorial work for the Jomo Newspaper, Gunma Japan
0. 1976 MATTHES JIMUSHO, an Import-Export company has been founded. Export ftof wireless radio Carmusen,
Screws and other commodities. Import of German food
and wine
1976 MATTHES PRESS AGENCY and
TV PRODUCTION was established in Tokyo
1976 Coordination BOSTON TV - The Other Sees- Journalists view the USA.
Assignment from Kliebenstein Production Mainz,
LUFTHANSA MAGAZIN- (several issues)
1980 Adviser of the VERBAND DER IMPORTEURE DEUTSCHER NAHRUNGSMITTEL-, President:
Suzuki Zenko (Prime Minister of Japan)
Coordination und mediator between the GERMAN
EMBASSY TOKYO and the Japanese Association
1980 Vice president of NITETSU-KOEI K.K., Yokohama
(Car painting machines).
1981 Mediator between the German Embassy and Prime Minister Suzuki Zenko and the Prime Minister of the State of Bavaria Franz-Joseph Straus in an
extraordinary protocol session
1981 Vice President of NIKKO TRADING, Tokyo,
(Export/Import)
1981 Coordination for the reception of the (CHILDRENS CHOIR WIENERWALD by Premier Minister Suzuki
Zenko
1982 Producer of the 1st. GERMAN MOVIE Festival in
Japan; (Tokyo und Osaka) in coordination with
DAIEI FILM, Tokyo.Tokuma Shoten - Guests: Toshiro Mifune, Helma-Sanders Brahms, Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog
1983 TV-Show Coordinator for MANFRED DURNIOK PRODUCTION, Berlin, Frank Elstner in Tokyo”
Official representative of the FFA- GERMAN MOVIE SUBSIDY and EXPORT-UNION by order of the
Ministry of Economy, Bonn
1984 GERMAN EXHIBITION SHOW in Japan
(Exhibition Nowea, Duesseldorf, Dir.Kurt Schoop) as PR-
Manager and coordinator for the performance of
The Air force Music corps I in Tokyo
Kawagoe/Saitama and elsewhere.
1984 Begin as a TV Journalist. Talk show guest and moderation of regular TV programs such as entertainments and commentary. Several hundreds of TV shows in Japan and Germany
1984 Producer of a photo exhibition from Count LENNART BERNADOTTE (Oncle of the King of Sweden) at the WAKO GALERIE in Tokyo.
1985 Appointive Representative of the Island Mainau
(Lake Bodensee) Count Lennart Bernadotte of Sweden
0. 1982 EXPO TSUKUBA, producer of the GERMAN NATIONAL DAY_ and the CLASSIC ROCK NIGHT_
with EBERHARD SCHOENER and the artists
NINA HAGEN, STING, GARY BROOKER, NICOLAS ECONOMOU, DARIO DOMINGES, THE TOKIO SINFONIE ORCHESTRE by order of ARD-EUROVISION as a live Music broadcast
World Premiere of the 1st simultaneous Satellite
Broadcasting between Japan und the Federal Republic
Of Germany. (BMW Museum Munich)
1986~ TV coverage for ORF-TV Austrian Week attended by the Federal Chancellor of Austria and a special art exhibition with works by Egon Schiele und Gustav Klimt. Coordination for interviews with the Japanese Prime Minister Toshiku Kaifu and business leaders of Japan. (SONY, Mr. Morita, MATSUSHITA/PANASONIC, SUNTORY, TOKUMA PUBLISHING/ TOKIO TIMES
1987 ASAHI TV, serial reportage of the “Romantische Strasse" Germany
1988 FUJI TV Tokyo, coordination “TAMORI WORLD QUIZ”
Coordination of the German contribution for the TOKIO FILMFESTIVAL”
Coordination of the German contribution for the TOKIO MUSIKFESTIVAL
1989 YES YOKOHAMA EXPO_,
1st Presentation of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg Moderation (12 days, twice a day)
2nd. Hamburg presentation and moderation (12 days, twice
a day)
1990 ASAHI TV - Reportage "ESTERN EUROPE IN TRANSITION” DDR, CZECHESLOVAK SOCIALIST REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, POLAND
Interview with OTTO VON HABSBURG about the
future of Europe in an united Germany
TBS Tokyo, moderation of a special broadcast about the
Reunification of Germany
1991 Promoter and attendant of the home affairs committee of the legislative assembly of the state Baden Wuerttemberg (concerning the island of Mainau, lake Bodensee) Familiarization trip to Japan and mediator between Japanese and German Politicians.
1992 Interview with the partner in life of the former spy
RICHARD SORGE in Tokyo for a movie production by
the Manfred Durniok Production, Berlin
1992 Movie series about MODERN DANCE in Japan.
Reportage about MODERN DANCE in Germany
1993 Travel and information gathering to the former DDR
Reportage for FUJI TV Japan
1994 Photo coordinator photo album about JAPAN for DIETER BLUM (Photographer for Marlboro commercials and more.)
1995 Coordinator Movie production MANFRED DURNIOK, BERLIN: "RICHARD SORGE”
1996 Movie production MODERN DANCE”
1997 VOX TV, Cologne, travelogue report about Tokio,
OSAKA AND Yokohama (VOXTOURS, Germany)
Movie series MODERN DANCE_ in Japan
TBS - OSAKA, Reportage about Nuclear Power Plants in Germany
1999 VOX TV 2nd part, OKINAWA, (G 8 Summit)
TV contribution for the event "JAPANESE YEAR”
In Germany
0. 2000 YEAR OF JAPAN IN GERMANY productions for
the General Consulat of Japan in Düsseldorf and the
Japanese Foreign Ministry of Japan and the State of
North Rhine Westphalia a movie festival with
German and Japanese co- productions in close
cooperation with MANFRED DURNIOK
PRODUCTION, Berlin.
MODERN DANCE FROM JAPAN series in cooperation with the tanzhaus nrw in Duesseldorf
Rock concert in at Rheinterrasse Duesseldorf”
with the Japanese band DANCE MAN”
YEAR OF JAPAN IN GERMANY_ final event
Tonhalle Duesseldorf_ with the participation of Kina Shoukichi and Champloose from Okinawa, Japan.
2nd concert Tanzhaus nrw_, Duesseldorf
Honors from the Consul General of the Japanese Embassy and the State of North-Rhine Westphalia for the engagement and selection of the cultural contributions
for the Year of Japan in Germany
2003 Coordination and Produce in Tokyo for the broadcast
JOSE CARRERAS AROUND THE WORLD”
2004 Photo exhibition/Manga, public Museum Tivat, Montenegro
DIETER BLUM: documentary film in the RUSSIAN MUSEUM Of FINE ARTS in St.Petersburg, “Marble palace”
2005 Photo exhibition in the “LUDWIG MUSEUM”, Aachen
Photo exhibition in the “Kunsthaus Oberkassel”, Duesseldorf
Photo exhibition in the “tanzhaus nrw”, Duesseldorf
Photo exhibition in the Russian National Museum in St.Petersburg, Stroganoff Palace
2005 Artists association MALKASTEN– fire side chat about WABI SABI– secrets of the Japanese ethics
and appreciation of arts of the Japanese culture and
Photo exhibition MODERN DANCE by G. Matthes
2006 The National Russian Museum in St. Petersburg acquires
128 photos as preparation for a touring exhibition for the most important museums of the Russian Federation. For
this occasion edition of a photo catalog in 3 languages:
Russian, English, German
. Photo exhibition in the “ GOETHE INSTITUT”
Photo exhibition “KUNSTHAUS OBERKASSEL, Duesseldorf,
Presentation “FINE ART COLOGNE”
PALM 2006 OKINAWA_
Summit meeting of the 17 Pacific Island Nations
under the leadership of the Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
Assignment by the Foreign Ministry of Japan as producer
and artistic designer of the opening program for the
Pacific Summit
Launch of the k.K. MATTHES CORPORATION in Japan
0. 2007 to Exhibitions:
national Museum Budva
Presentation ART Cologne
Kunsthaus Oberkassel, Duesseldorf
art gallery Heidefeld, Krefeld
Kunstverein Guetersloh
VAN HAM Auktionshaus, Koeln
photoexhibition Kunsthaus Oberkassel, Duesseldorf
2. Presentation “FINE ART COLOGNE”
The Matthes Corporation AG.
Zug, Switzerland, establishes the business area: ENERGY
2008
several Photo exibitions
China, Singapore, Thailand, Japan
Kroatien aso..
2009
January:NEW Galerie ARTOBES in Duesseldorf
Opening Photo exhibition Georg Matthes
and Theater Kimono exhibition Kazue Matthes.
February: Photo exhibition GALERIE NERO, Wiesbaden
Updated January 2009
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