Yokohama Museum of Art
In the early 1980s, Tomatsu had his first international solo exhibition, "Shomei Tomatsu: Japan 1952-1981" shown at thirty venues over three years. He was also included in notable international group exhibitions regarding Japanese art: in 1985, he was one of the main artists in "Black Sun: The Eyes of Four" first shown at the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; in 1994, he was featured in the seminal show "Japanese Art After 1945: Scream Against the Sky" at the Yokohama Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.