Takesada Matsutani (Japanese, b.1937) is a painter, sculptor, and printmaker, belonging to the second-generation group of Gutai artists. Despite the fact that he left Japan in 1966 and went to study in Paris, Matsutani is seen as a true Gutai artist, while also expanding the possibilities of the original Gutai concept. At the age of 17, he joined the atelier of Stanley William Hayter, and spent the next six years working in engraving.

Inspired by glue as a medium, Matsutani is known for his vinyl reliefs, using the technique of blowing air to create bulges, bubbles, and drips on the surface of the canvas. Since 1979, the artist has regularly exhibited in galleries and museums around the world, including the Musée de Louvain-la-Neuve in France, the Galerie Eugen Lendl in Graz, the Ishiyacho Gallery in Kyoto, the Don Soker Gallery in San Francisco, the Cairns Regional Gallery in Australia, and Hauser & Wirth in London. His work is part of the permanent collections of institutions such as the Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University, the Museum of Art in Lodz, the Museum of Contemporary Arts in Helsinki, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.