I am a Japanese artist and now working in Tokyo. To me, the creatures I invented are essential to realise what I want to do in the field of expression; they would grow in proportion as I explore my interests.
I am a Japanese artist and now working in Tokyo. To me, the creatures I invented are essential to realise what I want to do in the field of expression; they would grow in proportion as I explore my interests.
Qualifications and training
2008 - MA Art Practice: Fine art (with Distinction), Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
1998 - Certificate in Scenography and Display, The Junior College of Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Solo exhibitions
2015 - Capture the moment, Creative Space MITSUME, Tokyo, Japan
2014 - The works so far…, Machida City Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2013 - mind / heart : right / light, Gallery WADA Tokyo, Japan
2012 - Trait d'union 21 "Drift into Time - Maiko Kobayashi Works on Paper", Galerie Omotesando, Tokyo
2011 - MIND in a Gap, Galerie OMOTESANDO, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - Sorrows of Life, ROPPONGI HILLS A/D GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - ID, L MD Gallery, Paris, France 2009 - Vale of Tears, hpgrp GALLERY TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan
Group exhibitions
2013 - Machida Connection "Born After 1970", Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2012 - FIELD OF NOW 2012, Ginza Yokyo Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2011 - If We Hold On Together, Shun Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
2011 - MOVE!, L MD Gallery, Paris, France
2011 - VOCA – The Vision of Contemporary Art 2011, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2010 - Salon du dessin contemporain 2010, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
Curated projects
2012 - KEEP A BREAST - Tokyo Love Show, Omotesando Hills Grand stairwell , Tokyo
Publications
2011 - Nouvelle Garde de l’Art contemporain japonais
2007 - WARRIORS OF ART
