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Osamu Kobayashi’s work is reductive in form, often compositionally centered, and employ a spontaneous and intuitive array of colors, shapes, and textures.
About Osamu Kobayashi
Osamu Kobayashi (b. 1984, Columbia, SC) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He has exhibited widely in the US and abroad including solo exhibitions at Underdonk Gallery in Brooklyn, NY; A+B Gallery in Italy; Mindy Solomon Gallery in Miami, Fl; and LA Artcore in LA, California.
He has participated in group exhibitions at the Lissone Contemporary Art Museum, Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery at Stony Brook University, the Bronx River Art Center, and the Columbia Museum of Art. In 2013, Kobayashi was awarded the Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Purchase Fund from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 2021, he was awarded a NYFA Artist Fellowship. His work has been reviewed by Artsy, Whitewall Magazine, Artcritical, and Hyperallergic among other publications.
Osamu Kobayashi CV
EDUCATION
2006
BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005
New York Studio Residency Program, New York
SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Lost Stranger, BEERS London, London, UK
On Apparition, Hollis Taggart, New York, NY
2023
Foreign Relations, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami
2021
Hand in Hand, LA Art Core, Los Angeles
2020
Floating Head, A+B Gallery, Brescia, Italy
2018
Noontide, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami At Sea, A+B Gallery, Brescia, Italy
2017
Mound, 701 CCA, Columbia, SC
2016
Woogie, curated by Chris Bertholf, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
OK!, A+B Gallery, Brescia, Italy
Osamu Kobayashi, Pulse Art Fair, Mindy Solomon Gallery, New York
2014
Watch Paint with Osamu Kobayashi, Gallery 80808, Columbia, SC, curated by Shigeharu Kobayashi
2013
62 Miles Above Sea Level, Greenwich House, New York
2012
Maze Haze, A+B Gallery, Brescia, Italy
2011
Squarish, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Contemporary Selections, Hollis Taggart, New York, NY
2023
Of the Past and Present, Hollis Taggart, New York, NY
Shapeshifting, Hollis Taggart, New York, NY
Buddy System III, Deanna Evans Projects, New York
Library, Tappeto Volante Projects, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Glenn Goldberg
Emerging Abstraction: Çiğdem Aky and Osamu Kobayashi, Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2022
Kurobikari, THE SHOPHOUSE, Hong Kong
Shape Shifting, Hollis Taggart, Southport, CT
Contemporary Istanbul, Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
XX: Twenty Year Exhibition, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York
Art Basel, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
Osamu Kobayashi and Simon Laureyns, Art Brussels, A+B Gallery, Brussels
Variants: Osamu Kobayashi and Jason Stopa, One River School, Allendale, NJ
New Beginnings, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong
2021
Dirimart Sunar VIII, Dirimart Gallery, Izmir, Turkey
Contemporary Istanbul, Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
La Banda, Tappeto Volante Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Reorientation, Artists in the Pandemic, ATP Gallery, New York, curated by Nozomi Rose
I and the Me, THE SHOPHOUSE, Hong Kong
Float… Fly… Transcend, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, curated by The Fuel and Lumber Company
2020
Osamu Kobayashi and Francesco De Prezzo, Spazio Leonardo, Milan
15 -> The Waiting Hall, A+B Gallery, Brescia, Italy
Palazzo Monti: Transatlantico, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
This is Where a Line Begins, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami
Endless Summer, Dickinson Gallery, New York
Art Drive-In Generali, Bresica, Italy, curated by Associazione Bellearti
Art Brussels, A+B Gallery, Brussels
In Pursuit of a Meaningful Mark, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, curated by Jason Stopa
2019
Artissima, A+B Gallery, Turin, Italy
Beirut Art Fair, WIP Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Osamu Kobayashi and Elisa Lendvay, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Impressions, Cydonia Gallery, Dallas
Plush Paint: Osamu Kobayashi, Susan Carr, and Jason Stopa, Next to Nothing Gallery, New York
WIP Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Hyperlight, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Sam Bornstein
2018
Code Art Fair, A+B Gallery, Copenhagen
The Unlikely Whole, ArtYard, Frenchtown, NJ, curated by Lucinda Warchol
Private Practice, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Osamu Kobayashi and Erica Prince, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York
2017
Pulse Art Fair, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami
Seattle Art Fair, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Seattle
Underdonk Selects 2017, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Smaller Beckons II, Tapp’s Arts Center, Columbia, SC, curated by Caitlin Bright
The Twenty by Sixteen Biennial, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, curated by Geoffrey Young
My Kid Could Do That, Red Bull Arts New York, New York, organized by Project Art
2016
Premio Lissone, Lissone Contemporary Art Museum, Lissone, Italy
Studio Jamz II, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Peter Schenk
Big and Bold: Selections from the Collection, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC Osamu Kobayashi and Paul Pagk, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami
Drishti: A Concentrated Gaze, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, curated by Elizabeth
Heskin and Patricia Spergel
Head Space, Morris Gallery, New York, curated by Amanda Church, Kim Uchiyama and Izam Zwahara
Art Wynwood, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami 2015 Underdonk Selects
2015
Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
I Am What I Am Not Yet, A Survey of Brooklyn’s Moment, Madelyn Jordan Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY, curated by Diana Buckley
1st Annual Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition, Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, curated by Xuewu Zheng and Hayoon Jay Lee
Paintings in Trees, The People’s Garden, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Ben La Rocco, Linnea Paskow, and Ben Pritchard
Arte Fiera, A+B Gallery, Bologna, Italy
2014
Art Miami, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami
Triangles, Ventana 244, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Melissa Staiger
Form and Facture: New Painting and Sculpture from New York, Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony
Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, curated by Karen Levitov
Premio Lissone, Lissone Contemporary Art Museum, Lissone, Italy
My Big Fat Painting, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, curated by Rick Briggs
(e)merge, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Washington, DC
Texas Contemporary, Solomon Gallery, Houston
Art Southampton, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Southampton, NY
Summer Garden, Onishi Project in collaboration with Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York Art Market Hamptons, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Do It Yourself, 3rd Ward Building, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Justine Frischmann, organized by Julie Torres
By Invitation Only 3, Kinz + Tillou Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Renée Riccardo (Recent Acquisitions), Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
Arte Fiera, A+B Gallery, Bologna, Italy
Osamu Kobayashi, Björn Meyer-Ebrecht, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
Shrink It, Pink It, Cathouse FUNeral, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Diana Buckley and Irena Jurek Solstice Synergy, Mahlstedt Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
2013
Location, Location, Location, President Clinton Projects, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Sun You Together: Surviving Sandy, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Phong Bui
By the Seat of Our Pants, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
Endless Summer, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, curated by Gary Petersen
Oltre Il Pensiero. Quattordici Ricerche Attraverso La Materia, A+B Gallery at Palazzo Guaineri delle Cossere, Brescia, Italy
Phaedo, Storefront Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Collective Show NY – MX, Neter, Mexico City, Mexico
Honors and Awards Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York Invitational Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
Phasmes, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, Italy
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Miami Project, Boltax Gallery, Miami
The Others: Art Fair, A+B Gallery, Turin, Italy
Finite Infinity, Greenwich House, New York, curated by Irena Jurek and Diana Buckley Upside Downturn, HKJB, Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Canada
In Dialogue, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, Italy
A Valuation, Alexander Clark & Friends, New York
Brucennial 2012, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York
The Question of Their Content, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, curated by Carly Silverman
MIC:CHECK (occupy), Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011
December Store: Multiples and Small Works, .NO, New York
Aqua Art Miami, Boltax Gallery, Miami
Painting Club Selected Works, Exit Art, New York
So Happy Together, Notre Maar, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Julie Torres
Temporary Antumbra Zone, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Elisa Soliven and JJ Manford
Abiding Abstraction, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY, curated by Jacob Ouillette
Painting Club, Exit Art, New York, organized by Herb Tam
The Working Title, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY, organized by Progress Report Apocalypse Now, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010
First Exit to Brooklyn, North 8th St., Brooklyn, NY, curated by Julie Torres
Nurture Art Benefit, ZieherSmith, New York
Analytic Spree, Apartment Show, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Sam Bornstein
Dance Ghost, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Elisa Soliven
The Brucennial, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York
Portable Caves, HKJB, Queens, NY
MICA Alumni Exhibit, Spattered Columns, New York
It’s a Wonderful Tenth, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Party at Chris’s House, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Phong Bui, Lotto Blotto, Apartment Show, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Roger Van Voorhees
25 Painters Under 35, The Painting Center, New York, curated by Ryan Cobourn
Personal Abstraction, HKJB, Brooklyn, NY
Small Scale, Big Ambition, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, curated by Jessica Bottalico
2008
Nurture Art Benefit, James Cohen Gallery, New York
2007
Square Foot Show, Gotham Art, New York
Groundswell Benefit, 511 Gallery, New York
Brackish Waters, Studio 308, New York
2006
Senior Thesis Exhibition, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
2005
Scurrying About in Grandeur, New York Studio Residency Program, New York
NYSRP exhibition, Parsons School of Design, New York
AWARDS
2023
Residency with A+B Gallery, Brescia, Italy 2022 Residency with A+B Gallery, Brescia, Italy
2021
NYFA Artist Fellowship
2020
Residency with A+B Gallery, Brescia, Italy
2019
The Lepsien Foundation Residency Grant, Düsseldorf, Germany
2017
Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program 2017-2018
701 Center for Contemporary Art Residency Program, Columbia, SC
2013
Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Purchase Fund
2005
Morris Louis ’32 Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art
2002
Merit Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art Presidential Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024
Rabb, Maxwell “Rising Painter Osamu Kobayashi’s Ethereal Abstractions Evoke Spectral Visions”, Artsy
“Kick Off the New Year With These Five Standout Artists Featured on Artnet Gallery Network”, Artnet
2023
Desirée O. “10 Abstract Artists Creating Eye-Catching Work You’ll Want In Your Home,” House Digest
2022
Nicolaus Li. “THE SHOPHOUSE “KUROBIKARI 黒光り” Exhibition Focuses on Artistic Deviations,” HypeArt
David Schell. “Quiet Advocates,” The Semi-Finalist
“‘Shape Shifting’ Group Exhibit at Hollis Taggart Opens with Reception Nov 10 in Southport”, Darienite.com
2021
Suyash Pathak. “38 Famous Abstract Paintings: Interpreting The Artist’s Reality,” Portrait Flip
2020
Conta, Silvia. “A+B Gallery inaugura la nuova sede con Osamu Kobayashi,” Exibart
Donoghue, Katy. “Osamu Kobayashi’s Sweeping Strokes Bring the Improbable to Existence,” Whitewall Magazine
Cohen, Alina.”11 Emerging Artists Redefining Abstract Painting,” Artsy
2019
Fair Game, “Desire Is Both Sexual and Political at Turin’s Artissima Art Fair,” Elephant Magazine
Laster, Paul. “27 Must-See Artworks at Artissima 2019,” Whitehot Magazine
Elsamanoudi, Nancy. “Painting Sculpture, and Blurred Boundaries,” The Villager
Ticozzi, Marco. “FINO AL 10.I.2019 OSAMU KOBAYASHI, AT SEA A+B GALLERY, BRESCIA,” Exibart
2018
Hector, Katie. “Plush Paint: please do not pet, caress, fondle,” Art Spiel
Wasserman, Sydney, “The Best Young Abstract Artists You Should Know About,” Architectural Digest
2017
Lepsien, Christian. “9 Questions to Osamu kobayashi,” Artevie Publishing
Dean, Rochelle, “Middle of Nowhere Mural,” ABC Columbia
Petersen, Kyle. “Columbia Native Osamu Kobayashi Debuts Residency-Closing Exhibition at 701 CCA,” Free Times
2013
Shaw, Erin. “This Columbia Native Makes Huge Paintings with a Broom-Sized Brush,” The State
Capretti, Giovanni. “La Mostra Della Settimana: Emozione creative nell’illusione della libertà” Giornale di Brescia
Tattoli, Federica. “Phasmes” Pizza Digitale,
D’Agostino, Paul. “Brooklyn Art in 2013: What to Watch,” L Magazine
2012
Irena, Jureka. “Studio Visit: Osamu Kobayashi,” Best of All Worlds
Rutherford, Michael. “Osamu Kobayashi: Interview,” Painter’s Bread
2011
Weiss, Marion. “Abiding Abstraction ’at Boltax Gallery,” Dan’s Papers
2010
Burket, Brent. “The Brucennial: Piece By Piece,” Hyperallergic
COLLECTIONS
Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina
Credit Suisse
Osamu Kobayashi: Jungle Politics
May 16 - July 13, 2025
In Spiritual Light
December 3, 2023 - January 5, 2024
Osamu Kobayashi: Foreign Relations
March 25 —April 22, 2023
This is Where a Line Begins
September 12 - October 17, 2020
Osamu Kobayashi’s featured in Whitewall
March 13, 2020/by Frances TromblyIn Pursuit of A Meaningful Mark
March 14 - April 25, 2020
Both Galleries
Both Galleries
Osamu Kobayashi featured in Artsy
January 10, 2020/by Frances TromblyOsamu Kobayashi in Architectural Digest
May 25, 2018/by Frances TromblyOsamu Kobayashi:
Noontide
March 16- May 19, 2018
Center Gallery
Center Gallery
Seattle Art Fair
August 3 - 6, 2017
Osamu Kobayashi: 2017 Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program Awardee
June 6, 2017/by FulanoOsamu Kobayashi
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