update: 2022.9.23
Born in 1992; based in Kyoto. Kobayashi produces works in which he observes the leaps, discord, and discomfort that arise by intervening with a physical apparatus or object rather than an actual object or historical event while speculating on different forms.
Recent exhibitions and activities:
“BankART Under35 2022,” BankART KAIKO, Yokohama, 2022
“New Mutation #4 Aki KOJIMA, Muku KOBAYASHI,” Kyoto Art Center, 2021
“Shoal N,” gallery N, Aichi, 2020
“Sotetsu totetsumonaku nami(Cycad, inordinate ordinary),“ galerie16, Kyoto, 2019
Recent awards:
24th JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL Jury Selections at Art Division, 2021
22th JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL Jury Selections at Art Division, 2019
20th JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL Jury Selections at Art Division, 2017
Shoal N, 2021
Sotetsu totetsumonaku nami(Cycad, inordinate ordinary), 2019