Toshiya Kobayashi /news
1959 Born in Hokkaido, Japan
1988-92 Lived and worked in Santa Monica, U.S.A
1998-99 Received the 12th Hollbein Scholarship
2005-06 Stay in Hamburg(Germany) for one year by Japanese government overseas study program for artist.
1988-92 Lived and worked in Santa Monica, U.S.A
1998-99 Received the 12th Hollbein Scholarship
2005-06 Stay in Hamburg(Germany) for one year by Japanese government overseas study program for artist.
2007 City project of Hamburg(Germany).
Art works in the public area at Hagenbecks Tierpark Station.
2012 Stay in Luzern(Switzerland) by the ORYX FOUNDATION.Switzerland.
2012 Stay in Luzern(Switzerland) by the ORYX FOUNDATION.Switzerland.
2015 Tsukuba International Artist in Residence 2015.
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Marie gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2023 Gallery KOBO, Tokyo, Japan
2021 Gallery KOBO, Tokyo, Japan
2019 Galleri Yamanashi, Stockholm, Sweden. (Northern Impression: with Isao Yamada)
2018 Gallery KOBO, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Gallery MONMA, Sapporo, Japan
Clark Gallery + SHIFT, Sapporo, Japan
2016 Gallery Nayuta, Tokyo, Japan
APS, Tokyo, Japan
Clark Gallery + SHIFT, Sapporo, Japan
2015 Clark Gallery + SHIFT, Sapporo, Japan
2014 "DOMANI" THE NATIONAL ART CENTER,TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan.
CROSS HOTEL SAPPORO, Sapporo, Japan.
2013 AB Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
MAKII MASARU FINE ARTS, Tokyo, Japan.
2011 Marie gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2010 AB gallery, Luzern, Switzerland.
Galerie Peter Borchardt, Hambrug, Germany
2009 ARTE PIAZZA BIBAI, Bibai, Japan
2008 Galerie Peter Borchardt, Hamburg, Germany
APS, Tokyo, Japan
KOBO, Tokyo, Japan
2006 FRISE, Hamburg, Germany
2009 ARTE PIAZZA BIBAI, Bibai, Japan
2008 Galerie Peter Borchardt, Hamburg, Germany
APS, Tokyo, Japan
KOBO, Tokyo, Japan
2006 FRISE, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Peter Borchardt, Hamburg, Germany
2005 PHOEBUS, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
DESIGN PLANETS, Maebashi, Japan
2004 APS,Tokyo,Japan
Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan
2003 PHOEBUS, Rotterdam,The Netherlands
Temporary Space, Sapporo, Japan
2001-02 PHOEBUS,Rotterdam,The Netherlands
2001 Itochu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Westbeth Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
1999 Galerie le Deco, Tokyo, Japan
Itochu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1998 Westbeth Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
Recent Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo, Japan
Gallery Musokan, Kobe, Japan
1997 Galerie le Deco, Tokyo, Japan
1996 Gallery MOVE, Gunma, Japan
TRY, Tokyo, Japan
INAX Space, Sapporo, Japan
Takasaki City Gallery, Takasaki, Japan
1995 Concept Space, Shibukawa, Japan
Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
1993 Recent Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
1992 INAX Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
2005 PHOEBUS, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
DESIGN PLANETS, Maebashi, Japan
2004 APS,Tokyo,Japan
Osaka Contemporary Art Center, Osaka, Japan
2003 PHOEBUS, Rotterdam,The Netherlands
Temporary Space, Sapporo, Japan
2001-02 PHOEBUS,Rotterdam,The Netherlands
2001 Itochu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Westbeth Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
1999 Galerie le Deco, Tokyo, Japan
Itochu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1998 Westbeth Gallery Kozuka, Nagoya, Japan
Recent Museum of Contemporary Art, Sapporo, Japan
Gallery Musokan, Kobe, Japan
1997 Galerie le Deco, Tokyo, Japan
1996 Gallery MOVE, Gunma, Japan
TRY, Tokyo, Japan
INAX Space, Sapporo, Japan
Takasaki City Gallery, Takasaki, Japan
1995 Concept Space, Shibukawa, Japan
Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
1993 Recent Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
1992 INAX Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
1987 Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
LABORATORY, Sapporo, Japan
1986 Sagacho bis, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
1984 Gallery Eureka, Sapporo, Japan
Zenibako kaigan, Otaru, Japan
LABORATORY, Sapporo, Japan
1986 Sagacho bis, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
1984 Gallery Eureka, Sapporo, Japan
Zenibako kaigan, Otaru, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2024
"SEE AGAIN 5years INSIDE/OUTSIDE" Kunst-projecten, Snellegen, Belgium
2023
" HOMO LUDENS-ABOUT THE GAME OF ART" Woods Art Institute,
Hamburg, Germany
" Colors as Words " Centpure Gallery 2, Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
" 33 YEAR ANNIVERSARY " Phoebus Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
" A little strange...The group exhibition about Life around You and around me "Marie Gallery, Tokyo
2022
"SEASON OPENING" Galerie ART87, Andermatt, Switzerland
2021
" Conversing with Nature " Centpure Gallery 2, Higashikawa, Hokkaido, Japan
2020
'30 x 2' PHOEBUS Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
”VIVIDOR" AZUMATEI Project, Yokohama, Japan
2019
"The Magic of ARTISLONG" GALLERY ARTISLONG, Kyoto, Japan
"Waar water samenvloeit met ander water" De Cacaofabriek Gallery, Helmond, The
Netherlands
"From circumference to Center" Tsukuba Museum of Art, Ibaraki, Japan
2018
"The Whispers of Plants" Gallery Nayuta, Tokyo, Japan
"LAND IN ZICHT" keramiekatellier, Beernem, Belgium
"ONE PIECE CLUB Exhibition" CAI, Sapporo, Japan
2017
"La Cuisine
Allmonde" Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France
"Conversing with Nature" FRISE, Hamburg, Germany. Sponsored: Hamburg Agency for
Cultural Affairs
“Z O M E R T E N T O O N S T E L L I N G 2017” PHOEBUS Rotterdam,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2016
Gallery Camelia, Tokyo, Japan
"ART FAIR SAPPORO" Sapporo, Japan.(Clark Gallery + SHIFT)
"Abu Dhabi Art" Abu Dhabi, UAE (AB43 CONTEMPORARY)
"ONE PIECE CLUB Exhibition" 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
"My Collection" Sapporo Odori 500m Underground Walkway Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
2015
"Tsukuba International Artist in Residence 2015 Exhibition" Tsukuba, Japan
"ART FAIR SAPPORO" Sapporo, Japan (Makii
Masaru Fine Arts)
"MINUS ART" Obihiro,
Japan
"Flowers" Makii Masaru Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan.
2014
"Verwandlung der Dinge" WESERBURG Museum of Modern Art Bremen, Germany.
"ART FAIR SAPPORO" Sapporo, Japan, (Makii Masaru Fine Arts)
"songs for a pigeon"150years of diplomatic relations between Japan and Switzerland.
Embassy of Switzerland in Japan, gallery COEXIST, GALLERY CAMELLIA.
2013
"ART FAIR SAPPORO" Sapporo, Japan
"Abu Dhabi Art" Abu Dhabi, UAE
"Eternity and a Day" with Samira Hodaei, Makii Masaru Fine Arts,Tokyo, Japan
“POESIA” SAMMLUNG REINKING.Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst, Germany
"GRAND HOTEL NATIONAL" Luzern, Switzerland.
"Selection"with Susanna Niederer.Keiko Koana. Makii Masaru Fine Arts, Tokyo. Japan
“TEGAMI” - Perspektiven japanischer Künstler, Galerie WangHohmann, Wiesbaden, Germany
2012
"ACCROCHAGE" Galerie Lindner, Wien, Austria
"Nishinomiya Funasaka BIENNALE" Nishinomiya, Japan
"TEKEN" huis DE LEEUW, Machelen a/d Leie, Belgium."Still Autumn" Makii Masaru Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan.
"π/ pi die Verwandlungen des Kreises" Stiftung Landdrostei, Pinneberg, Germany
"Sommerfest" AB gallery, Luzern, Switzerland.
"Agora 2 : INNER CIRCLE-OUTER SPACE" Frappant e.V. Hamburg, Germany
2011
"Conversing with Nature" ARTE PIAZZA BIBAI, Hokkaido, Japan
2010
"Nishinomiya Funasaka BIENNALE", Nishinomiya, Japan
"The Group show-2" Marie Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
"Metamorphose.Faszinosum floralen Wandels" HALL ZEHN.CAP Cologne e.V., Cologne, Germany
"with Susanna Niederer" ARTE PIAZZA BIBAI, Hokkaido, Japan
"10 year Kustverein Gluckstadt" Kustverein Gluckstadt, Gluckatadt, Germany.
"Stille Position. Velada Santa Lucia 2010" Maracaibo, Venezuela
2009
"BANDE" Galerie Peter Borchardt,Hamburg,Germany
2008
"Raum als Natur/Natur als Gesetz" (curated by Belinda Grece Gardner)FRISE, Hambrug, Germany
"kunst Zurich" (Galerie Peter Borchardt),Zurich, Switzerland
"Call it what you like" Art Centre Silkebork Bad, Silkeborg,Denmark
"art KARLSRUHE", Karlsruhe, Germany
2007
"acchrochage" Galerie Peter Borchardt, Hamburg, Germany
"Kunst Zurich" Zurich, Switzerland
"The party" Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
"Active constellation", The Brno House of Art, Brno, Czech Republic
"art KARLSRUHE ",Karlsruhe,Germany
2006
"The Joy of Viewing", FUCHU ART MUSEUM, Tokyio, Japan
"Landscapes", Galerientage im Heidelberger Kunstverein,Heidelberg, Germany
SEBASTIAN FATH | CONTEMPORARY (withKenichiro Taniguchi), Mannheim, Germany
"Best of...", SEBASTIAN FATH | CONTEMPORARY, Mannheim, Germany
"expo-container", (curated by Rik Reinking) City Nord Park, Hamburg, Germany
"Florale Ko¨rper", HypoVereinsbank, (curated by Claus Mewes, Kunsthaus) Hamburg, Germany
"SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN 16-61-2006", PHOEBUS, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
"MINIMAL ILLUSIONS", Villa MERKEL /Bahnwa¨rterhaus Esslingen,Germany
2005
"The Elegance of Silence", MORI ART MUSEUM,Tokyo,Japan
"Passion des Sammelns", Sammlung Reinking Stiftung Federkiel, Halle 14,Liepzig,Germany
"When no leaf moves (Natur and Tra¨ume in der zeitgeno ssischen japanischen Kunst,"
KUNSTVEREIN GLU¨CKSTADT, Glu¨ckstadt,Germany
"LEMONADE PARK" MAKII MASARU FINE ARTS, Tokyo, Japan
ART COLOGNE. Cologne, Germany
2004
"66-03", Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
2003
"DA SEIN", Ernst Barlach Museum, Wedel, Germany
"Ladenkasten project", for Foto Biennale PHOEBUS, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2002
"KUNST RAI", Amsterdam, The Netherlands
"ART ROTTERDAM" Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2001-02
"Anstiftung zu einer neuen Wahrnehmung" Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
2000
13th Nagoya Contemporary Art Fair, Nagoya, Japan
1998
"ENDE/NEW" Recent Museum of Contemporary Art,Sapporo, Japan
11th Nagoya Contemporary Art Fair, Nagoya, Japan
1997
10th Nagoya Contemporary Art Fair, Nagoya, Japan
1996
9th Nagoya Contemporary Art Fair, Nagoya, Japan
1995
"159th Anniversary Charity Exhibition INAX Gallery,Tokyo,Japan
1994
"Spring Art-O-Rama," BORITZER/GRAY, Santa Monica, U.S.A
"Gallery Artists Show" BORITZER/GRAY, Santa Monica, U.S.A
"THREE ARTISTS SHOW" Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
"Life Exhibition for Stop Aids" Recent Museum of contemporary Art, Sapporo, Japan
1993
"Winter Group Show" BORITZER/GRAY, Santa Monica, U.S.A
1992
"The Fuji Sankei International Exhibition for Contemporary
"Sculpture" (Excellent Maquattes in Competition Section),The Utsukushigahara Open Air Museum,Nagano,Japan
1991
"Sapporo Contemporary Art 1991" Recent Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
1987
"Japan Impact Art Now '87" The Museum of Korea, Seoul, Korea
"2nd Saigawa International Art Festival,"Shinshu Shinmachi Museum, Nagano, Japan
1986
"Three Artists.Texture" Sagacho Exhibit Space,Tokyo, Japan
1985
LABORATORY, Sapporo, Japan
1983
"STEP" Gallery Eureka, Sapporo, Japan
1983
"BLACK SPACE" (Joint exhibition with Satoshi Hata) Gallery Eureka, Sapporo, Japan