Maiko Kobayashi
Solo Exhibition
Inside The Window
コバヤシ麻衣子個展「Inside The Window」
2024.07.05 – 2024.07.28
12：00-19：00 Closed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
〈 Not Bad 〉2024, 60.6×41cｍ, Acrylic, color pencil, Japanese paper on canvas
Inside The Window
The countless windows I could see from the train window were just scenery.
One day, after I realized that someone’s life was inside those windows, I began to see them as a mass of life forms. And I am part of it.
I ponder about the inside of the square window frames.
Maiko Kobayashi
ARTDYNE is pleased to announce “Inside The Window,” a solo exhibition by Maiko Kobayashi from July 5 (Fri.) to July 28 (Sun.), 2024. In addition, ARTDYNE will hold a talk event on July 20 to celebrate the publication of her first book “FORMS OF BEING”, which will be published in early July.
About the artist and her works
Maiko Kobayashi was born in Yokohama in 1977 and graduated from Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design with a major in spatial design. She later studied life drawing and sketching at Setsu Mode Seminar, and in 2008 completed a master’s degree in Art Practice Course, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Northumbria University, UK. Currently based in Tokyo, she is actively showing her work at galleries and art fairs in Japan and abroad in Europe, Asia, and Japan.
Maiko Kobayashi is an artist known for her works that deeply appeal to viewers through the medium of nameless “ikimono”, which is her unique character, and has a large fan base both in Japan and abroad. The mysterious creatures, which have both a lovely appearance and a melancholy expression, are painstakingly drawn with acrylics and other paints on a canvas covered with torn Japanese paper as a support. The works evoke a strong sense of psychological empathy that accompanies, accepts, and embraces the viewer’s feelings. We are always surprised by the power of Kobayashi’s works to reach the latent depths of the viewer’s psyche (deep sadness, loneliness, and quiet anger), which is even deeper than sentimentalism.
This exhibition will consist of nine works, most of which are new pieces. An opening reception will be held on the first day of the exhibition, Friday, July 5, at 5:00 p.m. We hope you will take this opportunity to visit the exhibition and appreciate the world spun out by Maiko Kobayashi.
Maiko Kobayashi’s first book “FORMS OF BEING” will be on sale from Friday, July 5,
This art book is available at the venue and in the ARTDYNE online store.
Maiko Kobayashi
1977
Born in Kanagawa, Japan
1998
Associate Degree in Scenography and Display,
Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design, Tokyo, Japan
2008
Master of Arts with Distinction in Art Practice, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2024
“HOME,” AISHONANZUKA, Central, HK
2023
“Be Here, For Sure,” GR gallery, New York, USA
“ A PLACE FOR WANDERING HEARTS,” Gallery Ascend, Wong Chuk Hang, HK
2022
“Portrait of My Thoughts,” Gallery Joeun, Seoul, South Korea
“Profession,” ARTDYNE, Tokyo, Japan
“Where It All Began,” Galerie Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
2021
“Dear Nameless City and You Were There,” Machida Pario Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2020
“POP UP,” LIGHT HOUSE GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
“Come on,” Shun Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
2018
“We are all Kawaii,” Space Zero, Beijing, China
“Kawaii Thinker,” Shun Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
2017
“DEAR ART,” Gallery Wada, Tokyo, Japan
2016
“Living in the city,” ROPPONGI HILLS A/D GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2015
“Capture the moment,” MITSUME, Tokyo, Japan
2014
“The works so far…,” Machida City Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2013
“mind/ heart: right/ light,” Gallery Wada, Tokyo, Japan
2012
“Drift into Time–Trait d’union 21 MAIKO KOBAYASHI WORKS ON PAPER–,” Galerie Omotesando, Tokyo, Japan
2011
“Sorrows of Life,” ROPPONGI HILLS A/D GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2010
“ID,” L MD galerie, Paris, France
2009
“Vale of Tears,” Otherwise Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Group Exhibitions
2023
“THE FORTIES; ALLURING MOMENTS 5th,” Gallery Joeun, Seoul, South Korea
“Good Morning Japan,” Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel
2022
“Beginning,” AISHONANZUKA, Central, HK
2021
“THE FORTIES; ALLURING MOMENTS 4th,” Gallery Joeun, Seoul, South Korea
2019
“Don’t look at me!, ” Pierre-Yves Caër Gallery, Paris, France
2018
“Wakaba Luster–Group Exhibition of Young Artists from Japan–,” Blue Roof Museum of Chengdu, Chengdu, China
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
“VOCA–The Vision of Contemporary Art– 2011,” The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2010
“Salon du dessin contemporain 2010,” Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
Collaborations
2024
MEET PROJECT series by AllRightsReserved Sculpture edition work Hope Drop Blue, DDT Store, HK
2023
Print edition work Moving Colours, Avant Arte, Netherlands
Collections
Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel
KANKURO UESHIMA COLLECTION, Tokyo, Japan