Osamu Kobayashi.
18/19.
Vita.
Osamu was born 1984 in Columbia, SC.
He lives and works in Brooklyn, NYC, USA.
Studies
2006
BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005
New York Studio Residency Program, New York, NY
Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2018
Osamu Kobayashi, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, IT
Noontide, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2017
Mound, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC
2016
Woogie, curated by Chris Bertholf, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
OK!, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, IT
Osamu Kobayashi, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Pulse Art Fair, New York, NY
2014
Watch Paint with Osamu Kobayashi, curated by Shigeharu Kobayashi, Gallery 80808, Columbia, SC
2013
62 Miles Above Sea Level, Greenwich House, New York, NY
2012
Maze Haze, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, IT
2011
Squarish, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2018
The Unlikely Whole, curated by Lucinda Warchol, Artyard, Frenchtown, NJ
AplusB Contemporary Art, Code Art Fair, Copenhagen, DK
Private Practice, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Osamu Kobayashi and Erica Prince, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
2017
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Pulse Art Fair, Miami, FL
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Underdonk Selects 2017, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Smaller Beckons II, curated by Caitlin Bright, Tapp’s Arts Center, Columbia, SC
The Twenty by Sixteen Biennial, curated by Geoffrey Young,
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
My Kid Could Do That, organized by Project Art, Red Bull Arts New York, New York, NY
2016
Premio Lissone, Lissone Contemporary Art Museum, Lissone, Italy
Studio Jamz II, curated by Peter Schenk, Studio 9, Brooklyn, NY
Big and Bold: Selections from the Collection, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
Osamu Kobayashi and Paul Pagk, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Drishti: A Concentrated Gaze, curated by Elizabeth Heskin and Patricia Spergel,
1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
Head Space, curated by Amanda Church, Kim Uchiyama and Izam Zwahara,
Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Art Wynwood, Miami, FL
2015
Underdonk Selects 2015, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
I Am What I Am Not Yet, A Survey of Brooklyn’s Moment, curated by Diana Buckley,
Madelyn Jordan Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
1st Annual Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition, curated by Xuewu Zheng and Hayoon Jay Lee,
Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Paintings in Trees, curated by Ben La Rocco, Linnea Paskow, and Ben Pritchard,
The People’s Garden, Brooklyn, NY
AplusB Contemporary Art, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2014
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Art Miami, Miami, FL
Triangles, curated by Melissa Staiger, Ventana 244, Brooklyn, NY
Form and Facture: New Painting and Sculpture from New York, curated by Karen Levitov,
Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Premio Lissone, Lissone Contemporary Art Museum, Lissone, Italy
My Big Fat Painting, curated by Rick Briggs, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Mindy Solomon Gallery, (e)merge, Washington, DC
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Texas Contemporary, Houston, TX
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Art Southampton, Southampton, NY
Summer Garden, Onishi Project in collaboration with Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York, NY
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Art Market Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
Do It Yourself, curated by Justine Frischmann, organized by Julie Torres,
3rd Ward Building, Brooklyn, NY
By Invitation Only 3, curated by Renée Riccardo, Kinz + Tillou Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
Osamu Kobayashi, Björn Meyer-Ebrecht, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, New York
(recent acquisition), Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
AplusB Contemporary Art, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
Shrink It, Pink It, curated by Diana Buckley and Irena Jurek, Cathouse FUNeral, Brooklyn, NY
Solstice Synergy, Mahlstedt Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
2013
Location, Location, Location, curated by Sun You, Clinton Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
By the Seat of Our Pants, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
Endless Summer, curated by Gary Petersen, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Oltre Il Pensiero. Quattordici Ricerche Attraverso La Materia, AplusB Contemporay Art, 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, NY
Invitational Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Phasmes, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brecia, Italy
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Boltax Gallery, Miami Project, Miami FL
AplusB Contemporary Art, The Others: Art Fair, Turin, Italy
Finite Infinity, curated by Irena Jurek and Diana Buckley, Greenwich House, New York, NY
Upside Downturn, HKJB, Laroche/Joncas, Montreal Canada
In Dialogue, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, Italy
A Valuation, Alexander Clark & Friends, New York, NY
Brucennial 2012, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
The Question of Their Content, curated by Carly Silverman, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago IL
MIC:CHECK (occupy), Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011
December Store: Multiples and Small Works, .NO, New York, NY
Boltax Gallery, Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL
Painting Club Selected Work, curated by Herb Tam, Exit Art, New York, NY
So Happy Together, Norte Maar, Brooklyn, NY
Temporary Antumbra Zone, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Abiding Abstraction, curated by Jacob Ouilette, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
Painting Club, organized by Herb Tam, Exit Art, New York, NY
The Working Title, curated by Progress Report, Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, NY
It’s All Good!! (Apocalypse Now), Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010
First Exit to Brooklyn, curated by Jule Torres, Apartment Show, Brooklyn, NY
Nurture Art Benefit, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
Analytic Spree, curated by Sam Bornstein, Stagg Street Apt. Show, Brooklyn, NY
Dance Ghost, curated by Elisa Soliven, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
Brucennial: Miseducation, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
Portable Caves, HKJB, Queens, NY
MICA Alumni Exhibit, Spattered Columns, New York, NY
It’s a Wonderful Tenth, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Party at Chris’s House, curated by Phong Bui, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, New York, NY
Lotto Blotto, curated by Roger Van VoorheesSt. Nicholas Street Apt. Show, Brooklyn, NY
25 Painters Under 35, curated by Ryan Cobourn, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Personal Abstraction, HKJB, Brooklyn, NY
Small Scale, Big Ambition, curated by Jessica Bottalico, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2008
Nurture Art Benefit, James Cohen Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Square Foot Show, Gotham Art, New York, NY
Groundswell Benefit, 511 Gallery, New York, NY
Brackish Waters, Studio 308, New York, NY
2006
Senior Thesis Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2005
Scurrying About in Grandeur, NYSRP, New York, NY
NYSRP exhibition, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Awards
2018
Lepsien Foundation Art Residency
2017
Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program
701 Center for Contemporary Art Residency Program
2013
Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Purchase Fund
2005
Morris Louis ’32 Scholarship, MICA
2002
Merit Scholarship, MICA
Presidential Scholarship, MICA
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