Minami's work centres on notions of ephemerality, of the fleeting moment and the function of memory. Her luminous oils on canvas comprise interleaving narratives, composed of chance encounters, half-forgotten gestures and vivid memories of place.
Minami Kobayashi (b.1989, Nagoya, Japan) is currently based in London. She makes figurative egg tempera and oil paintings which combine intimacy and mystery through their depictions of ordinary people, animals, and places.
Kobayashi has most recently had solo exhibitions at Frestonian Gallery (London), Goldfinch Gallery (Chicago) and Baby Blue Gallery (Chicago) and has exhibited in group shows at Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Setouchi International Triennale 2019 (Japan), Western Exhibitions (Chicago), Stems gallery (Belgium), Dongdaemun Design Plaza (South Korea), and numerous other venues. She participated in a solo residency at Kate’s little angel (Los Angeles) Kobayashi’s work has been featured in publications such as New City (review, February 2019), Elephant Magazine (UK). She holds an MFA in Painting and Drawing from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago (2018) and a BFA in Painting from Tokyo University of the Arts (2016).
Born in 1989 in Nagoya, Japan
Lives and works in London, UK
Education
| 2018 |
M.F.A. School of Art Institute of Chicago, US |
| 2015 |
B.F.A. Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2023 |
Frestonian Gallery, London, UK |
| 2023 |
Goldfinch Gallery, ‘Somewhere Not Here’, Chicago, IL |
| 2020 |
Churchill College Cambridge University, ‘Indefinitely postponed’, Cambridge, UK |
| 2019 |
Goldfinch Gallery, ‘A Park At Lunar Surface’, Chicago, IL |
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Kate’s Little Angel, ‘Paintings and Ceramics’, Los Angeles, CA |
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| 2017 | Blue Berry Gallery, ‘Yve’s Concave Mirror’, Chicago, IL |
| 2015 |
Gallery TANNE, ‘Birthday’, Tokyo, Japan |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2023 |
Galerie Marguo, ‘A New Sensation’, Paris, France |
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Frestonian Gallery, London, UK (forthcoming) |
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Bombon Project, Barcelona, Spain |
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| 2022 |
Dinner Party Gallery, ‘Trio show’, London, UK |
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Will Lung, ‘Summer Special’, ArtNet (online) |
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Et. Al Gallery, ‘NADA Art Fair’, New York, NY |
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Goldfinch Gallery, ‘PLATFORM’, Chicago, IL |
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OIL Gallery by Bijyutsu Techo, ‘Lovely’, Tokyo, Japan |
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| 2021 |
Florence Trust, ‘Beyond Each Other’, London, UK |
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Goldfinch Gallery, ‘Tender the Bone’, Chicago, IL |
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lvl3 Gallery, ‘Glimpse’, Chicago, IL |
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Eve Leibe Gallery, ‘CAVE CANEM’, London, UK |
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| 2020 |
MoMo Ryogoku Gallery, ‘New-laid eggs vol.3’, Tokyo, Japan |
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Et. Al Gallery, ‘Birds shun such trees’, San Francisco, CA |
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Penske project, ‘A Peripheral Reverie’, Montecito, CA |
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Goldfinch Gallery, ‘A mirror, a dish, a window’, Chicago, IL |
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Stems Gallery, ‘Anecdote’, Brussels, Belgiu |
Awards & Residencies
| 2023 |
Castel Carmel, France (forthcoming) |
| 2019 |
Kate’s Little Angel Solo Residency, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2018 |
Strohl Award selected by Sharon Louden |
| 2017 |
Frase Got Talent Prize |
| 2015 |
TEIKYO University's purchasing Award |
| 2014 |
Ueno Geiyu Award, Yuga Gallery,Tokyo, Japan |
| 2012 |
KUME Award, Yuga Gallery,Tokyo, Japan |
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Minami KobayashiA dog and a man with lion and peony tattoos, 2023Oil on canvas100 x 100 cm (39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in)
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Minami KobayashiA dog under the harvest moon, 2023Oil on canvas213 x 122 cm (83 7/8 x 48 in)
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Minami KobayashiJournaling on the staircase, 2023Oil on canvas213 x 122 cm (83 7/8 x 48 in)
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Minami KobayashiWhite Cliffs of Dover in July, 2023Oil on canvas210 x 210 cm (82 5/8 x 82 5/8 in)
