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Painter, artist, picture book writer
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Kobayashi Daigo
Kobayashi Daigo
Painter, artist, picture book writer
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Kobayashi Daigo
Painter, artist, picture book writer
Born in 1990 in Tokyo
Graduated from Tama Art University, majoring in Japanese painting in 2014
It depicts creatures and landscapes that appear on the border between reality and fantasy. Centering on Japanese painting, I am trying to establish ways of looking at things and relationships as paintings while selecting materials and techniques most suitable for the work.
Born in 1990 in Tokyo
Graduated from Tama Art University, majoring in Japanese painting in 2014
It depicts creatures and landscapes that appear on the border between reality and fantasy. Centering on Japanese painting, I am trying to establish ways of looking at things and relationships as paintings while selecting materials and techniques most suitable for the work.
Born in 1990 in Tokyo
Graduated from Tama Art University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Japanese Painting in 2014
2017 Art Communicator “Tobira Project” 3rd term completed
Awards
2025 Art House Oyabe Contemporary Art Exhibition
2022 Best Picture Book Draft Award based on Ainu traditions and culture
2021 Book Day Book Cover Awards Geijutsu Shincho Editor-in-Chief Award
2020 Pokorato National Open Call Vol.9/Hoshino Resorts x AveX CREATORS WALL/Lets Go to the Gallery/Kaya Art Competition Encouragement Award/RUBIKS CUBE 40 AWARD Grand Prize
2019 7th Echizen City Kamishibai Contest (co-production) /Lets go to the gallery2019
2017 Pokorato National Open Call Vol. 7
2016 Call for original picture book proposals on Ainu traditions and culture
2015 Pokorato National Open Call Vol. 5
2014 Oshima International Handmade Picture Book Competition Grand Prize/Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award/Rokkatei File 5th Term
2012 Kanagawa Animal Festival Art Exhibition Miura Mayors Award/Hachioji Dream Biennale 2012/National Art University Scholarship Japanese Art Exhibition 2012
Solo Exhibitions
2026 “Mame ○ Sansaku △ Mikaku □” Art and Syrup (Koganecho, Kanagawa)
2024 “Hapon Imehiko JapanMexico: Imagination going back and forth” Machida Palio (Machida, Tokyo)
2023 “Shizukana Echo” Gallery Minosha (Nezu, Tokyo)
“Picture Scrolls Over 100 Years -Earthquakes, Catfish, and Mourning Gods-” Veracruz State University Institute of Fine Arts Gallery (Xalapa, Mexico)
2021 Daigo Kobayashi “(The Difficulty and Appeal of Unconveyed).” Hertz Art Lab (Nakameguro, Tokyo)
2020 “Aramono no Komonodaku” Japanese tea cafe/gallery Rakufu (Urawa, Saitama)
“Imitation of Kashiko (and Anaboko)” Gallery Minosha (Nezu, Tokyo)
2018 “Dance of Hare and Ke” Gallery Minosha (Nezu, Tokyo)
“Yawning Will Get Burned” Japan Creative Arts Gallery (Nihonbashi, Tokyo)
2016 “The World of Sennoriyu” Gallery fu (Ishikawa-cho, Kanagawa)
2015 “Wonder Attic Room” Japanese Tea Cafe/Gallery Rakufu (Urawa, Saitama)
Group Exhibitions
2025
Teshikaga Extreme Cold Art Festival (Teshikaga, Hokkaido)
“AWE Life on this Planet” Matsuzakaya Ueno Gallery (Ueno, Tokyo)
“Paris collection! Art Festival” Machida Palio (Machida, Tokyo)
“Kayato Exhibition” (Chikuma, Nagano)
“The Elephant in the Room” Midori Art Park (Nagatsuta, Kanagawa)
2024
“Pictures/Books/Exhibition vol.6” FEI ART MUSEUM YOKOHAMA (Yokohama)
“THE ART FUCHU 2024” Charm Fuchu-Baba (Fuchu)
“To distort the borderline” Midori Art Park (Nagatsuta)
“Coco Kobayashi no Koko” Goozen (Gumyoji)
“Kobayashi Daigo x Sato Yuupopic Exhibition Seems Poems There Were Poems and Pictures” Art & Syrup (Koganecho)
“Life on this Planet” Matsuzakaya Ueno Gallery (Ueno)
“Jomon Contemporary Exhibition” Tobinodai Historic Site Park Museum (Funabashi)
2023
“Life on this Planet” Maison de Neko (Kyobashi)
2022
“Kayato Exhibition” (Chikuma City)
“Feline Study” Maison de Neko (Kyobashi)
“SUMMER STAGE” Hertz Art Lab (Meguro)
“One pebble for tireless work” Akibatamabi 21 (Chiyoda-ku)
2021
“Cat and Catfish” Maison de Neko (Kyobashi)
“Nagayuki Megumi and Kobayashi Daigo 2 Person Exhibition -Invisible Animals-” Art and Syrup (Yokohama)
“Wait, I Can Live, But the Circus Isn't Coming” BOOKSHOP TRAVELLER (Shimokitazawa)
2020
“Wait, I can live, but the circus won't come” Art & Syrup (Yokohama)
“Let's Go to the Gallery 2020” Sukiwa Gallery (Nishi-Ogikubo)
“Kaya Art Competition 2020 Award Winning Works Exhibition” (Chikuma/Azabu)
“12 People's Riso Calendar” How to Spell Life (Myorenji Temple, Kanagawa)
“Rubik's Cube Artist Collaboration” Hungarian Cultural Center (Azabujuban, Tokyo)
2019
“Tiny Art Collection” MOTOYA Book Cafe (Shibuya, Tokyo)
“Let's Go to the Gallery 2019” Sukiwa Gallery (Nishi-Ogikubo, Tokyo)
“Prairie Exhibition: Plane Section” Gallery Kingyo (Sendagi, Tokyo)
“Book Lovers” MOTOYA Book Cafe (Shibuya, Tokyo)
“Assistant Exhibition” Art and Design School Galleria Punto (Ikebukuro, Tokyo)
“Chirping Exhibition” Gallery Minosha (Nezu, Tokyo)
2018
“Samejima Hitomi and Kobayashi Daigo no Heboroku” Book Gallery Popotam (Mejiro, Tokyo)
“83/99 Artists Exhibition” Gallery Q (Ginza, Tokyo)
“Tama Art University Alumni Association Charity Auction (2014-)” Bunbodo Gallery (Jimbocho, Tokyo)
2017
“Prairie Exhibition: Plane Section” Gallery Kingyo (Sendagi, Tokyo)
“HOT Sandals Project Exhibition in Tokyo” Ginza Yokyo Hall (Ginza, Tokyo)
“I want to make picture books... Spring is coming” Gallery Kingyo (Sendagi, Tokyo)
“FLAT” Motoazabu Gallery (Azabujuban, Tokyo)
“Relax Hidamari” garden house cafe Hidamari (Sengoku, Tokyo)
“Thank you, Kome.” Art Space Rashinban (Kyobashi, Tokyo)
2016
“Ikebukuro Art Gathering” Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre (Ikebukuro, Tokyo)
2015
“99 Artists Exhibition” (2013-) Gallery Q (Ginza, Tokyo)
“Oegu Sandpaper” Ichi Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo)
“Suzaki and Picture Money” Susaki Machikado Gallery (Susaki-shi, Kochi)
“Picture Books, Me, and Japanese Paintings” Art Space Compass (Kyobashi, Tokyo)
“Imagine ~Tomorrow~” Gallery fu (Ishikawa-cho, Kanagawa)
“Book Lovers” MOTOYA Book Cafe (Shibuya, Tokyo)
2014
“Six New Generation Japanese Painters” Art Space Compass (Kyobashi, Tokyo)
“Ekurabe” Picture Gold Festival (Akaoka-cho, Kochi)
“Bustling Future” Surugadai Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo)
2013
“25x25 Project” Ceremony Hall Nagataya (Sagamihara, Kanagawa)
“The Significance of Existence in Art” Art Imagine (Kunitachi, Tokyo)
“ART MEETING” Mitsukoshi Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo)
Public Collections
Ekinzo (Kochi)
Sanuki Hiroshima Community Center (Kagawa)
Charm Care Corporation Co., Ltd. (each facility)
