Kobayashi Taro
Artist
Artist
I engage with the concepts of layers and taste in my practice. Information gains depth through multi-tiers of layers; I believe that the noise (misalignment of information) that is generated through this process, obscures the absoluteness of a single meaning and adds room for interpretation. By clouding the viewer’s visual information, their sense of perception and judgement (taste) is challenged. I attempt to express this sense that persistently comes with choosing and reconstructing, by purposefully adding complexity to the information that is presented. Across three series, the work explores painting through different structural approaches. Spray-based layering examines how changes in speed and paint output generate visual effects. Performative painting emphasizes bodily movement and its tension with academic discipline. Another series focuses on discarded information in an over-saturated society, treating it as living matter and framing painting as an act of remembrance Art.
Born in Nagasaki in 2002. Completed the Oil Painting Field of the Department of Fine Arts, Faculty of Arts, Saga Art University in 2024. Currently based in Kyoto.
Solo Exhibitions
2021 “Taro Kobayashi Exhibition: Approach to the Self” Saga University of Arts (Kyoto)
2023 “Sokukoku Kensetsu Exhibition” Saga University of Arts (Kyoto)
2024 “Masking distortion” Pew Gallery (Kyoto)
2024 “layer construction”, Dohjidai Gallery of Art (Kyoto)
2025 “momentary” kivi (Kyoto)
Group Exhibitions
2021 “Memory – The Art of Creativity” Saga University of Arts (Kyoto)
Dohjidai Gallery of Art Exhibition: “Encounter with Creativity” Dohjidai Gallery of Art (Kyoto)
2022 6th Kyoto Student Art Auction, Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art (Kyoto)
2023 7th Kyoto Student Art Auction (Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art (Kyoto)
2023 “We apologize for any inconvenience, but we are working with due consideration for safety and the surrounding environment.” ART SPOT KORIN (Kyoto)
2024 Graduation Exhibition, Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art (Kyoto)
“oneroom2024” Saga University of Arts (Kyoto)
8th Kyoto Student Art Auction (Kyoto)
Summer Group Show 2024, THE blank GALLERY (Tokyo)
2025 15th Gift Exhibition, Gallery Keifu (Kyoto)
Others
2021 Nakasatsunai Art Village Open Competition “Shape of Twenty”, selected
2023 “one room’ 23” (Kyoto)
Live Painting, Saga University of Arts (Kyoto)
Live Painting, Saga University of Arts (Kyoto)
2024 Live Painting, A-bar (Kyoto)
2025 Live Painting, kivi (Kyoto)
