Ｙｕｊｉ Ｋｏｂａｙａｓｈｉ
＊Executive board member of the Shunyo Art Institution
＊Professor: The Tama Art University
☆Brief Personal Record
1948 Born April 25, Tokyo, Japan
1974 Graduated from the Graduate school of Tokyo National University of Arts and Music
1987 First one‐man exhibition at the Gallery Tsubaki, Ginza, Tokyo
1988 Marked a turning point for the stylistic development
1990~ One-man shows throughout Japan every year
1991 Started working for etchings and lithographs
1999~ Live -painting shows with contemporary artists (musicians and dancers)
☆One-man Exhibitions
1987.89.91.93.95.96.98.00.02.04.06 Tsubaki Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo
1994 Hopper House, New York, U.S.A.
2004 Art Gallery of Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo
2005 Bunkamura Gallery Kobayashi Yuji 劇場[Theater]
2007 Art Gallery of Takashimaya Department Store,
Osaka Nagoya.Kyoto.Yokohma.Takasaki
Bunkamura Gallery Kobayashi Yuji夢現・飛行[Dream and Real・Flight]
2008 Tsubaki Gallery, ’The Story And Kobayashi Yuji’
2010 Tsubaki Gallery, ‘Flooded Forest’
Takasimaya Department Store group ‘Kobayashi Yuji and Animals’
2012 Art Gallery of Mitsukoshi Department Store, Tokyo
’The Storyand Kobayashi Yuji’-From the voice of forest’
☆Awards
1984 Shunyokai Brightest Hope Award
1986 Proposed for membership in Shunyokai
1987 64th shunyoten Award
1989 Special Award,Kanagawa Prefectural Exhibition
1991 Merit award,Central Museum of art Oil Paintings Concours
1996 Yasui Award
☆Kobayashi’s works collected at:
The Yokohama Museum of Art,
The Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
The Saku Municipal Museum of Modern Art Art, Nagano Prefecture
The Kurobe Fine Art Museum,Kurobe City, Toyam Prefecture
The Niigata City Art Museum
The Social Welfare Corporation (The Shinseikai , Moss Food Service Co,Ltd,
Tama Credit Union, Tama Credit Union Tateshina Villa,Gallery Yamanoue,and others)
☆Publication
1983 Gorilla to taiho(Gorilla and His Cannon),written by Saburo Namachi
1986 Soreyuke Gorilla-kun(Let’s go dear Gorilla) written and illustrated by Yuji Kobayashi.
1986 Usagi no Eruna-chan Himitu no sanpo(Eruna the Rabbit and Her Secret Walk),
written and illustrated by Yuji Kobayashi.
1988 Usagi no Eruna-chan Himitu no Ouchi(Eruna the Rabbit and Her SecretHouse),
written and illustrated by Yuji Kobayashi.
1990 Shushinana to Sabrikobire(Shushinana and Sabrikobire) written by Tomo Matsui
1991 Nidanbeddo sora o tobu(Flying Bunk Bed), written by Tomo Matsui
(All published by Bennesse Co,ltd)
English translation
1985 King Gorilla and His Cannon, J.M Dent and Sons,Co,Ltd
1987 Miss Josephine’s Secret Walk, The Green Tiger Press
Korea translation
1992 Gorilla to taiho(Gorilla and His Cannon)
Soreyuke Gorilla-kun(Let’s go dear Gorilla)
