| Kobayashi Keisei | |
| Birth Date: | January 26, 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Matsue, Shimane Prefecture |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
, known professionally as Kobayashi Keisei, is a Japanese printmaker, academic and artist specializing in hanga and wood engraving. He uses techniques, such as the composition of two wood plates called kagami-bari technique, which creates two mirrored symmetrical figures on both sides of washi paper. He is a professor at the Tama Art University, teaching printmaking. He is also a member of the Japan Print Association and a member of the Japan Artists Association, Inc..
Kobayashi was born in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture on January 26, 1944. He graduated from the Institute of International Design in Kyoto in 1968.
In 1981, he became a member of the Japan Print Association. His artwork "Transferred soul -S62-8- " was purchased by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 1987.
Kobayashi was appointed professor at the Tama Art University, Department of Painting to teach a printmaking course in 1997. He gave a lecture on practical skill instruction at the University of Guanajuato in Mexico in 2003. He gave a similar lecture at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, China in 2011.
He was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon by the Japanese government in 2006.
"The 9th Print Grand Prix Exhibition"
"The 12th Print Grand Prix Exhibition"
"The 49th Japan Print Association Exhibition""
"Contemporary Japanese Print Exhibition (Mall Galleries. London,UenoRoyal Museum,Tokyo)"
"The 4th International Print biennial(Seoul)"
"The 1st International Print Biennial(Taipei)"
"International Exhibition for Friendship(Seoul)"
"C.W.A.J International Exhibition(Hawaii,Los Angeles, Montreal,London)"
"Print Exhibition Korea and Japan(Seoul, Shimonoseki, Kure)"
"The 17th international Biennial of Graphic Art, Ljubliana"
"The 19th modern Japanese Art Exhibition by Mainichi Shinbun (Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima)" Bridgestone Museum Award = "Transferred soul -Foreboding-“=
"Art Exciting '89. The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Australia(Queensland Art Gallery)
"The 100th Anniversary of Western Washington.
"The Viella International Art Exhibition(Italy)"
"The 17th Japan-France Contemporary Art Exhibition prize"
"The 19th Japan and France contemporary art exhibition"
"The 4th Wakayama Print Biennial Exhibition"
British Museum / Royal Academy of arts (the U.K.) Rue yellowtail hole international print center (Slovenia) Washington State University / Pueblo Museum (U.S.A.) Guanajuato state establishment Alhondiga de Granaditas Museum / Diego Rivera Museum (Mexico) Ticotin Japan Museum (Israel) New South Wales art museum (Australia) New Zealand National Gallery (New Zealand) Taipei City art museum (the Republic of China) Silpakorn University (Thailand) Ilmin Museum (Korea)
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / Bridgestone Museum of Art/ Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts / The Museum Of Modern Art, Saitama / Yokohama Museum Of Art / Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art / Suzaka HANGA Museum / Kamiyamada Cultural Center / Saku Municipal Museum of Modern Art / Niigata City Art Museum/ The Museum Of Modern Art, Toyama / Kurobe City Art Museum / Aichi Prefectural art museum / Okazaki City art museum / National Museum of Art, Osaka / Osaka Contemporary Art Center / The Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama / Hiroshima Prefectural art museum / Higashihiroshima City Museum of Art / Shimane art museum / The Museum of Art, Kochi / Kami City art museum / Miyazaki Prefectural art museum / Agency for Cultural Affairs
Portfolio of original prints " Transferred soul -paradise (Eden)- " (Shirota Gallery)