Born 1984 in Columbia, SC
Based out of Brooklyn, NY
Education:
2006 BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005 New York Studio Residency Program, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 Foreign Relations, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2021 Hand in Hand, curated by Pranay Reddy,
LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Floating Head, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, IT
2018 Noontide, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
At Sea, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, IT
2017 Mound, 701 CCA, Columbia, SC
2016 Woogie, curated by Chris Bertholf, Underdonk Gallery,
Brooklyn, NY
2015 OK!, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, Italy
Osamu Kobayashi, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Pulse Art Fair,
New York, NY
2014 Watch Paint with Osamu Kobayashi, curated by
Shigeharu Kobayashi, Gallery 80808, Columbia, SC
2013 62 Miles Above Sea Level, Greenwich House, New York, NY
2012 Maze Haze, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, IT
2011 Squarish, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
Group Exhibitions:
2023 Buddy System III, Deanna Evans Projects, New York, NY
Library, curated by Glenn Goldberg, Tappeto Volante Projects,
Brooklyn, NY
Emerging Abstraction: Çiğdem Aky and Osamu Kobayashi,
Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, TR
2022 Kurobikari, The Shophouse, Hong Kong, CN
Shape Shifting, Hollis Taggart Gallery, Southport, CT
Dirimart Gallery, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, TR
XX: Twenty Year Exhibition, Morgan Lehman Gallery,
New York, NY
Blindspot Gallery, Art Basel, Hong Kong, CN
Osamu Kobayashi and Simon Laureyns, A+B Gallery,
Art Brussels, Brussels, BE
Variants: Osamu Kobayashi and Jason Stopa,
One River School, Allendale, NJ
New Beginnings, Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, CN
2021 Dirimart Sunar VIII, Dirimart Gallery, Izmir, TR
Dirimart Gallery, Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, TR
La Banda, Tappeto Volante Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Reorientation: Artists in the Pandemic, curated by
Nozomi Rose, ATP Gallery, New York, NY
Float... Fly... Transcend, curated by The Fuel and Lumber
Company, Alabama Contemporary Art Center, Mobile, AL
"I" and the "Me", The Shophouse, Hong Kong, CN
2020 Osamu Kobayashi and Francesco De Prezzo,
Spazio Leonardo, Milan, IT
15 -> The Waiting Hall, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, IT
Palazzo Monti: Transatlantico,
Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
This is Where a Line Begins, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Endless Summer, Dickinson Gallery, New York, NY
Art Drive-In Generali, curated by Associazione Bellearti,
Generali, Bresica, IT
AplusB Contemporary Art, Art Brussels, Brussels, BE
In Pursuit of a Meaningful Mark, curated by Jason Stopa
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2019 AplusB Contemporary Art, Artissima Fair, Turino, IT
These Seeds Breathe: Osamu Kobayashi and Elisa Lendvay,
Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Impressions, Cydonia Gallery, Dallas, TX
Plush Paint: Osamu Kobayashi, Susan Carr, and Jason Stopa,
Next to Nothing Gallery, New York, NY
WIP Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Hyperlight, curated by Sam Bornstein,
Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018 AplusB Contemporary Art, Code Art Fair, Copenhagen, DK
The Unlikely Whole, curated by Lucinda Warchol, ArtYard,
Frenchtown, NJ
Private Practice, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Osamu Kobayashi and Erica Prince, Morgan Lehman Gallery,
New York, NY
2017 Mindy Solomon Gallery, Pulse Art Fair, Miami, FL
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Underdonk Selects 2017, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Smaller Beckons II, curated by Caitlin Bright, Tapp's Arts Center, Columbia, SC
The Twenty by Sixteen Biennial, curated by Geoffrey Young,
Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
My Kid Could Do That, organized by Project Art, Red Bull Arts New York, New York, NY
2016 Premio Lissone, Lissone Contemporary Art Museum, Lissone, Italy
Studio Jamz II, curated by Peter Schenk, Brooklyn, NY
Big and Bold: Selections from the Collection, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
Osamu Kobayashi and Paul Pagk, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
Drishti: A Concentrated Gaze, curated by Elizabeth Heskin and Patricia Spergel,
1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
Head Space, curated by Amanda Church, Kim Uchiyama and Izam Zwahara,
Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Art Wynwood, Miami, FL
2015 Underdonk Selects 2015, Underdonk Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
I Am What I Am Not Yet, A Survey of Brooklyn's Moment, curated by Diana Buckley,
Madelyn Jordan Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY
1st Annual Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition, curated by Xuewu Zheng and Hayoon Jay Lee,
Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Paintings in Trees, curated by Ben La Rocco, Linnea Paskow, and Ben Pritchard,
The People's Garden, Brooklyn, NY
AplusB Contemporary Art, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
2014 Mindy Solomon Gallery, Art Miami, Miami, FL
Triangles, curated by Melissa Staiger, Ventana 244, Brooklyn, NY
Form and Facture: New Painting and Sculpture from New York, curated by Karen Levitov,
Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Premio Lissone, Lissone Contemporary Art Museum, Lissone, Italy
My Big Fat Painting, curated by Rick Briggs, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Mindy Solomon Gallery, (e)merge, Washington, DC
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Texas Contemporary, Houston, TX
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Art Southampton, Southampton, NY
Summer Garden, Onishi Project in collaboration with Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York, NY
Mindy Solomon Gallery, Art Market Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY
Do It Yourself, curated by Justine Frischmann, organized by Julie Torres,
3rd Ward Building, Brooklyn, NY
By Invitation Only 3, curated by Renée Riccardo, Kinz + Tillou Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
(recent acquisition), Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
AplusB Contemporary Art, Arte Fiera, Bologna, Italy
Osamu Kobayashi, Björn Meyer-Ebrecht, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
Shrink It, Pink It, curated by Diana Buckley and Irena Jurek, Cathouse FUNeral, Brooklyn, NY
Solstice Synergy, Mahlstedt Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
2013 Location, Location, Location, curated by Sun You, President Clinton Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, curated by Phong Bui, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
By the Seat of Our Pants, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
Endless Summer, curated by Gary Petersen, Brian Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Oltre Il Pensiero. Quattordici Ricerche Attraverso La Materia, AplusB Contemporay
Art at Palazzo Guaineri delle Cossere, Brescia, Italy
Phaedo, Storefront Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Collective Show NY - MX, Neter, Mexico City, Mexico
Honors and Awards Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Invitational Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Phasmes, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, Italy
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Boltax Gallery, Miami Project, Miami, FL
AplusB Contemporary Art, The Others: Art Fair, Turin, Italy
Finite Infinity, curated by Irena Jurek and Diana Buckley, Greenwich House, New York, NY
Upside Downturn, HKJB, Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Canada
In Dialogue, AplusB Contemporary Art, Brescia, Italy
A Valuation, Alexander Clark & Friends, New York, NY
Brucennial 2012, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
The Question of Their Content, curated by Carly Silverman,
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
MIC:CHECK (occupy), Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 December Store: Multiples and Small Works, .NO, New York, NY
Boltax Gallery, Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL
Painting Club Selected Works, Exit Art, New York, NY
So Happy Together, curated by Julie Torres, Notre Maar, Brooklyn, NY
Temporary Antumbra Zone, curated by Elisa Soliven and JJ Manford,
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Abiding Abstraction, curated by Jacob Ouillette, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, NY
Painting Club, organized by Herb Tam, Exit Art, New York, NY
The Working Title, organized by Progress Report, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
Apocalypse Now, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 First Exit to Brooklyn, curated by Julie Torres, North 8th St., Brooklyn, NY
Nurture Art Benefit, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
Analytic Spree, curated by Sam Bornstein, Apartment Show, Brooklyn, NY
Dance Ghost, curated by Elisa Soliven, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY
The Brucennial, Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
Portable Caves, HKJB, Queens, NY
MICA Alumni Exhibit, Spattered Columns, New York, NY
It’s a Wonderful Tenth, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Party at Chris’s House, curated by Phong Bui, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Lotto Blotto, curated by Roger Van Voorhees, Apartment Show, Brooklyn, NY
25 Painters Under 35, curated by Ryan Cobourn, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Personal Abstraction, HKJB, Brooklyn, NY
Small Scale, Big Ambition, curated by Jessica Bottalico, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2008 Nurture Art Benefit, James Cohen Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Square Foot Show, Gotham Art, New York, NY
Groundswell Benefit, 511 Gallery, New York, NY
Brackish Waters, Studio 308, New York, NY
2006 Senior Thesis Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2005 Scurrying About in Grandeur, NYSRP, New York, NY
NYSRP exhibition, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Awards:
2019 Lepsien Art Foundation, Düsseldorf, Germany
2017 Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program 2017-2018
2017 701 Center for Contemporary Art Residency Program
2013 Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Purchase Fund
2005 Morris Louis ’32 Scholarship, MICA
2002 Merit Scholarship, MICA
Presidential Scholarship, MICA
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