Kanako Kobayashi

I am a Japanese painter whose work explores solitude, memory, and the echoes of emotion. By combining figurative imagery with symbolic motifs inspired by nature, I create lyrical worlds suspended between dream and reality. My paintings invite viewers into quiet moments of reflection, where traces of memory continue to resonate.

Musashino Art University, Japan

Awards
・Grand Prize, ART BOX Award Exhibition (2003)
・Excellence Award, FUKUI Thumbhole Exhibition (2003)
・International Takifuji Art Award (2004)
・Excellence Award, Graduation Exhibition (2005)
・Excellence Award, Sekaido Grand Prize Exhibition (2006)

Selected Solo Exhibitions
・ART BOX Gallery (2004)
・Gallery Tomo (2006)
・Hospital Gallery (2009)
・Gallery Ikoi (2014)
・Gallery Cradle (2022)
・Gallery Cradle (2024)

Selected Group Exhibitions
・Neo-Japonisme Paris Exhibition, Paris, France (2008)
・Shinshunkai Exhibition, Shikisaisha Gallery (2010)
・Mooi Exhibition, Gallery Echo-ann (2014)
・Mooi Exhibition, Gallery Echo-ann (2016)
・Mooi+ Exhibition, Art Space Mizu no Oto (2017)
・Mooi Exhibition, Gallery Echo-ann (2019)
・Women Artists of Aomori II Exhibition, Gallery Cradle (2022)
・The Power of Painting Exhibition, Gallery Echo-ann (2023)
・Kowaii Exhibition, Arai Gallery / Matsuzakaya Nagoya (2024)
・Tanzaku Exhibition, Hakkendo / Abe Keishiro Gallery / Matsuzakaya Nagoya (2025)

Publications
・Illustration contributor for The North Wall, recipient of the To-o Literary Award (2021)