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- Website
- http://www.nekoloco.com
- Member type
- Artist
- If you're an artist, what kind of art do you make?
- Drawing, Installation, Painting, Sculpture
- I am...
- a Japanese artist, live and work in New york.
http://www.nekoloco.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nekoloco/
- About my artwork
- I strive to express the relationship between human and nature, human and earth, and human and universe through my art. Recent studies of the scientific proof that intellectual living as human in the universe is more rare and unique than we’ve imagined. I contemplate the meaning of human existence, its connection to the universe, as well as exploring the origin of our planet and its future in the universe.
For work on canvases, I use oil paint and some times ink, oil sticks and pastels. In order to demonstrate time change I use multi-layering of different mediums. These layers represent links to the past, present, and future. For works on Paper, I use water based Japanese pigment, Sumi ink, and color pencils. I use images and symbols found in space and the ocean. My frequent use of round and circular objects reflects their common occurrence in the universe.
- Artists I like
- Anselm Kiefer, Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Frida Kahlo, Paul Klee, Van Gogh, Picasso, Matisse, Gauguin, Pierre Bonnard, Mark Rothko, Jean-Michel Baskia, Andy Warhol, Julie Mehreta, Matthew Richie, William Scharf, Jonathan Shahn, Florine Stettheimer...
- Interests
- food
drink
smell
- The centre of the artworld is
- New York, my studio
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I am showing over 15 new works of Oil on Canvas and Japanese pigment on Paper. Opening reception is next Tuesday, October 28th, 7 to 10pm.
I hope to see you all!
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SONOMI KOBAYASHI
-CONNECTION-
October 28 – November 2, 2008
Opening reception: Tuesday, October 28th, 7 to 10 pm
Ouchi Gallery
170 Tillary Street, Suite 507, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
info@zankandmars.com
http://www.zankandmars.com/
Hours: Tue-Sun: 12pm-6pm
Sonomi Kobayashi was born and grew up in Japan and moved to New York in 1993. She studied at the Art Students League of New York from 1995 to 2002, painting with William Scharf, Knox Martin, Larry Poons, and sculpting with Jonathan Shahn. She now works out of her studio in L.I.C., Queens, NY and exhibits frequently in the United States, Japan, and Europe.
Recent Exhibitions include: Ex oriente lux (the Light Comes from the East) at Galerie ARTAe Leipzig, Germany; Solo at Cat’Art Contemporary Art Center, Ste Colombe, France; French-Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tokyo (accepted for international competition); selected work at Concepto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; selected work at Limner Gallery, Chelsea, NY; group shows with AAWAA (Asian American Woman Artists Alliance) at Phoenix Gallery, SOHO, NY.
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Sonomi Kobayashi's paintings and drawings first draw the viewer in with their fluidity. They seem to flow from one piece into the other as if telling a story through a stream of consciousness. After spending some time with the work, each piece becomes its own character, telling its story through texture, color, depth, and technique. Every piece I have observed evokes a different emotion, providing the viewer with truly profound experience. I see Sonomi's work as world that is familiar, yet alien and unique. Ms. Kobayashi's work inspires me, and I feel that history will prove she is one of the most important artists of her generation.
- Dominic Engel, Filmmaker
Writer, Producer, Director of the feature film Fast Horses, and music videos including All I Want by Violent Femmes, and Sean Penn, Mitchum by Louise Attaque.
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Sonomi Kobayashi's use of geometrical elements rendering the idea of unsettled space and shifting marine environments, echo her concern with the nature of human race, its adaptability to change and its inherent search for survival. In the last 12 years Sonomi's work has developed both in subject matter and technique. The exploration of sculpture and installation has been beneficial to her works and is evident in her latest compositions. Her experience as an artist has been greatly enriched by her travels and her collaboration with other artists in the United States, Europe and Japan. Sonomi's works expose a professional degree of study and a serious interest from the artist in a constant process of evolution and growth.
- Martha Ruiz-Perilla, Artist and Art Historian
Principal at Zeta Studio, a New York based art consulting service
http://www.zetastudiony.com/
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Sonomi Kobayashi's works on paper unfold like dreams, or memory--combining a subtle and masterful use of color and using the elemental shape of the circle to remind us of the organic. There is playfulness here, too---a whimsicality that queries the bridge between the natural and man-made worlds, informed by the cross-pollination of Sonomi's native Japan and her adopted New York.
- Sadia Shepard, Writer & Filmmaker
Author of The Girl From Foreign by Penguin Press, 2008
http://www.sadiashepard.com/
you can read about me here
http://www.artrabbit.com/events/event/6815/rapunzel_rapunzel
i lived in NYC for a while and miss it so much
Best regards! Nora
all the best
Rog
www.rogermurrell.com
Please let me know when you post more work - would love to see it.
All best,
Guido
We're having an open studio weekend at Crane Street Studios.
If you are in NYC, Please stop by!
On Saturday, there will be a silent auction and a wine tasting on the 2nd floor from 1pm to 6pm. Live music from 5pm to 9pm out side of the building on Davis Street side.
Open Studios
Saturday June 21st and Sunday June 22nd
12noon to 6pm
Silent Auction on Saturday 1pm to 6pm
Live Music on Saturday 5pm to 9pm
more info, please visit
http://www.cranestreetstudios.com/
Sonomi Kobayashi
4th floor, Studio #401
http://www.nekoloco.com/
Directions:
Crane Street Studios
46-23 Crane Street (Across the street from P.S. 1)
Long Island City, NY
E train to 23rd St - Ely Ave.
G train to Court Sq.
B61 Bus to 21st Long Island City
*please note; there is no 7 train running between Times Sq and Queensboro Plaza on the weekend of Jun 21 – 23, 12:01 AM Sat to 5 AM Mon.
more information for free shuttle bus, please visit
http://www.mta.info/nyct/service/subsrvnweekend.htm#siete
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