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BIOGRAPHY
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 Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY and
exhibits frequently in the United States, Japan, and Europe.
Recent Exhibitions include: Solo Exhibition at OUCHI Gallery,
NY; Cat’Art Contemporary Art Center, Ste Colombe, France;
Two persons exhibition at Galerie ARTAe, Leipzig, Germany; Participating
in Yatsuo Slow Art Show, Toyama, Japan; Miami Verge Art Fair.
She also has been organizing Open Studios and Benefit events.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
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2009
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Miami Verge Art Fair, Miami, FL, Gitana
Rosa Gallery
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Makari Fine Art, New York, NY “Balance”,
Solo Exhibition
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Yatsuo Slow Art Show, Yatsuo, Toyama, Japan
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Gitana Rosa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Castle
Braid Artillery Art Fair, Curator: Vanessa Liberati
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Warehouse 9, Copenhagen, Denmark, “POP
OUT : Copenhagen”, Danish German Art Week
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Galerie ARTAe, Leipzig, Germany, "Wintermärchen
(Winter fairy tale)", Curator: Sabine Aichele-Elsner
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Priska Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY, Benefit
for Nicole: A Postcard show, Co-organizer and Exhibiter
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Crane Street Studios, Long Island City, NY,
The Armory Arts Week Open Studios
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2008
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Ouchi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Connection”
Solo Exhibition, Curator: Arisa Itami
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Galerie ARTAe, Leipzig, Germany, “Sonomi
Kobayashi / Udo Klenner, “Ex oriente lux (the Light
Comes from the East)” Curated two persons exhibition,
Curator: Sabine Aichele-Elsner
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Crane Street Studios, Long Island City, NY,
Open Studios, Co-organizer and Exhibiter
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Galerie ARTAe, Leipzig, Germany, “Deutscher
Frühherbst (German early autumn)”
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2007
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Cat'Art Contemporary Art Centre Gallery, Sainte
Colombe, France, "Human, Nature, Connection, Thoughts,
Tension, Balance, Harmony, and Synchronicity",
Solo Exhibition
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Crane Street Studios, LIC, NY, "Plaque
Sabbath", Studio Benefit Exhibition, Co-organizer
and Exhibiter
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Crane Street Studios, Long Island City, NY, Open Studios,
Co-organizer and Exhibiter
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2006
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Sablier de Verrier, Nagoya, Japan, “Hearts
of New York Vol. 1. Abstract Artists from New York”
Curator: Sumi Ieda-Clarke
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Crane Street Studios, Long Island City, NY,
Open Studios, Co-organizer and Exhibiter
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2005
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Concepto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Flower
Show”, Curator: Kiyoshi Ike
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Concepto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “Summer
Salon Show”
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Crane Street Studios, Long Island City, NY, Open Studios
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2004
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OMORI Bellport Atrium, Tokyo, Japan, Juried
French-Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition
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Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan, Design
Festa
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lesx Gallery, New York, NY, “HOWL!”
Festival of East Village Arts
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Walter Wickiser Gallery, Soho, NY, NY, “Color
& Life”, Curator: Masumi Doeda
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AAWAA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, “In the
Midst of Things”, Curator: Yang Kong
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chashama 217, New York, NY, Motion Sculpture Movement
Installetion “Performance, sound and visial art”
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Michael Perez Gallery, New York, NY, PS 234 Benefit
Art Auction
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2003
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Limner Gallery, New York, NY, Juried exhibition
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Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, “Accumulative
Efforts” Curator: Yang Kong
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2002
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Grist Mill Gallery, Bronx, NY, “Space
Dust” Curator: Tatusya Nakatani
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Phoenix Gallery, New York, NY, “Leaps and Bounds”,
Curator: Yang Kong
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Design Festa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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2001
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Credit Suisse First Boston Headquarters, New
York, NY, Juror: Virginia Holland
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WORKSHOPS
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2009
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Yatsuo Slow Art Workshop, Yatsuo, Toyama,
Japan,
Workshops with contemporary artists for Kashio Elementary
School Students
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RESIDENCIES
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2010
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Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont (Upcoming)
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2009
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Yatsuo Slow Art A.I.R, Yatsuo, Toyama, Japan
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2007
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Cat'Art Contemporary Art Centre, Sainte Colombe,
France
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AWARDS
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2009
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VSC Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson,
Vermont
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2004
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Honorable Mention, Salon du Blanc Art Association
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1997-2001
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Work-Study Scholarship, The Art Students League
of New York, NY
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TRAINING
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1995 to 2002
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The Art Students League of New York, Four-year
studio certificate in Painting / Study of Sculpting
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MEDIA
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Kita Nihon Shinbun (Northern Japan Newspaper),
Thursday, October 8, 2009, Workshop by Sonomi Kobayashi
at Kashio Elementary School as a part of Yatsuo Slow Art
Show 2009
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Leipziger Volkszeitung, Friday, September
19, 2008
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LEIPZIG : LIVE, September 10-17, 2008,
Page 14, Kunst & Kultur (Art & Culture)
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Daily Sun New York, No.1248, Dec 19,
2007
Page 21, What’s New!, “Sonomi Kobayashi Solo Exhibition”
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New York Seikatsu, No. 183, Nov 3,
2007
Page 26, Culture, “Japanese aretist, Sonomi Kobyashi
at Crane Street Open Studios”
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Yomi Time, Nov 16, 2007
Museum & Gallery, “Sonomi Kobayashi at Open Studio
Weekend in LIC, Queens”
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NYARTS Magazine, Vol.9, Jan 2004
Page94, "Artist's project by Sonomi K-Clemente”
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DAILY NEWS, Sunday, Jan 18, 2004
'IN MIDST OF IT ALL', Sonomi Kobayashi as one of the member/artists
of AAWAA
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