Keisei KOBAYASHI was born in Shimane prefecture, Japan in 1944. He has been a professor in Tama Art University since 1997 and is currently the director of The Japan Print Association. As famous as Ebizuka Koichi and Tatsumasa Watanabe, are seen as top three most iconic artists in printmaking field of Japan.
Read MoreFrom concerns in the vicissitudes of social reality to exposing the shifts in our surrounding environment, Kobayashi's work has been gradually leaning toward optimistic depictions of the future; his incisiveness has softened, and his once aggressive imageries have embraced a gentle touch in an effort to convey his wishes for all "beings" to live in harmony. He was born in an era that accepts different voices allowed for his individual discourse to spring, and frees him to respond to the era from his distinct perspectives. As Kobayashi once said, it would be futile to discuss his work once the factor of time is removed. Times make the man just as men have enriched the times, and that is a great tale of our times.
Keisei Kobayashi's works have been collected by British Museum(UK), the National Museum of Modern Art(Japan), Zhejiang Art Museum(China), Taipei Fine Art Museum(Taiwan) and so on.
