Kentaro Kobuke

Biography

Solo Exhibitions


2022  “TOUCH HAS A MEMORY” READAN DEAT, Hiroshima
2021   “Kentaro Kobuke” BOOKMARC, Tokyo

              “with London” Hankyu Department Store Umeda, Osaka
2020  “The other side of hope” MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY, Tokyo
2017  “Colours of Hiroshima” MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY, Tokyo
2014  “Generation” Foil Gallery, Kyoto
2013  “Primal instincts” Identity Gallery, Hong Kong
2012  “Letters” Nakata Museum, Onomichi, Hiroshima
2011   “Mokume” Daiwa Foundation, London
2009  “Zou-no-oto” I-MYU Projects, London
2008  “Kinopipinoki” Graf GM, Osaka

              “Names” AAA Gallery, Paris 2007 “Names” Prinz, Kyoto

2006 “Layer” doART Gallery, Seoul
2005 “Green” Caminetto, Tokyo
2004 “Parfait” SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo

              “Drawing Show” UPLINK Gallery, Tokyo
2003 “Woman” Hiromi Yoshii + Gallery Koyanagi Viewing Room, Tokyo

2002 “Start” Little More Gallery, Tokyo

              “Home” Sign Gallery, Tokyo
              “Visions Tokyoites” Galerie St Père, Paris

 


 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2022 “SUMMER SHOW” MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY

              “Kentaro Kobuke &Mike Carney” Gallery jaja,Hiroshima
2021  “Painters + Collection 2021” Nakata Museum, Hiroshima
2016  “TOKYO-LONDON-NEWYORK” MAHO KUBOTA GALLERY, Tokyo
2015  “17th DOMANI:The Art of Tomorrow”

              The Achievements of the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists

              Provided by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, The National Art Center, Tokyo
2014  “Kon! Kon! Kon!” Zenkyoan and Foil, Kyoto
2013  “Dualities 2: The State of Innocence” Identity Gallery, Hong Kong

             "Review” Identity Gallery, Hong Kong
             “Collections” Foil Gallery, Kyoto

2012. “The Echo ‒ Although I am still alive” Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin

2011   “The Shape of Things” Art Station Gallery, Tel Aviv

2010  “Tanabata” Maddox Arts, London

              “Sunset in the Morning” Master Piper, London
              “Cultural Detritus” Pippy Houldsworth Gallery、London
              “Sarcophagus of the Kingdom” I-MYU Projects、London
              “The Frank Suss Collection” Phillips de Pury & Company, Saatchi Gallery, London 

2009   “Gift” 10 Vyner Street, London

              “A House is Not a Home” SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
              “Baroque Plastic” I-MYU Projects, London

2008   “Twenty” Dazed and Confused Gallery, London

2007   “Debli Project” DTK, Tokyo

2006. “Debli Project” DTK, Tokyo

2004. “Kitty EX” Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

              “Tokyo Style in Stockholm” Nordenhake, Stockholm

2003. “Today's Man” John Connelly Presents, New York 

 


 

 

Projects 

 

2021    Maison Kitsuné x Kentaro Kobuke

              art book KENTARO KOBUKE, publish, Tokyo

2017  Commissioned work for Edion Tsutaya Electric in Hiroshima city

2016  Commissioned work for GENBI SHINKANSEN (contemporary art bullet train ) , Niigata City

2009  Commissioned work for GYRE Omotesando, Tokyo

2008   art picture book project, BEAMS Kids

2006   Isetan project, collaboration with Yoshida& co., ltd.

2005  Isetan project, collaboration with Loopwheeler

2003  collaboration with COMME des GARÇONS, JUNYA WATANABE

2002  art book START, publish from Little More, Tokyo 

 


 

Fellowships

 

2012 ‒ 2013    Japan Agency For Cultural Affairs Scholarship, Tokyo 

 


 

Collections

JAPIGOZZI Collection

Franks-Suss Collection