Kobayashi Shoukoh

Kobayashi Shoukoh has been widely exhibited in Japan, Belgium, France, Poland, Holland, Denmark and elsewhere in the world. He is recognized for his works on an unusually large scale -at times up to 40 feet in width- and for his complex, richly dimensional and energetic images that are distinguished by the innovative use of an old sprinkled wax technique known as maki-ro. He is a lecturer at Kyoto Seika University and at the Graduate School of Art at Kyoto University of Education.

1978	Graduated from Osaka University of Arts, Arts and Crafts
Present	Lecturer at Kyoto Seika University and at the Graduate School of Art at Kyoto University of Education.
	Lecturer at the Graduate School of Art at Kyoto Seika University.
Member	Non-Regular Member of NITTEN
	Kyoto Art and Craft Artists Association
EXHIBITIONS
1990	One-Person Exhibition [8 times since then]
1995	One-Person Exhibition, Work shop [Gallery Smend, Germany]
	Contemporary Crafts of Kyoto Exhibition
1996	"BI NO YOKAN (Forefeel of Beauty)" Exhibition [Takashimaya Department Stores around the country]
1997	Kyoto Arts and Crafts Exhibition Selected Division [Purchased by Kyoto Prefecture]
1998	Route des Textiles [sponsored by UNESCO, France]
1999	International Batiks Gathering - NOW & THEN [Belgium], Workshop [Belgium and Holland]
2001	TAKTA Exhibition [Germany and Poland]
	BATIK OF CHANGE Exhibition [Berlin, Hanover in Germany]
2003	BATIK 2003 [Belgium]
	Surface Design Exhibition [Denmark]
2005	Workshop [Boston], Japanese Rozome Masters Exhibition
AWARDS
1989	Accepted for the Nitten Exhibition [continued exhibition every time since then]
	Awarded Grand Prix at the All-kansai Exhibition [also in '90, Requested to exhibit, Exhibition Priz in '91]
	Awarded Akane Prix at the Kyoto Art Exhibition [also in '92]
1990	Awarded Excellence Prize at Selected Crafts Kyoto Exhibition [Purchased by Kyoto Prefecture]
1991	Awarded Tokyo Prefectural Governor's Prize at the NIKKO-KAI Exhibition [Planning Prize in '95, Membership Prize in '98, Grand Prix in '00, Takashimaya Department Store President's Prize in '03]
	Awarded Excellence Prize at Kyoto Crafts Biennale [also in '93]
1992	International Textile Competition [Kyoto]
	Biennale Internationale de la Tapisserie, Lausanne [Switzerland]
1994	Awarded Excellence Prize at Kyoto 1200th Anniversary Dyeing-Art Exhibition
1995	Awarded Kyoto Crafts Prize at the SOKO-KAI Exhibition [also in '02, Kyoto Prefectural Governor's Prize in '98]
1996	Selected Fresh Art Exhibition [also in '00]
1998	Awarded Kyoto Prefectural Governor's Prize at the Kyoto Art and Craft Artists Association Exhibition
2004	Awarded Grand Prize at the Nitten Exhibition
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
1994	Invited to Gestaltendes Handwerk, Germany
1999	International Batiks Gathering - NOW & THEN [Belgium], Workshop [Belgium and Holland]
2005	Workshop [Boston], Japanese Rozome Masters Exhibition
PUBLIC COLLECTION
	Kyoto Prefecture
	Central Museum of Textiles, Poland
	UNESCO, France
PUBLICATIONS for REFERENCE
1992, July	FUMIN GRAPH KYO Jul.No.36(Publ.by Kyoto Prefecture/Japan)
1995,January	SENSHOKU - alpha Jan.No.177(Wr.by Yoshifumi Satou/Japan)
1996,December	The World of Rozome(Author Betsy Sterling Benjamin/USA)