Selected Biography
1960
Born in Tokyo
1982-86
Studied at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts
1996-97
Stayed in Bangkok, Thailand for one year by scholarship of Bureau of Cultural Properties
1998
Stayed in Lot-et-Garonne, France by Japan Art Scope '98
1999-
Lives and works in Bangkok, Chiangmai, and Tokyo
 
Selected Solo Exhibition
1996
Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
1997
"Gunma Biennale" (Invitation), The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma
1998
"Bangkok" Nishimura Gallery
"SEVENTY FIVE DAYS" Muse? des Beaux-Arts d' Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France,
"Daimler-Benz Group in Japan Art Scope' 98" Spiral garden, Tokyo/Daimler-Benz Showroom, Tokyo (-1999)
1999
"SEVENTY FIVE DAYS" Nishimura Gallery
2000
"Recent Works 23, Takanobu Kobayashi" National Museum of Art, Osaka
"The Drop of Heat" Bangkok University Art Gallery, Nishimura Gallery
2002
"Dream, Dreaming of Us" Nishimura Gallery
2003  
"TOWARD A PLACE WITH LIGHT" Kumanokodo Nakahechi Museum, Wakayama
"on the beach" Nishimura Gallery
2004
"Kobayashi Takanobu -Drawings for 'Rabbit and Trumpet' " Nishimura Gallery
"Takanobu Kobayashi -Endless Summer" Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
2005
"Kobayashi Takanobu -Behind the Picture" OsakaSeikeiUniversity,Fuculty of Art andDesign Gallery ＜spaceB＞
2006
"Mono to Kokoro" Nishimura Gallery
2007
"Kobayashi Takanobu - From Submarine to Portrait" Nishimura Gallery
2008
"Far Light" Nishimura Gallery
 
Selected Group Exhibition
1995
Mito Annual '95—Discover Paintings; works & language, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
1996
Awarded VOCA '96 Encouragement Prize, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
1996-97
ART SCENE 90-96, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito
1999
"Painting for Joy : New Japanese Painting in 1990s" The Japan Foundation Forum, Tokyo and tours (-2002)
" Noontime Meditation, Contemporary Japanese Art having Inner Sight " Tochigi Prefectural Museum
2001-02
"In Search of FORM - 11 Japanese Artists" Pusan Metropolitan Art Museum
2002
"Mediators" Nagoya Citizen's Gallery Yada
"Power of Art" Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art
"SEPTEMBER 2002" Nishimura Gallery
2003
"MOT Annual 2003 'days' " Mueum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
"DOMANI 2003" Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, Tokyo
"ART WATCHING part2" The Miyagi Museum of Art
"KOMOREBI" Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
"SEPTEMBER 2003" Nishimura Gallery
"12 YEARS OF ART SCOPE" Hara Museum of Contemporary Art
2004
"Light"　Nishimura Gallery
"VOCA 1994-2003 Exhibition of winner's works of 10 years"　Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama
"New Works by Five Artists<Nishimura Gallery 30 Years>" Nishimura Gallery
2004-05
"Adventure at/of the Museum" Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
2005
Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama
"sight-cruising" Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa
"Summer Show 2005" Nishimura Gallery
"Looking for Utopia - Beyond the Imagination" The Niigata Bandaijima Art Museum
2006
"Enjoyable House" Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
2006-7
"A MUSE LAND 2007 Beautiful Dreamer" Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art
2007
"DOMANI 2007" Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art
"Let's Go to the Museum !" Buffet Museum, Shizuoka
"ART FAIR TOKYO 2007" Tokyo International Forum
"Inaugural Exhibition <IKIRU> Reality by 9 Artists" Yokosuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa
"Collection from 1997 to 2007 -30th Anniversary-"  The National Museum of Art, Osaka
2007-8
"Perspectives of Contemporary Painting -Horizons-" Old Shimbashi Station, Break Station Gallery
2008
"Animals in contemporary art   Many Animals! What? Art?" Towada Art Center
"Masterworks from Ohara Museum of Art " 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
2008-2010
"neoteny japan - Takahashi collection"  KIRISHIMA OPEN-AIR MUSEUM, Sapporo Artpark, The Ueno Royal Museum, etc.

Public Collection
The Japan Foundation
Silpakorn University
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts
Gunma Museum of Art, Tatebayashi
DaimlerChrysler Foundation in Japan
Kushiro Art Museum, Hokkaido
Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki
Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Ohara Museum of Art, Okayama
Takamatsu City Museum of Art
Vanji Museo the Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka
Tokyo Station Gallery