Maika Kobayashi

Painter / Muralist Maika Kobayashi (MAIKA KOBAYASHI)

Painter and muralist. She began her career as a painter in 2010 with a solo exhibition in New York. In 2015, he began to expand his work overseas, and was based in the United Kingdom for two years until 2017. During that time, he held solo exh...

Painter / Muralist Maika Kobayashi (MAIKA KOBAYASHI)

Painter and muralist. She began her career as a painter in 2010 with a solo exhibition in New York. In 2015, he began to expand his work overseas, and was based in the United Kingdom for two years until 2017. During that time, he held solo exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Amsterdam.In 2018, he started his own business by producing a performance group. As a painter, he is not only responsible for the stage design, but also directs the group as an integrated art form, including dancers, composers, filmmakers, photographers, and fashion designers, and hit the first Japanese performance at the Aux Belles Poules in Paris (Aux Belles Poules). He started his activities in Thailand with the collaboration with Mandarin Oriental Bangkok. As a muralist, he organized "Art Can Help You," an art project based on the SDGs in Bangkok. The project attracted 1,500 participants at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center (BACC). Currently, he focuses his creative belief on "the production of 'place' through art" and is active in the Zao Onsen hot spring resort area in Yamagata Prefecture.