Milt Kobayashi: Solo Exhibition

Milt Kob aya shi S o l o

E x h i bi t i o n

Meyer Gallery

M i lt K o b aya sh i Solo e xhibition

July 2 2 - Aug ust 4, 202 2

Meyer Gallery

225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 800.779.7387 www.meyergalleries.com

For his 2022 Solo Exhibition, New York artist Milt Kobayashi presents a new series of portrait paintings with contemporary compositional designs, bold color, and loose brushwork. The work continues to merge Kobayashi’s stylistic influences: Japanese printmaking inspires his flat patterning and perspective, while his handling of paint is a nod to master artists such as John Singer Sargent or Diego Velázquez. His Solo Exhibition opens on Friday July 22nd with an Opening Reception from 5-7pm. New work can also be seen online at meyergalleries.com.

Kobayashi’s figures often appear pensive and introspective despite their public settings, lost in thought or casting discrete glances, while others fill the canvas and confront the viewer with a strong and confident gaze. Rooted in realism, his paintings have a modern aesthetic that appeal to a wide range of collectors with a bold style. His recent explorations in thematic or narrative elements bring even more intrigue to the work, as he focuses on a certain color or recurring subject to connect a series. Japanese art is still Kobayashi’s biggest influence, particularly 16th and 17th century Ukiyo-e woodblock print masters Hokasai, Sharaku, and Utamaro. It is the patterns, color harmonies, use of negative space, and particularly composition and design that informs Kobayashi’s unique style.

Born in New York City, Kobayashi is a third-generation Japanese-American who lived with his family in Oahu, Hawaii and Los Angeles, California, where he spent many years working as an illustrator before returning to New York in the late 1970s. Here, he was strongly influenced by museum visits to the Met and other New York institutions and ultimately shifted his career from illustration to painting. He has now been working as a professional artist for more than 30 years.

Emerald and Glitter

oil

12 x 12

Flowing

oil

12 x 12

Two Women

oil

16 x 20

Landscape

oil

10 x 10

Blue Table

oil

16 x 20

Blue

oil

10 x 10

Circles

oil

20 x 20

Late Evening

oil

18 x 18

Longtime Friends

oil

20 x 16

Danseuse

oil

22 x 22

Quiet and Intimate

oil

20 x 16

Studio

oil

20 x 16

The Break

oil

16 x 20

Two on a Sofa

oil

18 x 18

Little Girl All Dressed Up

oil

10 x 10

Arrival

oil

15 x 12

The Dancer Takes Flight

oil

20 x 16

Curled

oil

10 x 10

Noir Strawberries in Threes

oil

14 x 14

M i lt K o b aya sh i Solo Exhibition Price list

Emerald and Glitter

oil

12 x 12

$5,200

Flowing

oil

12 x 12

$5,200

Two Women

oil

16 x 20

$10,500

Landscape

oil

10 x 10

$4,000

Blue Table

oil

16 x 20

$10,500

Blue

oil

10 x 10

$4,500

Circles

oil

20 x 20

$12,000

Late Evening

oil

18 x 18

$10,500

Longtime Friends

oil

20 x 16

$10,500

Danseuse

oil

22 x 22

$13,000

M i lt K o b aya sh i Solo Exhibition Price list

Quiet and Intimate

oil

20 x 16

$10,500

Single Table

oil

18 x 18

$10,500

Studio

oil

20 x 16

$10,500

The Break

oil

16 x 20

$10,500

Two on a Sofa

oil

18 x 18

$10,500

Little Girl All Dressed Up

oil

10 x 10

$4,500

Arrival

oil

15 x 12

$7,200

Landscape

oil

10 x 10

$4,500

The Dancer Takes Flight

oil

20 x 16

$11,000

Curled

oil

10 x 10

$4,500

Noir Strawberries in Threes

oil

14 x 14

$7,200

Meyer Gallery

225 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 505.983.1434 800.779.7387 www.meyergalleries.com