Atsushi Kobayashi is a creative artist who unites sound, light and visuals. He creates installations that inspire audiences through immersive experiences. His skill set spans across designing, programming and fabricating hardwares using sensors, LEDs and robot arms. His art installation "Germination" was curated and exhibited in FESTIVAL X 2023 in Dubai as one of the world digital arts. He arranged natural plants and an industrial robot arm as a miscellaneous art installation.
The installation "Orizuru Room" won the Bronze A' Design Award in lighting products and projects design category in 2018-2019 period. His solo installation "Surveillance St." was featured in LA WEEKLY. He supported "Hanafubuki" by Akiko Yamashita in ARTECHOUSE, Washington DC. This art installation was featured by Washington Post on March 2019. He built his career as a creative technologist for VT PRO Design, a creative studio focusing on the latest technology. https://vtprodesign.com/team 小林宏 email : [email protected] |
AWARDS:
2023 "Germination", Bronze A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award Category, MILAN/ITALY
2022 "Reconnect", Iron A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category, MILAN/ITALY
2019 "Orizuru Room", Bronze A' Design Award in lighting products and projects design category, MILAN/ITALY
2018 "Future Library", Creative prize, Digital Signage Award, TOKYO/JAPAN
2016 "Beauty is Beast", Japan Typography Annual 2016 in logo design category, TOKYO/JAPAN
2015 "Digital Anywhere Door", Grand prize, Digital Signage Award, TOKYO/JAPAN
2014 "EX THEATER", SDA Award in sign design category, TOKYO/JAPAN
2007 "Ten to Sen", MPTE AWARDS in VFX category, TOKYO/JAPAN
2006 "Hyoten", MPTE AWARDS in VFX category, TOKYO/JAPAN
2003 "Various outlines for 3DCG", Grand prize, NICOGRAPH, TOKYO/JAPAN
MIXED/JOINT EXHIBITIONS:
2023 "Germination", Festival X, Duba/UAE
2023 "0 // 2023 Public Visuals Exhibition", TOKYO/JAPAN
2021 "0 // 2021 Public Visuals Exhibition", TOKYO/JAPAN
2020 "Sensory Overload: Transforming spaces through experiential design", Emily Carr University of Art + Design, VANCOUVER/CANADA
2019 "Surveillance St.", WORLD OF LIGHT, Los Angeles/USA
2019 "Hanafubuki", In Peak Bloom, ARTECHOUSE, Washington DC/USA
2018 "Orizuru Room", Manazuru Jack Installation, Kanagawa/JAPAN
LIVE PERFORMANCE:
2023 "Public Visuals & Friends", New York/USA
2023 "Activate by 0 // 2023 Public Visuals", New York/USA
2023 "Haptic Drift x Public Visuals", New York/USA
2023 "0 // 2023 Public Visuals Los Angeles", Los Angeles/USA
2022 "0 // 2022 Public Visuals Tokyo 2", TOKYO/JAPAN
2021 "0 // 2021 Public Visuals Tokyo", TOKYO/JAPAN
2019 "Radion", Audio Visual performance, New York/USA
2019 Pabst Blue Ribbon presents "EXPECT DELAYS", Los Angeles/USA
2019 Pabst Blue Ribbon presents "NIGHT GLOW WITH COM TRUISE + HEAT-WAVE", Los Angeles/USA
2018 "SCI-Arc Graduate Thesis Weekend 2018", Los Angeles/USA
PRESS APPEARANCES:
2019 "Surveillance St", LA WEEKLY
2019 "The World of Light exhibit shines in Downtown Los Angeles", NERD REACTOR
2019 "A’Design Award & Competition", Design Diffusion
2019 "Atsushi Kobayashi Good in Lighting Design", DESIGNERS.org
2019 A Design Award & Competition Interview
2019 Professional Design web - a young designer's perspective
2019 Our #InPeakBloom installation titled "Hana Fubuki" was created for #artechouseDC
2018 "Future Library", Digital Signage Award, TOKYO/JAPAN
2018 The Making of Orizuru Room a Traditional Japanese Origami Installation
2017 TV x VR, the future of 360, Challenges Broadcasters are Facing, Interop Tokyo 2017
2015 "Digital Door", Digital Signage Award, TOKYO/JAPAN
SKILLS:
TouchDesigner, Ableton Live
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects
Autodesk Maya
2023 "Germination", Bronze A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design Award Category, MILAN/ITALY
2022 "Reconnect", Iron A' Design Award in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design category, MILAN/ITALY
2019 "Orizuru Room", Bronze A' Design Award in lighting products and projects design category, MILAN/ITALY
2018 "Future Library", Creative prize, Digital Signage Award, TOKYO/JAPAN
2016 "Beauty is Beast", Japan Typography Annual 2016 in logo design category, TOKYO/JAPAN
2015 "Digital Anywhere Door", Grand prize, Digital Signage Award, TOKYO/JAPAN
2014 "EX THEATER", SDA Award in sign design category, TOKYO/JAPAN
2007 "Ten to Sen", MPTE AWARDS in VFX category, TOKYO/JAPAN
2006 "Hyoten", MPTE AWARDS in VFX category, TOKYO/JAPAN
2003 "Various outlines for 3DCG", Grand prize, NICOGRAPH, TOKYO/JAPAN
MIXED/JOINT EXHIBITIONS:
2023 "Germination", Festival X, Duba/UAE
2023 "0 // 2023 Public Visuals Exhibition", TOKYO/JAPAN
2021 "0 // 2021 Public Visuals Exhibition", TOKYO/JAPAN
2020 "Sensory Overload: Transforming spaces through experiential design", Emily Carr University of Art + Design, VANCOUVER/CANADA
2019 "Surveillance St.", WORLD OF LIGHT, Los Angeles/USA
2019 "Hanafubuki", In Peak Bloom, ARTECHOUSE, Washington DC/USA
2018 "Orizuru Room", Manazuru Jack Installation, Kanagawa/JAPAN
LIVE PERFORMANCE:
2023 "Public Visuals & Friends", New York/USA
2023 "Activate by 0 // 2023 Public Visuals", New York/USA
2023 "Haptic Drift x Public Visuals", New York/USA
2023 "0 // 2023 Public Visuals Los Angeles", Los Angeles/USA
2022 "0 // 2022 Public Visuals Tokyo 2", TOKYO/JAPAN
2021 "0 // 2021 Public Visuals Tokyo", TOKYO/JAPAN
2019 "Radion", Audio Visual performance, New York/USA
2019 Pabst Blue Ribbon presents "EXPECT DELAYS", Los Angeles/USA
2019 Pabst Blue Ribbon presents "NIGHT GLOW WITH COM TRUISE + HEAT-WAVE", Los Angeles/USA
2018 "SCI-Arc Graduate Thesis Weekend 2018", Los Angeles/USA
PRESS APPEARANCES:
2019 "Surveillance St", LA WEEKLY
2019 "The World of Light exhibit shines in Downtown Los Angeles", NERD REACTOR
2019 "A’Design Award & Competition", Design Diffusion
2019 "Atsushi Kobayashi Good in Lighting Design", DESIGNERS.org
2019 A Design Award & Competition Interview
2019 Professional Design web - a young designer's perspective
2019 Our #InPeakBloom installation titled "Hana Fubuki" was created for #artechouseDC
2018 "Future Library", Digital Signage Award, TOKYO/JAPAN
2018 The Making of Orizuru Room a Traditional Japanese Origami Installation
2017 TV x VR, the future of 360, Challenges Broadcasters are Facing, Interop Tokyo 2017
2015 "Digital Door", Digital Signage Award, TOKYO/JAPAN
SKILLS:
TouchDesigner, Ableton Live
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects
Autodesk Maya