1. Continued Dots 01 - Ink and natural pigment on paper - 27 x 63 in. (68.5 x 160 cm) - 2000
  2. Iroha - Ink and natural pigments on paper - 22 x 12 in. (55.8 x 30.5 cm) - 2007
  3. Chinese Classical Literature - Ink and natural pigment on paper - 28 x 22 in. (71 x 55.8 cm) - 2005
  4. Tompa Character - Ink and natural pigment on paper - 33 x 32 in. (84 x 81 cm) - 2005
  5. Continued Dots 04 - Ink and natural pigments on paper - 31.5 x 32.5 in. (80 x 82.5 cm) - 2003



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Michiko Sotobayashi

Start­ing her train­ing in cal­lig­ra­phy at the age of eight, the influ­ence of cal­lig­ra­phy is quin­tes­sen­tially rooted in the core of Sotobayashi’s. Known as one of the very few Japan­ese artists who exploit rare, and pre­cious nat­ural pig­ments from China, the artist is adept in wield­ing a deft move­ment of the brush and dis­pers­ing her col­ored ‘dots’ of islands emerg­ing on the clean, white background.

Continued Dots

Since the Mil­len­nium, Soto­bayashi has been exten­sively invited to exhibit solo shows in Japan and in New York. An inno­v­a­tive artist, Soto­bayashi is also highly respected in the tra­di­tional cal­lig­ra­phy cir­cles in Japan for her intel­lec­tual inputs to cer­tain elite orga­ni­za­tions, such as the Mainichi Shodo Association.

Pro­file

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Born in Hiroshima, Japan
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Grad­u­ated from Daito Bunka Uni­ver­sity, Tokyo
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Mem­ber of Panel of Judges of “The Mainichi Shodo Exhi­bi­tion & Association”
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Exec­u­tive Direc­tor of Keiseikai

Selected exhi­bi­tions

2007
Onishi Gallery, New York

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