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Mixed Media or collage is a technique that combines cut paper, water color, pastel, dyed hand made paper, cloth patches, sand, and etc. to give rich color and spatial experience. The world of Kubo Osamu offers fresh shapes with extraordinary scale and detail for your enjoyment.
Sample works ÇPMy bicycle ÇQIzushi Soba noodle ÇRAt Stratford-on-Avon ÇSFloating Shrine(Katada, Lake Biwa ) ÇTShirakawa-go in early spring ÇUSomewhere in Silk Road ÇVDonkey Taxi
KUBO Osamu:
| 1951, | Born in Mine-shi,Yamaguti prefecture. |
| 1971, | Took up mixed media/cut paper. |
| 1974, | Started Japanese traditional house series. |
| 1980, | Solo Exhibition at Hotel Plaza(Osaka) and Belle vie Akasaka (Tokyo). |
| 1981, | Solo Exhibition at Osaka Modern Art Center (Osaka) |
| 1982, | Solo Exhibition by Sankei Shinbun (Osaka) and by Ishide-cho, Hyogo prefecture. |
| 1983, | Illustrations for newspaper feature article series [Houses in London] and [Daily Life and Greenery] on Asahi Shinbun.
Illustrations for newspaper feature article series [Science of Bathing] on Mainichi Shinbun. |
| 1984, | Traveled Spain. |
| 1986, | Newspaper feature article series [Travel through Spain](essays and illustrations) on Sankei Shinbun. |
| 1987, | Mixed media/cut paper work shop and exhibition in Manila, Philippine. |
| 1988, | Exhibition [Mixed Media/Cut Paper: Silk Road] at Nara, Osaka, Hyogo, Yamaguchi prefectures. |
| 1989, | Newspaper feature article series [Kubo Osamu's Travelogue, Mixed Media/Cut Paper ] on Asahi Shinbun.
Newspaper feature article series [Four Seasons: Color Mixed Media/Cut Paper ] on Osaka Shinbun. |
| 1991, | 10th Exhibition: large scale (64 x 92 inches) mixed media/cut paper (Osaka). |
| 1992, | Published [Kubo Osamu's Mixed Media/Cut Paper Collection] . Exhibition by Asahi Family News (Ashiya La PortÈe Hall) Solo Exhibition at Mitsukoshi (Shinjuku, Tokyo). |
| April 9-14,1996 | Solo Exhibition at Mitsukoshi(Shinjuku, Tokyo). |
| January 28-February 2,1997, | Mixed media/cut paper Exhibition at Mitsukoshi(Shinjuku, Tokyo).
Translated by Etsuko Ueda No reproduction or republication without written permission.
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Last updated, May 30, 1996
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