1960 Born in Tokyo, Japan
Live and Work in Bangkok and Tokyo
1986 Graduated from Aichi Prefectures University of Art
1996 Awarded VOCA’96 Encouragement Prize
Granted a scholarship for artist from Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
Stayed in Bangkok for one year
1998 Stayed in Lot-et-Garonne, France by Japan Art Scope '98
2002 Toward a Place with Light - Takanobu Kobayashi” was published by Nihon Keizai Shinbunsha
“Dream Dream” United Nation University, Tokyo
"Garden of Painting / Japanese Art of the 00s" The National Museum of Art, Osaka
"In the Little Playground-Hitsuda Nobuya and his surrounding students" Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
"Neoteny Japan contemporary artists after 1990’s from Takahashi Collection" Kirishima Open-Air Museum, kagoshima
"From submarine to portrait" Nishimura Gallery, Tokyo
"Mono to Kokoro" Nishimura Gallery
"Sight-cruising" Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa
"Takanobu Kobayashi -Endless Summer" Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo
"The Drop of Heat" Bangkok University Art Gallery, Nishimura Gallery
"Recent Works 23, Takanobu Kobayashi" National Museum of Art, Osaka
"SEVENTY FIVE DAYS" Muse des Beaux-Arts d' Agen, Lot-et-Garonne, France