CV

Education

Honors Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction
University of Toronto at Mississauga

Mississauga, Canada

The Ontario College Advanced Diploma in Art and Art History with High Honors
Sheridan College

Oakville, Canada

Performances

2024

Electric Neon Clock (Excerpt)

The Lincoln Center

New York City, USA

2017-2020

Say Something Bunny!

Undo Project Space

New York City, USA

2018

Music is Magic

Iowa City Documentary Festival

Iowa City, USA

2018

Music is Magic

Women Between the Arts

NYC, USA

2018

Music is Magic

Flaherty NYC

NYC, USA

2016

Music is Magic

Rites of Passage
Commissioned by the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

Toronto, Canada

2016

Say Something Bunny!

Gallery TPW

Toronto, Canada

2014

Thinking as She Thinks

Dunlop Gallery

Regina, Canada

2012

Defense Mechanism

Ca Tremble Festival

Commissioned by Les Subsistances

Lyon, France

2010

One Minute Performance Trailer

Images Festival

Toronto, Canada

2009

Cry School Yearbook

Dropout, Nuit Blanche
Justina M. Barnicke Gallery

Toronto, Canada

Solo Exhibitions

2016

Say Something Bunny!

Gallery TPW

Toronto, Canada

2015

Personality Unlimited

Artscape Youngplace

Toronto, Canada

2011

A.S.M.K. + F.A.G.

Feminist Art Gallery

Toronto, Canada

2009

Alison S. M. Kobayashi: Videos

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Buffalo, USA

2009

Motel

Xpace

Toronto, Canada

2009

Couch Surfing in Mississauga/ Couch Surfing in Syracuse
Art Gallery of Mississauga

Mississauga, Canada

2006

Sisters of Cha Cha
Lennox Contemporary

Toronto, Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

Rise Over Run
Nuit Blanche

Toronto, Canada

2024

Long Distance: Kamias Triennal
Gallery TPW

Toronto, Canada

2016

Open Ears
CAFKA

Kitchener, Canada

2015

things that feel
Galerie pompom

Sydney, Australia

2015

Always Already
Blackwood Gallery

Mississauga, Canada

2014

Open Studio Exhibition
Elsewhere, a living museum

Greensboro, USA

2014

Former Islands
Heliopolis

Brooklyn, USA

2014

Under New Management: Straight to Video
Third Space Gallery
Saint John, Canada

2012

Homecoming
Living Arts Centre
Mississauga, Canada

2012

A Series of Navigations
The Model
Sligo, Ireland

2012

Talk to Me
Project Channel
University of Lethbridge Art Gallery
Lethbridge, Canada

2011

Viva Voce: Art + Art History 40th Anniversary Exhibition,
Blackwood Gallery
Mississauga, Canada

2011

Lies that Tell the Truth
Khyber Institute of Contemporary Arts
Halifax, Canada

2011

That’s So Gay
The Gladstone Hotel
Toronto, Canada

2011

Miss issauga: Alison S. M. Kobayashi + Jessica Vallentin
 
Galerie Sans Nom
Moncton, Canada

2011

Celebrity Still Life
Living Arts Centre
Mississauga, Canada

2010

Me, My Camera and I
Pace Digital Gallery
NYC, USA

2010

Motelisation
Foreman Art Gallery at Bishop's University
Sherbrooke, Canada

2010

Don’t Talk to Strangers
Trinity Square Video
Toronto, Canada

2009

Fall In
Blackwood Gallery
Mississauga, Canada

2009

Empty Orchestra Remix
Gendai Gallery, Japanese Cultural Centre
Toronto, Canada

2008

Born Out of Pleasure
The Power Plant
Toronto, Canada

2008

New Wave
Mercer Union
Toronto, Canada

2008

Wayfinding
Power Plant
Toronto, Canada

2008

Object d’Art
Lennox Contemporary
Toronto, Canada

2007

Rightfully Yours
Justina M. Barnicke
Toronto, Canada

2007

Mr. M and his Sisters of Cha Cha
Jacana Gallery
Vancouver, Canada

Selected Screenings

2024

A Stream of Echoes
BFI London Film Festival
London, United Kingdom

2024

Sasalubong/Will Meet
GTA24
Toronto, Canada

2018

Happy Family Night Market Program I
Happy Family Night Market
New York City, USA

2018

Juror Program: Alison S.M. Kobayashi
Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival
Iowa City, USA

2018

Short Films presented by Brent Green
The Mini Microcinema
Cincinnati, USA

2018

Four or More or None
Columbia University
NYC, USA

2017

A Sleeping World
Light Industry
NYC, USA

2016

To Clarify or Force a Pause
ACinema
Milwaukee, USA

2016

It’s Queer Up North
Club Cultural Matienzo
Buenos Aires, Argentina

2016

Being Fucked Up: Performance Play and Humor
Squeaky Wheel
Buffalo, USA

2015

Bad Asians 3.0
Dirty Looks
NYC, USA

2014

Hanging Out in Deephaven
Vtape
Toronto, Canada

2014

Who Told You This Hurt: film and video work digging into first times/virginities/and creating tradition
Comfort Station, Barely There Cinema
Chicago, USA

2014

This is Not a Work Party
Design Exchange
Toronto, Canada

2014

ASMK Artist Talk and Screening

Alternative Cinema, Colgate University

Hamilton, USA

2013

Thrift Gaze
The Nightingale

Chicago, USA

2013

Western Front 40th Anniversary
Western Front

Vancouver, Canada

2013

Alison S. M. Kobayashi Videos
MassART Film Society

Boston, USA

2013

Doin’ Good
Winnipeg Cinematheque

Winnipeg, Canada

2012

Assembled: a video mixtape

Vtape
Toronto, Canada

2012

Shorts Program

Brick + Mortar International Video Festival

Greenfield, USA

2012

Curious Cabinets
Exit Art
NYC, USA

2012

3Fest

Riverbend Film Festival

Indiana, USA

2012

Everynobody’s Business

New York University

NYC, USA

2014

Shorts Program

ReelOut Film Festival

Kingston, ON

2011

Spotlight Presentation

Video Out, Jakarta International Film Festival

Jakarta, Indonesia

2011

New and Lesser Known Work

Feminist Art Gallery

Toronto, Canada

2011

Snowballs

Articule Gallery

Montréal, Canada

2011

Migration: Artistic Formations

International House

Philadelphia, USA

2011

“Feminismos”

La Casa Encendida

Madrid, Spain

2011

A Collection Of Nine Love Inspired Shorts

Anthology Film Archives

NYC, USA

2010

Kino Satellite

Das Direktorenhaus

Berlin, Germany

2010

Shorts Program

Toronto After Dark Film Festival

Toronto, Canada

2010

Shorts Program

Ok.Quoi?! Festival

Sacksville, Canada

2010

Flipworks
Pleasure Dome
Toronto, Canada

2010

Hidden in Plain Cite

Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival

Toronto, Canada

2010

Made in Toronto, Canada

Damascus Video Art Festival

Damascus, Syria

2010

Made in Toronto, Canada

Damascus Video Art Festival

Damascus, Syria

2010

Other People: Cut and Run

Artists' Access Television

San Francisco USA

2010

One Take Super 8

Images Festival

Toronto, Canada

2010

Benning, Kobayashi y Linzy, Xcèntric

El Cinema Del Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

2009

Laugh my Darling Cycle

Bilbao International Film Festival

Bilbao, Spain

2009

Blinded By Goodness

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

Toronto, Canada

2009

Shorts Program

Takoma Park Film Festival

Takoma Park, USA

2009

Screening Series
Art Tribes

Miami, USA

2009

Flaherty NYC

Anthology Film Archives
NYC, USA

2008

Shout Out!

Art Gallery of Windsor

Windsor, Canada

2008

Myself, Yourself- Critical Screening Seminar

SFMA, Tufts

Cambridge, USA

2008

Shorts Program

MIX New York Queer Experimental Film Festival

NYC, USA

2008

Empty Orchestra

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

Toronto, Canada

2008

Shorts Program

International Amsterdam Film Festival

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2008

Am I Repeating Yourself?

The Power Plant

Toronto, Canada

2008

Featured Artist

The Flaherty International Film Seminar

Hamilton USA

2008

Slant 8

Aurora Picture Show

Texas, USA

2008

Shorts Program

San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival

San Francisco, USA

2008

Shorts Program

Hong Kong Independent Short Film Festival

Hong Kong, China

2007

Shorts Program

DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival

Washington, DC

2007

Photophobia 9

Hamilton, Canada

Toronto, Canada

2007

Spatial Poetics 6

Powell Street Festival

Vancouver, Canada

2007

Shorts Program

International Short Film Festival

Toronto, Canada

2007

Shorts Program

Inside Out Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

Toronto, Canada

2007

Lost and Found

Signal and Noise Festival

Vancouver, Canada

2007

Shorts Program

University of Toronto Film Festival

Toronto, Canada

2007

New Toronto Work’s Show

Pleasure Dome

Toronto, Canada

2006

Bittersweet Roots

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

Toronto, Canada

2005

InFeed

Blackwood Gallery

Mississauga, Canada

Awards, Nominations, Grants & Residencies

2024

Awardee

Creative Capital Award

New York City, USA

2024

Project Grant

Japanese Canadian Legacies Society (JCLS) Intergenerational Wellness Grant

Canada

2023

Fellow

MacDowell

Peterborough, USA

2022

Project Grant

NYSCA

New York

2022

Explore and Create: - Research and Creation Grant

Canada Council

Canada

2022

Recipient of The Stanley Bing Superb Owl Residency

Yaddo

Saratoga Springs, USA

2021

Fellow

Yaddo

Saratoga Springs, USA

2019

Nominee

United Solo Special Award

NYC, USA

2018

Nominee

The Chase Award for Unique Theatrical Experience
The Drama Desk

NYC, USA

2018

Nominee

United Solo Special Award

NYC, USA

2018

Residency

Monson Arts

Monson, USA

2018

Touring Grant
Ontario Arts Council

Toronto, Canada

2016

Fellow

MacDowell
 
Peterborough, USA

2016

Fellow

Yaddo

Saratoga Springs, USA

2016

Project Grant
Canada Council for the Arts

Canada

2016

Project Grant
Brooklyn Arts Council

Brooklyn, USA

2015

Project Grant
Toronto Arts Council

Toronto, Canada

2015

Gendai Gallery Exhibition Assistance Grant
Ontario Arts Council

Toronto, Canada

2015

Emerging Visual Arts Grant
Ontario Arts Council

Toronto, Canada

2014

Residency
 
Elsewhere

Greensboro, USA

2012

Residency
Les Subsistances

Lyon, France

2007

Best Emerging Visual Artist
Mississauga Arts Award

Mississauga, Canada

2007

Best Performance
University of Toronto Film Festival

Toronto, Canada

2007

TSV Artistic Vision Award for Best Local Short Film
Reel Asian Film Festival

Toronto, Canada

2006

First Prize in Hart House Art Competition

Justina M. Barnicke Gallery

Toronto, Canada

2006

Award for Excellence in Studio Practice

The Bill Huffman Award

Toronto, Canada

2006

Regency Care Award for Excellence in Studio Work

Art and Art History, Sheridan College

Toronto, Canada

2006

Blackwood Gallery Award for Excellence in Design

Art and Art History, Sheridan College

Toronto, Canada

2006

Faculty Sculpture Award

Art and Art History, Sheridan College

Toronto, Canada

2005

CJ Graphics Award for Excellence in Design

Art and Art History, Sheridan College

Toronto, Canada

2005

Japanese Paper Place Award for Outstanding Achievement in Print Media

Art and Art History, Sheridan College

Toronto, Canada

Publications and Academic Writing About Kobayashi's Work

2021

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival

(Re)Rites of Passage, Asian Canada in Motion

Canada

2020

Pooja Rangan

“Inaudible Evidence: Counterforensic Listening in Contemporary Art.” Deep Mediations, Thinking Space in Cinema and Digital Cultures edited by Karen Redrobe and Jeff Scheible, 2020, pp. 161-179.
 

University of Minnesota Press

2015

Johanna Linsley

“The eavesdropped: Listening-in and overhearing the voice in performance.” Voice Studies, Critical Approaches to Process, Performance and Experience.

Routledge

2014

Dunlop Gallery
 
Tragedy Plus Time
 
Black Dog Publishing

2009

Laida Lertxundi
Chapter in “The Oblique Laugh: Parallelisms Tangents and Intersections between Documental and Humor”, Ocho y Medio Libros de Cine.
Ocho y Medio Libros de Cine

2009

Carolyn Tennant
 
Alison S. M. Kobayashi: Videos.

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre

2007

Jennifer Matotek
Voice on tape: The reverse alterity of Alison S.M. Kobayashi’s Dan Carter.

York University

2007

Richard Fung
“Overview: Looking back and looking forward.” Reel Asian: Asian Canada on Screen.

Coach House Books