Sonomi Kobayashi was born and grew up in Japan and moved to New York in 1993. She studied at the Art Students League of New York from 1995 to 2002, painting with William Scharf, Knox Martin, Larry Poons, and sculpting with Jonathan Shahn. She now works out of her studio in L.I.C., Queens, NY and exhibits frequently in the United States, Japan, and Europe.

Recent Exhibitions include: Solo show at Cat’Art Contemporary Art Center, Ste Colombe, France; French-Japanese Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tokyo (accepted for international competition); selected work at Concepto Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; selected work at Limner Gallery, Chelsea, NY; group shows with AAWAA (Asian American Woman Artists Alliance) at Phoenix Gallery, SOHO, NY.
She will be exhibiting her work at Galerie ARTAe Leipzig, Germany in September 2008.