GR gallery is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition of Japanese artist Maiko Kobayashi with the gallery and US debut, Be Here, For Sure. The exhibition show will present a new series that strongly highlights the artist’s choice of her characters and their personalities -clearly referred and inspired by real people that crossed the artist’s path- and on the connections occurring between them and the empathy generated in their creator. The title emphasizes the rising importance of factuality in these days when is more then ever needed to be present, active and creative. This exhibition will reveal to the public fifteen artworks on canvas in various sizes and a live painting. This new body of work is pushing further beyond…