Nobuo Kubota was born on 1932 and is a Canadian multimedia artist.
10 Facts About Nobuo Kubota
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Nobuo Kubota became a sculptor in 1969, showed regularly with the Isaacs Gallery group in Toronto, and is said to have deliberately adopted a Japanese 'look' in his work whereby he alludes to Japanese aesthetics and art.
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When Nobuo Kubota was awarded a Canada Council grant in 1970 he was able to spend a year in Japan.
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Nobuo Kubota went ostensibly to study Japanese art but found his way to Kyoto where he was invited to live with a Zen master, Nanrei Sohatsu Kobori, in his temple in the famous Daitokuji complex.
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Nobuo Kubota has published two books, Phonic Slices and Deep Text with Coach House Books.
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Nobuo Kubota's work is held in numerous collections including the National Gallery of Canada.
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Nobuo Kubota was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
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Nobuo Kubota received the Allied Arts Award from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
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Nobuo Kubota received the Governor General's award for the arts in 2009.
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Nobuo Kubota received a Doctor of Fine Arts Honoris Causa from the Ontario College of Art and Design.