The Next Contemporary is pleased to celebrate seven decades of Nobuo Kubota’s “intermedia” practice and his contribution to Canadian art for over 40 years.
The gallery dedicated four full days during the Gallery Weekend Toronto from September 21st to 24th to this curated programming conceived by Mani Mazinani.
We aim to bring this unique opportunity to witness Kubota’s expansive and unbounded creative process through artworks, videos, and a special performance by the artist and collaborators.

An architect-turned-artist, Kubota left his architecture practice behind in the sixties, to make his continuously innovative art in a variety of forms.  His early sculpture works defined his unique approach to the spatial relationships between the artwork and the audience.  Nobuo’s current work continues his interest in spatial forms and colors as three-dimensional wall works, subtractive paintings made by grinding surfaces, and extensions of language, both as written representation and special vocal techniques.  Kubota has been an important presence in the Toronto art world ecology since his days as an Isaacs Gallery artist, contributing to the diversity of thought and expanding cultural influence.  As a founding member of the Artist’s Jazz Band, CCMC, and the Music Gallery, he is a pioneer of experimental music and continues his sonic inventiveness.