1986  Receives Award at Asian Textile Design Competition   1987  Opens independent studio Design Studio Shumei   1989  Creates five large Noren tapestries for Mauna Lani Bay Hotel, Hawaii, using Tsutsugaki Yuzen techniques, commissioned by Tokyu Railways   1991  Selected as one of 100 Dyers, Japan, presented by Kyoto Prefecture in cooperation with the Japan Kimono Association and the Kyoto Textile Chamber of Commerce Exhibition at Kyoto Cultural Heian Museum, Kyoto   1992 Recording of NHK Television Broadcast The Revival of Umezome, the Roots of Kaga Yuzen   1996  Exhibition Tsutsugaki Yuzen Dyeing by Shumei Kobayashi at the Japan Foundation, Sydney Canberra College of Arts Lecture and Workshop at the Canberra College of Arts   1999 Exhibition Tsutsugaki Yuzen Dyeing by Shumei Kobayashi at Craft Victoria Lecture at the University of Melbourne Creates large Noren tapestries and framed works for Tetsuya’s and Azuma restaurants   2000  Lecture and demonstration at Fukagawa Edo Museum, Tokyo Commission Noren tapestry for Tetsuya’s restaurant Sydney

2001  Lecture History of Natural Dyestuff at the Kanazawa Institute for the Renovation of Cultural Properties Involved in the revival of Umezome    2002  Exhibition Tsutsugaki Art Exhibition by Shumei Kobayashi at Tetsuya’s restaurant Sydney    2003  Tsutsugaki Art Exhibition by Shumei Kobayashi at the Japan Foundation, Sydney, including a lecture and demonstration    2004  Recording of NHK Television Broadcast  Oto no aru Fukei    2005  Lecture and demonstration Japanese Classical Hand Dyeing Method as a visiting artist at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales Third Tsutsugaki Art Exhibition by Shumei Kobayashi at the Japan Foundation, Sydney     2007 Exhibition Furoshiki - Reviving a Dyeing Art at the Japan Foundation, Sydney Tsutsugaki Exhibition Shumei Kobayashi at Silk Love Gallery, Tokyo     2008 Commission Tetsuya Restaurant Sydney screen size work    2010  Commission Tetsuya Waku Ghin restaurant Singapore Marina Bay Sands  Solo show Yamaki Gallery Osaka

2011  Japan Foundation Sydney Lecture and Workshop Australian Academy of Design Melbourne Master class Commission Azuma Restaurant Sydney-largest work to date Solo Exhibition Weaving The Future Lesley Kehoe Galleries, Melbourne   2013 Distinguished Talent Visa in Australia   2014  Solo Exhibition Eyes Half Closed Lesley Kehoe Galleries, Melbourne   2016  Threads of Significance Solo Exhibition Lesley Kehoe Galleries, Melbourne Commission 12 x Noren for Japanese Restaurant AZUMA Restaurant, Sydney 　 2017  Curly Flat vineyards and winery, Lancefield, Victoria, creating pigments from vines   2019  Commission Kanazawa Hyatt Centric, Kanazawa, Japan   Annual exhibitions at major Japanese department stores in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Sapporo.   Since 1974 :   27 Solo exhibitions, 35 Group exhibitions