Izumi Kato

Born in Shimane, Japan in 1969, Kato is currently based in Tokyo and Hong Kong. He received a B.A. in oil painting at Musashino Art University in 1992. His success on the international stage was propelled by his participation in Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture at the Japan Society, New York USA in 2005 and the 52nd Venice Biennale International Exhibition Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense curated by Robert Storr, Italian Pavilion at Giardini, Venice, Italy in 2007. A list of his solo exhibitions includes IZUMI KATO – LIKE A ROLLING SNOWBALL at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo / Hara Museum ARC, Gunma in 2019, KATO Izumi: Journeying into Each Day at The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa, Japan in 2010, SOUL UNION DELUXE at Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan in 2012, Izumi Kato at Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing, China in 2018 and Izumi Kato at Fundación Casa Wabi, Puerto Escondido, Mexico in 2019. Group exhibitions include Visceral Sensation – Voices So Far, So Near at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan in 2013, STANCE or DISTANCE? My Connection with the World at Contemporary Art Museum Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan in 2015 and Japanorama. A new vision on art since 1970 at Centre Pompidou – Metz, Metz, France in 2017, Unconstrained Textiles: Stitching Methods, Crossing Ideas at Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile, Hong Kong in 2020. He has participated in public art projects at Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts in Hong Kong (2018-2020) and Marunouchi Street Gallery in Tokyo (2018-2021).