Given Name |
SHOJIRO |
Family Name |
KATO |
Born |
1954 / Tokyo, Japan |
Address |
In Tokyo |
URL |
http://www.kato.to |
E-mail |
sho@kato.to |
Education
1978 |
M.F.A. in Japanese style painting, Graduate School of Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan |
1976 |
B.F.A. in Japanese style painting, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan |
One Man Show
2004 |
Mind Forest / Numthong Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand |
2003 |
Mind Forest / Akko Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand |
2002 |
Cat in Tokyo / Akko Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand |
2001 |
Moon People in Phuket / Art & Culture Gallery, Phuket, Thailand
Moon People 1991-2000 / Japan Cultural Center, Bangkok, Thailand |
1999 |
Moon People -8/ O Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
1997 |
ARK -2 / Gallery Ark, Yokohama, Japan |
1996 |
ARK / Gallery Ark , Yokohama, Japan
Bear -2 / Gallery Olym, Tokyo, Japan
Moon People -7 / Ginza Gallery House, Tokyo |
1995 |
Bear / Gallery Q-S, Tokyo, Japan
Moon People -6 / Ginza Gallery House, Tokyo, Japan |
1994 |
Moon People -5 / Taichung City Cultural Center, Taichung, Taiwan |
1993 |
Moon People -4 / Gallery K, Tokyo, Japan |
1992 |
Moon People -3 / Gallery K, Tokyo, Japan |
1991 |
Moon People -2 / Sotetsu Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Moon People / Cast Iron Gallery, New York, USA |
Selected Group Show
2004 |
New Images 2004 / Gallery Hibiki, Tokyo, Japan
ORIENT in ASEAN -Prayer for Peace- / ASEAN Center, Tokyo, Japan
Today's Figurative Paintings 2004 / Asahi Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
WILLIAMSBURG SALON 2004 / W.A.H.Center, New York, USA |
2003 |
ORIENT in Jakarta / Japan Cultural Center, Jakarta, Indonesia
ORIENT -Color & Shape- 2003 / Moteki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Three men show -Contemporary Paintings from Asia- / with Vasan Sitthiket & Le Thanh Thu, O Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
WILLIAMSBURG SALON 2003 / W.A.H.Center, New York, USA |
2002 |
ORIENT -Color & Shape- 2002 Moteki Gallery / Tokyo, Japan
Today's Figurative Paintings 2002 / Asahi Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
2001 |
ORIENT -Color & Shape- 2001 / Ginza Art Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
Today's Figurative Paintings 2001 / Asahi Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
2000 |
Two persons show -Two Developments of Japanese style painting- with Michiko Iseki / Inoue Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
ORIENT -Color & Shape- 2000 / Ginza Art Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
Japan -Korea Contact Art Exhibition / Cheju Cultural Center, Cheju, Korea
Today's Figurative Paintings 2000 / Asahi Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
1999 |
ORIENT -Color & Shape- 1999 / Ginza Art Plaza, Tokyo, Japan
Japan -Korea Contact Art Exhibition / Kanagawa Prefecture Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Today's Figurative Paintings 1999 / Asahi Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
1998 |
Today's Great Painters in Japan / Shanghai City Art Museum,Shanghai, The People's Republic of China
Vietnam International Art Exhibition? / Ho Chi Minh City Art Museum, Ho Chi Minh , Vietnam
Wind of Asia ? / Ginza Gallery House, Tokyo, Japan
Japan-Korea Contact Art Exhibition / Seoul Shinmun Gallery, Seoul, Korea |
1997 |
Yasuda Art Foundation Contemporary Art Exhibition / Yasuda Art Foundation Togo Seiji Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
The 40th Yasui Prize Exhibition / Season Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
What is Japanese style painting ? / Ginza Gallery House, Tokyo, Japan |
1995 |
Thai Asian Modern Art Exhibition / Sindhon Building, bangkok, Thailand
Shanghai Asian Modern Art Exhibition / Shanghai City Art Museum, Shanghai, The People's Republic of China |
1994 |
Vietnam International Art Exhibition / Ho Chi Minh City Art Museum, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Wind of Asia / Chibagin Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
1992 |
China-Japan International Contact Art Exhibition / National History Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Japan-Korea-China Contemporary Art Exhibition / Lotte Art Museum, Seoul, Korea |
1991 |
The 2nd Japan-Korea-China Asian Modern Art Exhibition / Korean Cultural Center, Tokyo, Japan |
1990 |
Hong Kong Asian Modern Art Exhibition / Hong Kong Cultural Center, Hong Kong
Three person show -Three Developments of Japanese style painting- with John Volmer &
Yumiko Tanaka / Sairin Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Japan-Korea-China Asian Modern Art Exhibition / Korean Cultural Center, Tokyo, Japan |
1989 |
China-Japan International Contact Art Exhibition / Kaosiung Cultural Center, Kaosiung, Taiwan |
Awards
2000 |
Grand Prize in the 23rd Japan-Seiko Art Exhibition |
1997 |
Invited to the 40th Yasui Prize Exhibition |
1996 |
Yasuda Art Foundation Prize in the 32nd Asian Modern Art Exhibition
Second Grand Prize in the 30th Kanagawa-ken Exhibition |
1994 |
Grand Prize in the 30th Asian Modern Art Exhibition |
1992 |
Japan-Asian Airline Prize in the 28th Asian Modern Art Exhibition |
1991 |
Ueno no Mori Art Museum Prize in the 27th Asian Modern Art Exhibition |
1990 |
The Artist Friendship Association of Asia Prize in the 26th Asian Modern Art Exhibition |
1989 |
New Artist Prize in the 25th Asian Modern Art Exhibition |
Artist in Residence
2002-2003 |
Stayed in Thai Art Department of Silapakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, as Artist in Residence with scholarship of the Japanese government |