Ryō Katō (artist)

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Ryō Katō ( Japanese 加藤 竜 , Katō Ryō ; born December 24, 1978 in Niimi , Okayama Prefecture ) is a Japanese painter who lives and works in Berlin.

Life

Ryō Katō received lessons in drawing and painting from 1995 to 1998 at high school and in private schools in Okayama: After graduating from high school, he went to Paris for nine months and then moved to Berlin. In 2001 he started studying at the Berlin University of the Arts and was in Wolfgang Petrick's class . As a master student , he moved to Daniel Richter's class in 2005 . In 2006 he completed his studies as a master class student. During his studies he had his first exhibitions in Germany. In 2010 he took part in an art fair for the first time. At Art Karlsruhe , his pictures were exhibited as a solo show. In 2012, he was awarded first place in the Ishi Prize in Japan, and in 2013 one of his pictures was taken at the Okayama Prefectural Museum. In 2015 the Prefecture Museum bought another work. He is a member of the Darmstadt Secession and was awarded their sponsorship award.

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Shortly before moving to Europe, he began to deal intensively with the topic of environmental degradation.

Prices

  • 2013: Sponsorship award at the "Prize of the Darmstadt Secession", Darmstadt Germany
  • 2012: First place in the "Ishi Prize" of the Okayama Prefectural Museum, Okayama Japan

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2015 "Ishi Prize Winner" with Motoyuki Shitamichi, Okayama Prefecture Museum, Okayama, Japan
  • 2013 "The 5th Ishi Prize Special Exhibition", Niimi Art Museum, Okayama, Japan

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2016 "Niimi Museum Collection Exhibition", Niimi Art Museum, Okayama, Japan
  • 2015 "Art Prize of the City of Weilburg", Weilburg; "Minature", FUMA Contemporary Tokyo, Tokyo
  • 2014 "The last 300" Meeresmuseum Stralsund, Stralsund; "28th Art Prize of the Foundation Kreissparkasse Esslingen-Nürtingen", Esslingen-Nürtingen
  • 2013 "Prize of the Darmstadt Secession" Hessen Design e. V., Darmstadt (catalog)
  • 2012 "I-Shi Prize" Tenjin Art Hall Okayama Japan (catalog); "Open] art [space 2012" Technology and Innovation Park Berlin (catalog)
  • 2009 "Art Prize of the Günzburg District 2009", Günzburg; "Prize of the Darmstadt Secession" Darmstädter Mathildenhöhe, Darmstädt (catalog)
  • 2006 "Meisterschülerpreis" at the Berlin University of the Arts

Publications

  • 2016: "An Endless Story" catalog for the exhibition in the Bengelsträter Gallery, Düsseldorf, Verlag Kettler
  • 2015: "Ishi Prize Winner" catalog for the exhibition in Okayama Prefecture Museum, Okayama, Japan
  • 2014 "Somewhere on Earth" catalog for the exhibition in the Wang Hohmann Gallery, Wiesbaden
  • 2013: "Ishi Prize" catalog for the exhibition at the Niimi Art Museum, Okayama, Japan
  • 2012: "The Last Supper of the Present" catalog for the "One Artist Show" at Art Karlsruhe, (Bengelsträter Gallery)
  • 2008: "Viennese Sculpture" catalog for the exhibition in the Zellermayer Gallery

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.darmstaedtersezession.de/person/ryo-kato/ Ryo Kato, member of the Darmstädter Sezession, accessed on June 18, 2017
  2. ↑ Irene Daum: Ryo Kato - Wanderer between the worlds . In: w / k . March 28, 2017 ( hhu.de [accessed June 7, 2017]).
  3. ↑ ryosart. Retrieved June 6, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Katō, Ryō
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 加藤 竜 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese artist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Niimi , Okayama Prefecture , Japan