Mika Kato

1975  Born in Mie, Japan
1999  B.F.A., Aichi Prefectual University of Arts and Music
2001  M.F.A., Aichi Prefectual University of Fine Art and Music
           Most Promoising Young Talent Prize, Fine Art Division of Gotoh Memorial Cultural Award
2004  Roppongi Crossing International Advisory Board Prize

Solo Exhibitions

2006
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan <Press Release>

2005
White Cube, London, U.K.

2001- 2002
Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

2000
"Canaria" Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

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Group Exhibitions

2008
"Selections from the Hara Museum's Permanent Collection" Hara Museum of Contemporary Art、Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan（Mar 1 - Jun 1）
"NEOTENY JAPAN　−Takahashi's Collection−" KIRISHIMA OPEN-AIR MUSEUM, Kagoshima, Japan（Jul 18 - Sep 15）

2007
"Selections from the Hara Museum's Permanent Collection" Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan

2006
"Idol!" Yokohama Museum of Art, Kanagawa, Japan

2005
"Very Very Human" Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
"Rising Sun, Melting Moon" The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

2004
"ROPPONGI CROSSING" Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
"Mediaruna" The Govette-Brewester Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
"Officina Asia" Galleria d' Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
"Fiction Love" MOCA Taipei, Taiwan

2003
"girls don't cry" Parco Museum Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
"New Generation Japanese Painters" Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
"Japan Rising" Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL, U.S.A.

2002
"Coloriage" Foundation Cartier pour l' art Contemporain, Paris, France
"Fragile Figures" Pallette Club, Tokyo, Japan

2001
"My Reality - Contemporary art and the Culture of Japanese Animation" (Toured in USA until 2004) Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines /Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY / Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH /Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL / Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago /Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH / Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL /Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA / Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
CASINO 2001 S･M･A･K, Gent, Belgium

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Public Coleection

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO, Kiyosumi, Tokyo, Japan
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan