Mika Kato
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cloud, 2006
oil on canvas
119.0 x 175.0cm
cMika Kato
installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery, 2006
cMika Kato
みんなのお墓 a tomb for all of us, 2006
oil on canvas
117.5 x 90.0cm
cMika Kato
seed, 2006
oil on canvas
106.0 x 120.0cm
cMika Kato
installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery, 2006
cMika Kato
riri, 2006
charcoal on paper
55.0 x 78.5cm
cMika Kato
monkey, 2006
charcoal on paper
53.0 x 63.5cm
cMika Kato
woo, 2006
charcoal on paper
54.0 x 56.0cm
cMika Kato
yuri, 2006
charcoal on paper
76.0 x 55.0cm
cMika Kato
ひばり Hibari, 2006
mixed media
h. 35.0 x w. 27.5 x d.16.0cm
cMika Kato
Gossamer, 2005
oil on canvas
diam.121.5cm
cMika Kato
Kanten, 2005
oil on canvas
diam.121.5cm
cMika Kato
constellation, 2004
oil on canvas
242.0 x 224.0cm
cMika Kato
Peaberry, 2001
oil on canvas
235.0 x 187.0cm
cMika Kato
Pansies, 2001
oil on canvas
235.0 x 187.0cm
cMika Kato
Soda, 2000
oil on canvas
196.0 x 196.0cm
cMika Kato
installation view from [Canaria] at Tomio Koyama Gallery, 2000
cMika Kato
Sunrise, 1999
oil on canvas
129.2 x 121.0cm
cMika Kato
Canaria, 1999
oil on canvas
194.0 x 194.0cm
cMika Kato
CREAM SODA is all I need, 1999
charcaol on paper in vinyl bag mounted on cardboard
129.2 x 121.0cm
cMika Kato
Mascat, 1997
oil on canvas
128.8 x 137.7cm
cMika 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 exhibition
2006
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2005
White Cube, London, U.K.
2001- 2002
Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
2000
"Canaria" Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Group exhibition
2011
"The Most Requested Top 30 / 10 Years of Takahashi Collection" TABLOID GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
"Taguchi Art Collection, Global New Art" Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art、Tokyo, Japan
2010
"Garden of painting―Japanese Art of the 00s" NMAO: The National Museum of Art, Osaka、Osaka, Japan
"Trans-Cool Tokyo - Contemporary Japanese Art from MOT Collection" Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2009
"In the Little Playground -Hitsuda Nobuya and his surrouding students-" Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art、Aichi, Japan / Nagoya City Art Museum、Aichi, Japan
2008
"Selections from the Hara Museum's Permanent Collection" Hara Museum of Contemporary Art、Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan(Mar 1 - Jun 1)
"neoteny japan: Contemporary Artists after 1990s from Takahashi Collection" KIRISHIMA OPEN-AIR MUSEUM, Kagoshima, Japan [touring Sapporo Art Park, Hokkaido, Japan, 2008-09 / The Niigata Prefectural Museum of Modern Art、Niigata, Japan 2009 / Akita Museum of Modern Art、Akita, Japan 2009 / Yonago City Museum of Art、Tottori, Japan 2009-2010 / The Museum of Art EHIME、Ehime, Japan 2010 ]
"MOT Collection" Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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 Stedelijk Museum Voor Actuel Kunst Gent, Belgium
Public collection
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART TOKYO, Kiyosumi, Tokyo, Japan
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Takahashi Collection
- Mika Kato
- 1975 Born in Mie, Japan
Mika Kato :Archives
- Gallery & Artist News
- “Nakanoshima Collections: Osaka City Museum of Modern Art & The National Museum of Art, Osaka” 2011
- 10 Years of Takahashi Collection, The Most Requested Top 30, TABLOID GALLERY, 2011
- Taguchi Art Collection, Global New Art, Seiji Togo Memorial Sompo Japan Museum of Art, 2011
- The Most Requested Top 30 / 10 Years of Takahashi Collection, 2011
- Trans-Cool Tokyo - Contemporary Japanese Art from MOT Collection, Singapore Art Museum, 2010
Upcoming exhibitions
- [Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto]
- [TKG Editions Kyoto]
















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