Ryo Kato

Ryo Kato

Location: Germany

1978
born in Nimi, prefecture Okayama Japan

1995 — 1998
painting and drawing studies at Okayama high school and the Okayama private school

1998
stay for nine months in Paris emigration to Berlin Germany

2001 — 2005
study at the Berlin art academy (UdK), class of Prof. Wolfgang Petrick

2006
graduate at the Berlin art academy, Master class student, class of Prof. Daniel Richter

Awards

2017
Nomination for the "Art prize of BLOOOM AWARD BY WARSTEINER", Germany

2015
Nomination for the "Art prize of the city Weilburg", Weilburg Germany

2014
Nomination for the "28. art prize Kreissparkasse Esslingen-Nürtingen Foundation", Esslingen-Nürtingen Germany

2013
Second place at the "Prize of Darmstädter Sezession", Darmstadt Germany

2012
First place at the "I-shi" prize of the Okayama Prefectural Museum, Okayama Japan

Nomination for the "Heise artprize", Dessa-Roßlau Germany

2009
Nomination for the "prize of Darmstädter Sezession for young artists", Darmstadt Germany

Nomination for the "Art prize Günzburg 2009", Günzburg Germany

2003
Nomination for the "Andreas art prize ", Sankt Andreasberg Germany

2002
Nomination for the "Andreas art prize ", Sankt Andreasberg Germany

1997
First prize " international art and culture of highschool-prize "Japan

Solo Shows (selection)

2017
"An endless story" Gallery Bengelsträter, Düsseldorf Germany (catalogue)

"American Dream" Gallery TS4312, Tokyo Japan (catalogue)

"Threatened Environment" (donation campaign) German environmental aid Berlin, Berlin Germany

"America first" Gallery Suppan Contemporary, Vienna Austria

2016
"Asia's master student" with Yoon Cung Kim Gallery Von & Von, Nürnberg Germany

"Social phenomenon V.S social message" with Naoto Hashida, Galerie Juichigatsugarou Tokyo Japan

"I convey to my home country" Gallery Juichigatsugarou, Gallery TS4312, Tokyo Japan

2015
"I-shi prize winner" with Motoyuki Shitamichi, Okayama Prefecture Museum, Okayama Japan

"Under control" Gallery Von & Von, Nürnberg Germany

2014
"Point of View – two generations in the discourse" with Silke Leverkühne Gallery Bengelsträter, Düsseldorf Germany

2013 "Samurai not only commits Harakiri" Gallery Bengelsträter, Düsseldorf Germany

"Double exhibition" Parktheater, Iserlohn Germany

"The 5th I-shi Award Commemorative Exhibition" Niimi museum of art, Okayama Japan

2011
"Hamburg Art Week", Showroom Überseequartier, Hamburg Germany

"A blind samurai goes through the world" Gallery Bengelsträter, Iserlohn Germany

2009
"A big haul", Gallery Bengelsträter, Düsseldorf Germany

2008
Zellermayer gallery, Berlin Germany (catalogue)

2003
"Prospect" Gallery Art&Henle (Kunststand), Berlin Germany

Group Shows (selection)

2017
"5 Selection" Gallery Juichigatsugarou, Tokyo Japan

"GROUP EXHIBITION - NITSCH - POLKE - ZOBERNIG - WOTRUBA - BÖHLER - ANGELI HERZIG - STAUDACHER - GRABMAYR - DAMISCH - RISCHER - KATO", Gallery Suppan Contemporary, Vienna Auastria

2016
"Niimi Museum Collection Exhibition" Niimi museum of art, Okayama Japan

2015
"Nice to meet you" Gallery Bengelsträter, Düsseldorf Germany

"Art prize of the city Weilburg", Weilburg Germany

"Group Exhibition" Gallery Catalònia, Barcelona Spain

"Future, Now" SomoS Art House, Berlin Germany

"Minature" FUMA Contemporary Tokyo, Tokyo

2014
"The last 300" Maritime Museum, Stralsund Germany

"SURVIVORS" Löwenspalais, Berlin Germany

"28. Art Prize of the Foundation Kreissparkasse Esslingen-Nürtingen", Esslingen-Nürtingen Germany

2013
"The world will not end because of this" Project Cinema East, Berlin Germany

"Prize of Darmstädter Sezession" Hessen Design e.V., Darmstadt Germany (catalogue)

"Christmas Exhibition" Löwenpalais, Berlin Germany

2012
"Heise art prize", Dessau-Roßlau Germany

"I-Shi prize" Tenjin Kunsthalle, Okayama Japan (catalogue)

"open]art[space

2012
"Technologie- und Innovationspark, Berlin Germany (catalogue)

2011
"Dog salon" Gallery Bengelsträter, Düsseldorf Germany

"Salon of the present" Elbhof, Hamburg Germany (catalogue)

"Artistic positions, Painting & Sculpture" Gallery Bengelsträter, Düsseldorf Germany

2009
"Easy and carefree, in a speciousness" Gallery Bengelsträter, Iserlohn Germany

"BERLIN ART SHOW 2009" KINDL-BREWERY, Berlin (catalogue)

"Art prize Günzburg 2009", Günzburg Germany "Prize of Darmstädter Sezession" Darmstädter Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt Germany (catalogue)

2006
"Master student prize" at the Berlin art academy, Berlin Germany

2003
"Andreas art prize", Sankt Andreasberg Germany (catalogue)

2002
"Andreas art prize", Sankt Andreasberg Germany (catalogue)

Art Fairs

2017
"Art Karlsruhe" (One-Artist-Show) Karlsruhe Germany (catalogue)

"Affordable Art Fair" Hamburg Germany

2016
"Art fair" Cologne Germany

"Art Karlsruhe" Karlsruhe Germany

2015
"THE ART FAIR + PLUS-ULTRA", Tokyo Japan

"KOBE ART MARCHE" Kobe Japan (catalogue)

"Art fair" Cologne Germany

"Young Art Taipei" Taipei Taiwan

"Art Karlsruhe" Karlsruhe Germany

2014
"Espacio 120" Barcelona Spain (catalogue)

"Art Toronto", Toronto Canada "Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam" Amsterdam Holland

"Contemporary art ruhr" Essen Germany

"THE ART FAIR + PLUS-ULTRA" Tokyo Japan

"Art Karlsruhe" Karlsruhe Germany

2013
"Art Karlsruhe" Karlsruhe Germany

"Art Fair" Cologne Germany (catalogue)

"Affordable Art Fair" Hamburg Germany

2012
"Art Karlsruhe" (One-Artist-Show) Karlsruhe Germany

2011
"Ak Düsseldorf" Düsseldorf Germany

"Art Fair" Cologne Germany

"Affordable Art Fair" Hamburg Germany

2010
"Art Karlsruhe" Karlsruhe Germany

"Art Fair 21" Cologne Germany

2009
"Art Karlsruhe" (One-Artist-Show) Karlsruhe Germany

Publications

2017
"An endless story" catalogue (Kettlerverlag) for the exhibition in the gallery Bengelsträter, Düsseldorf Germany

2015
"I-shi prize winner" Okayama Prefecture Museum, Okayama Japan

2014
"Somewhere on Earth", catalogue for the exhibition in the gallery Wang Hohmann, Wiesbaden Germany

2013
"The 5th I-shi Award Commemorative Exhibition" catalogue for the exhibition in the Niimi Municipal Museum , Okayama Japan

2012
"The Last Supper of the Present"catalogue for the "One-Artist-Show" of Art Karlsruhe (Gallery Bengelsträter) Germany

2008
"Viennese sculpture" catalogue for the exhibition in the Zellermayer Gallery, Germany

Public Collections

Okayama Prefecture Museum, Okayama Japan
The Niimi Municipal Museum , Okayama Japan
Ebene Kunst, Stuttgart Germany


Portfolio:

A Real Hero

A Real Hero
130 x 180 cm
Oil on canvas
2016

A Real Hero “A Real Hero”

A Real Hero
130 x 180 cm
Oil on canvas

The Fourth World War

The Fourth World War
200 x 300 cm (in two parts)
Oil on canvas
2016

The Fourth World War “The Fourth World War”

The Fourth World War
200 x 300 cm (in two parts)
Oil on canvas
2016

The Period

The Period
150 x 190 cm
Oil on canvas
2016

The Period “The Period”

The Period
150 x 190 cm
Oil on canvas
2016