1969

Born in Shimane Prefecture, Japan

1992

Graduated from the Department of Oil painting, Musashino Art University

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1995

Ai Gallery, Tokyo

1999

IBM-KAWASAKI City Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan

2000

Ai Gallery, Tokyo

23GALLERY, Tokyo

2001

"Criterium46", Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

Murata & Friends, Berlin

2003

Ai Gallery, Tokyo

2004

"αM PROJECT Vol.5", ASK? art space kimura, Tokyo

Izumi Kato, Murata & Friends, Berlin

2005

Izumi Kato HADAKA NO HITO, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo

Izumi Kato, Galleria Astuni, Pietrasanta, Italy

2006

Izumi Kato, Murata & Friends, Berlin

2007

"MOKU", Takahashi Collection, Tokyo

"Dear Humans", ARATANIURANO, Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibitions

2002

"VOCA 2002", Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

2003

"The 1st Magical Art Exhibition", Magic Room, PROJECT ROOM, Tokyo

"ZONE – Clairvoyants in this threatening age", Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo

2004

"lonely planet", Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan

2005

"Izumi KATO, Junya SATO, Yuken TERUYA", Galerie 14-1, Stuttgart

"Little Boy, Japan Society", New York, USA

2006

"The Child", Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan

2007

"MOT Annual 2007 – From a World as Large as Life", Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo

"Painting as Forest : Artist as Thinker", Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi, Japan

Venice Biennale 52nd International Art Exhibition "Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense", Italian Pavilion at Giardini, Venezia, Italy

Collection

Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi

Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi

Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

Untitled　2007　Oil on canvas　227 x 181.8 cm　Photo by Keizo Kioku

Untitled　2007　Oil on canvas　194 x 162 cm　Photo by Keizo Kioku

"The Riverhead" exhibition view, Ueno Royal Museum Gallery, 2008