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Manya KATO


1962  Born, Toyota / JAPAN
1984 Graduated from National Aichi University of Education ( B. A.) / Japan                          
1987 Graduated from National Aichi University of Education ( M.A.) / Japan
1999 Graduated from Nottingham Trent University ( M.A.) / UK
 

Lives and Works in Toyota City / JAPAN


Solo Exhibitions
2015 A.G.Gallery , Aichi / Japan
Tate-Ana Shiki ( artist unit with Seijiro NIWA) Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
2014 Nakagawa Canal , Nagoya / Japan
2013 Naufu Gendai , Gifu / Japan
Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
2012 Kanazawa Citizen's Art Center , Kanazawa / Japan
2011 Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
Platform Stage of farming village, Toyota / Japan
2009 Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
SEANT , Nagoya / Japan
2008 Kariya City Art Museum , Kariya / Japan
2007 Xebec cafe , Nagoya / Japan
2006 Gallery GARAKU , Nagoya / Japan
2005 +Gallery , Kounan / Japan
Ginza Art Laboratory , Tokyo / Japan
2004 Oribe-tei , Ichinomiya / Japan
2003 

IB Cube Gallery Denmark , Bovlingbjerg / Denmark

Kohji Ogura Gallery , Nagoya / Japan
IB Cube Gallery Japan, Ichinomiya / Japan
2002  Mssohkan , Kobe / Japan
Gallery OH , Ichinomiya / Japan
Osaka Contemporary Art Center , Osaka / Japan
2001  Galleria Finarte , Nagoya / Japan
2000  Toyota Municipal Museum of Art , Toyota / Japan
Oribe-tei , Ichinomiya / Japan
Galleria Finarte , Nagoya / Japan
1998 Bonington Gallery , Nottingham / UK
1997 Toyota Municipal Museum of Art , Toyota / Japan
1996 Galleria Finarte , Nagoya / Japan
1995 Akiyama Gallery , Tokyo / Japan
1994 Galleria Finarte , Nagoya / Japan
1993 Toyota Civic Gallery , Toyota / Japan
1991 Saitama Prefecutural Museum of Art , Urawa / Japan                                   
Gallery GEN , Tokyo / Japan
1990 Akiyama Gallery , Tokyo / Japan
1987 Love Collection Gallery , Nagoya / Japan
1986 Gallery Love Collection , Nagoya / Japan
Gallery ATELIER , Hekinan / Japan
Rocken Gallery , Kobe / Japan

Group Exhibitions
2016 ' PARADOXA ', Casa Cavazzini , Udine / Italy
2015 ' MUCH LOVED ', Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
' ASUKE Goen-nare ', Suzuya house , Toyota / Japan
2013 ' Okazaki Art Connection ' Gallery Kikyu , Okazaki / Japan
2012 ' Art Tanoshima 39 ', Shinshiro , Aichi / Japan
' Art Tanoshima 39 in Toyohashi', Gallery Sincerite , Toyohashi / Japan
' Art Tanoshima 39 in Hamamatsu ', Salon de Art Form Tamachi , Hamamatsu / Japan
' ARTIST FILE 04 ', Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
' Art Tanoshima 39 in Koganei ', Gallery Soh , Tokyo / Japan
2011 ' miniature ', Gallery GARAKU , Nagoya / Japan
' HANARART ', Kawamoto-Tei , Nara / Japan
' ARTIST FILE 03 ', Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
2010 ' gift ', Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
' ARTIST FILE 02 ', Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
' miniature ', Gallery GARAKU , Nagoya / Japan
' Aichi Art no Mori : Horikawa project ', TOYO warehouse , Nagoya / Japan
' Aichi Art no Mori : Tokoname project ', Chubu international air port , Tokoname / Japan
2009 ' PALINSESTI 2009 ', Ex Essiccato , San Vito al Tagliamento / Italy
' ARTIST FILE 01 ', Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
2008 ' TAMA VIVANT II 2008 ', Tama University , Tokyo/ Japan
' 14th Ishida Foundation Encouraging Prize Memorial Exhibition ', Denki Bunka Hall , Nagoya/ Japan
2007 ' City_net Asia 2007 ', Seoul museun of art , Seoul / Korea
' Cube Retrospective', +Gallery, Kounan / Japan
2006 ' Circuit Diagram ', cell project space , London / U.K.
' Readymade : Map', +Gallery, Kounan / Japan
' Readymade : Map', Tokyo wondersite SHIBUYA, Tokyo / Japan
2005 ' Edinburgh Art Festival - Iimawashi', Merz Gallery, Edinburgh / U.K.
' Seoul Fringe Festival - Double Bind', Art Space Hue, Seoul / Korea
' shelf of poem, shelf of art', Kyoto Palace Side Hotel, Multiple Market, Kyoto / Japan
' - Meet - ', Oribe-tei , Ichinomiya / Japan
2004  ' 7th Exhibition of the Taro Okamoto Memorial Award for Contemporary Art ', Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, Kawasaki / Japan
' preemptive multitask ', CHIBA Bldg. 4F, Tokyo / Japan
' GA-RAKU miniature ', Gallery GA-RAKU, Nagoya / Japan
2003  ' 108 ', ISE Cultural Foundation New York Gallery , New York / USA
' One Cup Cosmos Exhibition ', Cafe y Galeria KAZAHANA, Kariya / Japan
' Books, Ornaments, Art Works and Tea / vol.2 ', Zone Gallery, Nagoya / Japan
' Contemporary Art POSITION 2003 ', Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya / Japan
2002  ' TANAGOKORO 8 ', Rontgen werke, Tokyo / Japan
' On The Table ', Kohji Ogura Gallery, Nagoya / Japan
' THE BOOK ', Gallery 16, Kyoto / Japan
' YOROZUYA ', Gallery Caption, Gifu / Japan
' Home Visit ', Nagoya University of Art, Gallery BE, Shikatsu / Japan
' 6 Narratives ', Patio Chiryu , Chiryu / Japan
2001 ' Sculpture Show 2001 ', Toyota Municipal Museum of Art , Toyota, Aichi / Japan
' Open-Air exhibition ', Patio Chiryu, Chiryu, AIchi / Japan
2000 ' Challenge Vol.3 ', Vacant lot of Nagoya city , Nagoya / Japan
' 12 Lodgers ', Nagoya port warehouse, Nagoya / Japan
' Mission; Plastic Model', Nanafuku-tei, Kounan / Japan
1999 ' Ida Branson Memorial Exhibition ', Somerset , Street / UK
1997 ' Open-Air Art Show in Ichinomiya ', Ichinomiya / Japan
1996 ' Open-Air Art Show in Ichinomiya ', Ichinomiya / Japan
' Sculpture Show 1996 ', Nagoya Municipal Museum , Nagoya / Japan
1995 ' Open-Air Art Show in Ichinomiya ', Ichinomiya / Japan
' TAMA VIVANT `95 Preview ', Gallery Space 21 , Tokyo / Japan
' TAMA VIVANT `95 ', Tama University of Art , Tokyo / Japan
1994 ' Evil Place of Sympathy vol.3 ', Toyota Station , Toyota / Japan
' Sculpture Show 1994 ', Nagoya Municipal Museum , Nagoya / Japan
1993 ' Group BAKU Sculpture Show ', Kabutoya Gallery , Nagoya / Japan
1992 ' Sculpture Show 1992 ', Nagoya Municipal Museum , Nagoya / Japan
1989 ' Kyoto Independent Art Show ', Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art , Kyoto / Japan
1988 ' Forest of Deep Structure -Contemporary Art 1988 ', Nagoya Municipal Museum , Nagoya / Japan
1987 ' SEN ', Nagoya Municipal Museum , Nagoya / Japan
' Sculpture ZOO -Animal Form- ', Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Art ,Utsunomiya / Japan
' es ', Westbeth Gallery , Nagoya / Japan
1986 ' Group KAN Exhibition ', Ogisu Memorial Museum , Inazawa city / Japan
' Spirits of Spirits ', Gallery Love Collection , Nagoya / Japan
' Tinplate & Machine Gun vol.2 ', Space to Space , Nagoya / Japan
' Cross Work Exhibition ', Nagoya Municipal Museum , Nagoya / Japan
' International Impact Art Festival ', Kyoto Municipal Museum of Kyoto , Kyoto / Japan
' Art in Space 1986 ', Nagoya Municipal Museum , Nagoya / Japan
1985 ' Ohtsuki International Sculpture Symposium ', Kohchi / Japan
' SAMURAI CARNAVAL ', Aichi University of Education Exhibition Hall , Kariya / Japan
1984  ' Live Space Exhibition ', Nagoya Municipal Museum , Nagoya / Japan