Manya KATO
1962Born, Toyota / JAPAN
1984Graduated from National Aichi University of Education ( B. A.) / Japan
1986Graduated from National Aichi University of Education ( M.A.) / Japan
1999Graduated from Nottingham Trent University ( M.A.) / UK
Lives and Works in Toyota City / JAPAN
Solo Exhibitions
2022Oribe-tei, Ichinomiya / Japan
2015A.G.Gallery , Aichi / Japan
Tate-Ana Shiki ( artist unit with Seijiro NIWA) Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
2014Nakagawa Canal , Nagoya / Japan
2013Naufu Gendai , Gifu / Japan
Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
2012Kanazawa Citizen's Art Center , Kanazawa / Japan
2011Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
Platform Stage of farming village, Toyota / Japan
2009Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
SEANT , Nagoya / Japan
2008Kariya City Art Museum , Kariya / Japan
2007Xebec cafe , Nagoya / Japan
2006Gallery GARAKU , Nagoya / Japan
2005+Gallery , Kounan / Japan
Ginza Art Laboratory , Tokyo / Japan
2004Oribe-tei , Ichinomiya / Japan
2003IB Cube Gallery Denmark , Bovlingbjerg / Denmark
Kohji Ogura Gallery , Nagoya / Japan
IB Cube Gallery Japan, Ichinomiya / Japan
2002Mssohkan , Kobe / Japan
Gallery OH , Ichinomiya / Japan
Osaka Contemporary Art Center , Osaka / Japan
2001Galleria Finarte , Nagoya / Japan
2000Toyota Municipal Museum of Art , Toyota / Japan
Oribe-tei , Ichinomiya / Japan
Galleria Finarte , Nagoya / Japan
1998Bonington Gallery , Nottingham / UK
1997Toyota Municipal Museum of Art , Toyota / Japan
1996Galleria Finarte , Nagoya / Japan
1995Akiyama Gallery , Tokyo / Japan
1994Galleria Finarte , Nagoya / Japan
1993Toyota Civic Gallery , Toyota / Japan
1991Saitama Prefecutural Museum of Art , Urawa / Japan
Gallery GEN , Tokyo / Japan
1990Akiyama Gallery , Tokyo / Japan
1987Love Collection Gallery , Nagoya / Japan
1986Gallery Love Collection , Nagoya / Japan
Gallery ATELIER , Hekinan / Japan
Rocken Gallery , Kobe / Japan
Group Exhibitions
2020'selection 2020', Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
'Arc of The City', Former Nagoya Boston Museum of Fine Art , Nagoya / Japan
2018'Aichi Art Chronicle 1919 〜 2019', Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya / Japan
2018'Overflowing, Forbearing, Licking?', KIKU Sushi building, Okazaki / Japan
'Hachiya, Murakami + Niwa, Kato', ccc Shizuoka Art and Culture center, Shizuoka / Japan
2017'sense of time', Masayoshi Suzuki Gallery , Okazaki / Japan
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 2 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 97', Ichinomiya / Japan
1996'Open-Air Art Show in Ichinomiya 96', Ichinomiya / Japan
'Sculpture Show 1996', Nagoya Municipal Museum , Nagoya / Japan
1995'Open-Air Art Show in Ichinomiya 95', 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