1975 Born in Mie Prefecture, Japan
Education
2001 Graduate School of the Aichi Prefectual University of Art
1999 Aichi Prefectual University of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2006
Mika Kato, Tomio Koyama, Tokyo
2005
Mika Kato, White Cube, London
2002
Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibara
2000
Canaria, Tomio Koyama Gallery,Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2008
Selections from the Hara Museum’s Permanent Collection, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Shinagawa, Tokyo
NEOTENY JAPAN-Takahashi’s Collection, Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan
2007
Modern and contemporary art- especially portrait, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota Aichi
2004
Roppongi Crossing, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Mediaruna,Govette-Brewester Art Gallery, New Zealand
Fiction.Love - Ultra New Vision in Contemporary Art MOCA Taipei, Taipei
2003
girls don’t cry, Parco Museum Shibuya, Tokyo
New Generation Japanese Painters, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
Japan:Rising Contemporary Art From Japan, Palm Beach ICA, Miami
2002
Coloriage, Foundation Cartier pour l'art Contemporain, Paris, France
Fragile Figures, Pallette Club School, Tokyo
2001
My Reality-Contemporary Art and the Culture of Japanese Animation; Des Moines Art Center; The Brooklyn
Museum of Art; Tampa Museum of Art, Chicago; Culture Center, Akron Art Museum of Art,;The Huntsville Museum of Art; Des Moines Art Center and Independent Curators International, NY (Touring exhibition in USA 2001-2004)
CASINO 2001 S.M.A.K, Gent, Belgium
Prizes
The Shinjin (most promising young talent) Prize: Fine Art Division of The Gotoh Memorial Cultural Award, Roppongi Crossing International Advisory Board Prize
