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Izumi Kato

Izumi Kato (Born 1969) is active/lives in Japan, China.  Izumi Kato is known for Painting and sculpture.

Born in 1969 in Shimane, Japan, the artist lives and works between Tokyo, Japan and Hong Kong, China

Kato graduated from the Department of Oil Painting at Musashino University in 1992. Since the 2000s, he has participated  exhibitions held in Japan and across the world. In 2007, he was invited to take part in the 52nd Venice Biennale International Exhibition, curated by Robert Storr.

Children with disturbing faces, embryos with fully developed limbs, ancestor spirits locked up in bodies with imprecise forms—the creatures summoned by Izumi Kato are as fascinating as they are enigmatic. Their anonymous silhouettes and strange faces, largely absent of features, emphasize simple forms and strong colors; their elementary representation, an oval head with two big, fathomless eyes, depicts no more than a crudely figured nose and mouth. Bringing to mind primitive arts, their expressions evoke totems and the animist belief that a spiritual force runs through living and min   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1244 characters.]  Artist bio

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