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Kaori
Kato has completed her bachelor of Fine
art ( Honours ) in 2009 and Master of
Visual Art in 2010 at the Faculty of
the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA)
-The University of Melbourne. Kato¡Çs
works have been included in several
exhibitions, including Gertrude Contemporary
Art Space Melbourne (Mercy Street Curated
by Anusha Kenny), Craft Victoria (Fresh!
Finalist 2009) and Sofitel Melbourne
on Collins (Attune to the Earth (solo
exhibition), curated by Donald Williams,
Global Art Projects).
She
was also invited to exhibit her drawing
machine at Melbourne international Art
Fair 08.
In
2008 she was the recipient of the prestigious
Wallara Travelling Scholarship.
She
has been extending her artistic practice
by exhibiting in several interstates
such as NSW and QLD as well as internationally
such as Japan. She has also been practicing
as a designer, her work – wearable
art was included in Melbourne Spring
fashion week merging designers program
2011, L'Oréal Melbourne Fashion
Festival, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins
both in 2011 and 2012.
She
was commissioned by the Brisbane City
Council in 2010 to produce a public
art project for one of its urban renewal
projects.
She
has shortlisted for 990 Latrobe street
Docklands Urban Art Project in 2011.
In
2012, Kato was nominated for public
art project situated in Parramatta,
New South Wales in Australia.
CV
Born
in
Hokkaido, Japan, 1986
Education
2010
Master of Visual Arts
Faculty of the VCA,The
University of Melbourne,
2009 Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours)
Faculty
of the VCA, The University of Melbourne,
2008 Bachelor of Fine Art,
Drawing
Victorian College of the
Arts (VCA) - The University of Melbourne,
Exhibitions:
Solo Show
2012
Alpha L'Oréal
Melbourne Fashion Festival, Sofitel Melbourne on
Collins, VIC
2011
Phenomena, Consulate General of JAPAN at
Melbourne,
Melbourne,
VIC
2010 Attune
to the Earth, Curated by Donald Williams, Sofitel
Melbourne on Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC
2009 Shade of White, c3
contemporary, Abbotsford, VIC
2008 Fold, Victoria Park Gallery, Collingwood , VIC
Selected Group Show
2012
Keon Fashion Parade -Melbourne
Spring Fashion week Sofitel Melbourne
on Collins
2011
Melbourne
Spring Fashion Week emerging designers
series
exhibition,curated
by Connel Chiang, 1000 £ BEND,
VIC
Crystallization,
SGAR,Brisbane, QLD
Miniatures
and Mulitiples, SGAR,
Brisbane, QLD
Made in Japan, Curated by Christopher
Hodges, Utopia Art,
Waterloo, NSW
2010
In that Cabinet, Consulate General of JAPAN at
Melbourne,
Melbourne,
VIC
Mercy Street, Curated by Anusha Kenny, Gertrude
Contemporary Art Space, Fitzroy, VIC
Glocal: annual international exhibition, VCA, VIC
Works on Paper
Show, Curated by Jon Batt, c3 contemporary Art space, Abbotsford,
VIC
Sustainable
Living Festival Art program, BMW Gallery,
Federation Square, VIC
2009 Fresh!, Fresh awards exhibition, Craft Victoria, VIC
VCA Graduate
Exhibition 2009, Victorian College of the
Arts, VIC
POST, Group show, Place gallery, Richmond, Vic
Arsenale I was jorking
Honours Annual exhibition, student gallery,
VCA
Shift, International student exhibition, Student gallery, VCA
Creativity
within constraints, curated
by Anusha Kenny, Platform, Flinders Street, VIC
Small and Walls, Curated by
Christopher Hodges, Utopia Art gallery, Waterloo, NSW
2008 DRAWING... machine, Curated by Miso & Ghostpatrol,
Green-wood Gallery,
South Melbourne, VIC
VCA Graduate
Exhibition 2008, Victorian College of the
Arts, VIC
[100*148] Galerie TURM, Akita city, Akita,
JAPAN
ST Patrick¡Çs College Ballarat Pavilion, Ballarat, VIC
Wallara Travelling Scholarship finalist exhibition, VCA Margret Lawrence Gallery
Interplay, International
student Exhibition, VCA
Melbourne Art Fair 08 (stand No B87) Royal Exhibition
Building, Carlton Vic
3D, Drawing department exhibition VCA
2007
Proud 07, VCA
Margaret Lawrence Galley, VIC
Live with it?, International student exhibition, VCA,
VIC
¡ÈDO
IT¡É, VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery,
VIC
Open Air, Victoria Park gallery,
Collingwood, VIC
2006
TRANSPLANT, International
student exhibition VCA
First year Sculpture and Spatial Practice show VCA
TOP ARTS VCE
2005 National
Gallery of Victoria, Ian Potter centre
2005 VCE Art Exhibition,
The substation, Newport, VIC
Grants and Awards
Artichoke Subscription Award, Fresh! 2009
ACACIA Award, VCA,2009
Fiona Myer Award, VCA, 2009
Finalist,
Fresh!, 2009
Winner, Wallara Travelling Scholarship, 2008
Best 2nd Year art work, ¡ÆProud¡Ç award exhibition. VCA, 2007
Finalist
TOP ARTS VCE, 2005
Selected
Biography
Rowena
Booth, ¡ÆSYN visual art section
(Radio Interview), 15,June, 2011
Francesca
Carter, ¡ÆFold My way¡Ç, The Weekly Reviews, April, 2011
Lynne
Dwyer, ¡ÆOpen Gallery, Made in Japan¡Ç, Sydney morning Herald sun, 29, Jan, 2011
Miyoko
Kimura, ¡ÆKaori Kato¡Ç Nichigo Press, October 2010
Hisaaki
Nagao, ¡ÆKaori Kato¡Ç, SBS (Radio Interview), 21 Sep, 2010
Dan
Rule, 'AROUND THE GALLERIES'. The Age, May 29, 2010
Anusha
Kenny ¡ÆMercy¡Ç Mercy Street (Exhibition Catalogue), May 2010
Penny
Modra, ¡ÆFresh!¡Ç, The Age, 2, December 2009
Melbourne
Art Fair foundation, ¡ÆUntitled¡Ç Melbourne
art fair 2008 (Exhibition Catalogue), July 2008
Commissions
¡¦Public
art project commissioned by Brisbane
City council for urban renewal
project. Milton QLD, 2010
¡¦Short
Listed, 990 La Trobe Street, Dockland
Melbourne.2011
¡¦Nominated
for Queensland Royal Children¡Çs
Hospital play space project
2010,
¡¦Nominated
for public art project situated
in Parramatta, New South ¡¡¡¡
Wales
2012.
¡¦Melbourne
cup carnival, Spring racing Sofitel
Melbourne on Collins¡Ç Marquee
Collections
Wallara Asset Management
Private collections in Australia
and Japan
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