Ryo Kato was born in Nimi of Okayama, in Japan, but he lives and works in Berlin. He has studied painting and drawing in high school of Okayama.
After a nine months stay in Paris, he emigrated to Berlin and since then lives there. He has studied at the Berlin academy next to Professor Wolfgang Petrick and has done his Master, next to Professor Daniel Richter.
Although his nature art paintings embody the concept of abstraction simultaneously they represent modern life concerns, with poetic sensibility and of vivid colors, clear and hidden patterns. People, especially man among nature, is the dominant theme in his paintings. He has participated in many international exhibitions and his paintings have won international awards and are hosted in world galleries.
- 2015 Nomination for the "Artprize of the city Weilburg", Weilburg Germany 2014 Nomination for the "28 art prize Kreissparkasse Esslingen-Nürtingen Foundation", Esslingen-Nürtingen
- 2013 Second place at the "prize of Darmstädter Sezession", Darmstadt Germany Nomination for the "Koiso Ryouhei artprize", Hyogo Japan
- 2012 First place at the "I-shi" prize of the Okayama Prefectural Museum, Okayama Japan Nomination for the "Heise artprize", Dessa-Roßlau Germany
- 2009 Nomination for the "prize of Darmstädter Sezession for young artists", Darmstadt Germany Nomination for the "artprize Günzburg 2009", Günzburg Germany
- 2002,2003 Nomination for the "Andreas artprize ", Sankt Andreasberg Germany
- 1997 first prize " international art and culture of highschool-prize "Japan
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