Tadao Kato
- Metalwork
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- Awards at Japan Kōgei Assoc. Exhibitions : 3
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- CategoryMetalwork
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Born1939 -
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MembershipFull member, Japan Kogei Association
Member of the Kyoto Kogei Association
Biography
- 1939Born in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
- 1960Studied under metal-carving artist Takashi Osuga in Tokyo as his apprentice for 3 years
- 1967Selected for the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten) for the first time (selected 13 times)
- 1978Sent to Europe for overseas training by Kyoto Prefecture
- 1979Judge at the Kyo Exhibition ('85, '90, '95)
- 1981Artwork submitted to Kyoto Kōgei Art Exhibition purchased by Kyoto Prefecture
Becomes Director of Kyoto Kogei Association - 1983"Mansion in the White Fog" submitted to Nitten purchased by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 1984Artwork submitted to Kyoto Artists' Exhibition held in Shaanxi, China purchased by Kyoto Prefecture
- 1985Submitted to "15 Contemporary Artists of Kyoto" Exhibition (Kyoto City Museum of Art)
- 1988Solo Exhibition at Osaka Mitsukoshi (3 times from this year onward)
- 1991Submitted to "Contemporary Arts and Crafts of Kyoto" Exhibition (The Museum of Kyoto)
- 1993Solo Exhibition at Kyoto Takashimaya (4 times from this year onward)
- 1994Solo Exhibition at Okayama Takashimaya (twice from this year onward)
- 2000Artwork added to the collection of Kyoto City Museum of Art
Awarded as Benefactor of Kyoto City - 2001Submitted to Arts and Crafts of Kyoto Exhibition in Edinburgh, UK
- 2005Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
- 2008Submitted to "Art of KOGEI, Esprit of Kyoto” (Paris, France)
- 2009Solo Exhibition at Kyoto Takashimaya for 70th birthday
- 2018Sogan and Tadao Kato – Metalworkers of 2 Generations Exhibition (The Museum of Kyoto)
- 2019Received the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon
Awards
- 1965Received the Chubu Nihon Shimbun Award at the Kyo Exhibition
- 1967Received the Honorary Mention Award at the Kyoto Kōgei Art Exhibition, artwork purchased by Kyoto Prefecture
- 1973Received the Excellence Award at the Kyoto Kōgei Art Exhibition, artwork purchased by Kyoto Prefecture
- 1976Received the Mayor Award at the Kyo Exhibition
Received the Chairman Award at Japan Metalwork Artists Association Exhibition - 1978Received the New Artist Award at the Kyoto Kōgei Art Exhibition, artwork purchased by Kyoto Prefecture
- 1979Received the Excellence Award at the Kyoto Kōgei Art Exhibition
- 1993Received the Konosuke Matsushita Memorial Award at the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 1996Received the Kusube Award at the Kyo Exhibition
- 1999Received the Kyoto Shimbun Award at the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
- 2004Received the Nikkei Inc. Award at the Kinki Traditional Kōgei Exhibition
Public Collections
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
- Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art
- The Museum of Kyoto
- Kousanji Museum