Tadao Kato
- Metalwork
- 1939 -
| Membership | Full member, Japan Kogei Association Member of the Kyoto Kogei Association |
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- 1939 Born in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
- 1960 Studied under metal-carving artist Takashi Osuga in Tokyo as his apprentice for 3 years
- 1967 Selected for the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten) for the first time (selected 13 times)
- 1978 Sent to Europe for overseas training by Kyoto Prefecture
- 1979 Judge at the Kyo Exhibition ('85, '90, '95)
- 1981 Artwork 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
- 1984 Artwork submitted to Kyoto Artists' Exhibition held in Shaanxi, China purchased by Kyoto Prefecture
- 1985 Submitted to "15 Contemporary Artists of Kyoto" Exhibition (Kyoto City Museum of Art)
- 1988 Solo Exhibition at Osaka Mitsukoshi (3 times from this year onward)
- 1991 Submitted to "Contemporary Arts and Crafts of Kyoto" Exhibition (The Museum of Kyoto)
- 1993 Solo Exhibition at Kyoto Takashimaya (4 times from this year onward)
- 1994 Solo Exhibition at Okayama Takashimaya (twice from this year onward)
- 2000 Artwork added to the collection of Kyoto City Museum of Art
Awarded as Benefactor of Kyoto City - 2001 Submitted to Arts and Crafts of Kyoto Exhibition in Edinburgh, UK
- 2005 Becomes Full Member of the Japan Kōgei Association
- 2008 Submitted to "Art of KOGEI, Esprit of Kyoto” (Paris, France)
- 2009 Solo Exhibition at Kyoto Takashimaya for 70th birthday
- 2018 Sogan and Tadao Kato – Metalworkers of 2 Generations Exhibition (The Museum of Kyoto)
- 2019 Received the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon
- 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
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
- Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art
- The Museum of Kyoto
- Kousanji Museum
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