EMI KATSUTA 勝田えみ
Born in 1983 in Nagasaki, Japan
Lives and works in Tokyo, Japan
Defined by her signature use of bright color and unique ability to mix reality and illusion within a wooden medium, Japanese sculptor Emi Katsuta recently debuted in New York with her solo exhibition Emi Katsuta: That Fantastic Someone. Inspired by local media events in Japan that included the world’s increasing obsession with social media and the rise of the #MeToo movement, Katsuta carved her place in Japanese contemporary art with her nearly life-sized sculpture Tiger Girl, which paid tribute to young women worldwide. Through her exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and America, Katsuta has quickly become known for her sculptures which simultaneously invoke images of wonder and loneliness.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
Emi Katsuta Sculpture Exhibition - Sore Zore no Shiten,
(Matsuzakaya Nagoya, Aichi)
Emi Katsuta: That Fantastic Someone (SEIZAN Gallery, New York)
2016
Emi Katsuta Sculpture Exhibition - Talking Eyes (Sendai Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Sendai)
Emi Katsuta Sculpture Exhibition - Listening Eyes (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Honten 6F Art Square, Tokyo)
2015
Emi Katsuta Sculpture Exhibition – eyesight –, Art Fair Tokyo (Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo)
Emi Katsuta Sculpture Exhibition - Sore Zore no Shiten (Nagasaki Hamaya Art Gallery, Nagasaki)
2013
Solo Exhibition (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo）
2012
Fresh 2012 Emi Katsuta (Contemporary Art Museum ISE, Mie）
2009
NADiff Window Gallery vol. 1 – Emi Katsuta,
NADiff a/p/a/r/t (Ebisu, Tokyo)
Fresh
2009 Emi Katsuta (Contemporary Art Museum ISE, Mie）
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Koki Tsujimoto / Emi Katsuda Futari-ten - Sense (Tobu Ikebukuro, Tokyo）
2017
Mitsukoshi Isetan x Beams Stand Kyushu (Isetan Shinjuku, Tokyo)
Mitsukoshi Bijutsu 110th Anniversary -HOPES Jiseidai 100 Senten,
(Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Honkan, Tokyo)
2016
Hankyu x Art Collectors - New Star Tachi no Bijutsu-Ten (Hankyu Umeda Art Gallery, Osaka)
2015
Young Art Taipei 2015 (Shelton Grand Taipei, Taiwan)
2014
Suteki Kuukan he no Okurimono (Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi Honten 6F Art Square, Tokyo)
2013
Mother’s Day (Shinjuku Isetan 5F Art Gallery, Tokyo)
2012
Hasu no Kai (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, until 2014)
Something Precious (SEIZAN Gallery, Tokyo, until 2017)
2011
Matomo-ten (Takamatsu Mitsukoshi Art Gallery, Kagawa, until 2012)
2010
Animamix Biennial 2009-2010 (Today Art Museum, Beijing, China）
2008
GEISAI MUSEUM #2 (Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo)
The 4th Atelier Matsuei Arui ha Mirai (Kyu Hirakushi Tanaka Tei, Tokyo)
2007
Aichi Prefectural Art University, Graduate Thesis Exhibition, (Aichi Prefectural Art and Culture Center, Aichi)
The 3rd Atelier Matsuei Arui ha Mirai (Kyu Hirakushi Tanaka Tei, Tokyo)
2006
Parque - Aichi Prefectural Art University Art Festival (Aichi)
AWARDS
2008
Geidai Art Plaza – nominated for grand prize
Via Art 2008, Special Jury Prize of New Art Division President, Kimiaki Ashino
Jury Award
Geidai Art Plaza, Grand Prize Exhibition, Geidai Art Plaza (Tokyo)
2007
Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts, Prize for superior artwork
- Awarded for thesis project
2006
Parque Grand Prize
EXHIBITIONS
EMI KATSUTA: THAT FANTASTIC SOMEONE