Takumi Kato

Takumi Kato is a painter born in Nagoya in 1984 who works in Gifu and, according to his site, is currently based in Florence. His practice centers on the materials and techniques of painting and their cultural and historical contexts. He completed his studies at Osaka University of Arts in 2010. He held a residency at KulttuuriKauppila in Ii, Finland, in 2015, where he presented the solo show 'Seen from a Vehicle'. He has also taught painting materials and fine art at several Japanese art universities since 2018.