1969
Born in Shimane Prefecture, Japan
1992
Graduated from the Department of Oil painting, Musashino Art University

Selected Solo Exhibitions
1995
Ai Gallery, Tokyo
1999
IBM-KAWASAKI City Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan
2000
Ai Gallery, Tokyo
23GALLERY, Tokyo
2001
"Criterium46", Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Murata & Friends, Berlin
2003
Ai Gallery, Tokyo
2004
"αM PROJECT Vol.5", ASK? art space kimura, Tokyo
Izumi Kato, Murata & Friends, Berlin
2005
Izumi Kato HADAKA NO HITO, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo
Izumi Kato, Galleria Astuni, Pietrasanta, Italy
2006
Izumi Kato, Murata & Friends, Berlin
2007
"MOKU", Takahashi Collection, Tokyo
"Dear Humans", ARATANIURANO, Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibitions
2002
"VOCA 2002", Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
2003
"The 1st Magical Art Exhibition", Magic Room, PROJECT ROOM, Tokyo
"ZONE – Clairvoyants in this threatening age", Fuchu Art Museum, Tokyo
2004
"lonely planet", Contemporary Art Gallery, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
2005
"Izumi KATO, Junya SATO, Yuken TERUYA", Galerie 14-1, Stuttgart
"Little Boy, Japan Society", New York, USA
2006
"The Child", Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
2007
"MOT Annual 2007 – From a World as Large as Life", Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
"Painting as Forest : Artist as Thinker", Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi, Japan
Venice Biennale 52nd International Art Exhibition "Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense", Italian Pavilion at Giardini, Venezia, Italy

Collection
Okazaki Mindscape Museum, Aichi
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo