英文画歴[日本画]

Japanese Painter Yuriko Kato[academic background].



1975 (April) Born in Mishima City, Shizuoka, Japan.

1998 (April) Graduated from Kyoto Seian Zokei Junior College, majoring in "Nihonga" Japanese painting. 

1999 (April) following graduation continued to study Nihonga.

1999 (June) The 1st Solo Exhibition (Commemorative Exhibition of Graduation Works)" at Mishima Plaza Hotel

2000 (Feb.) Taisho Exhibition-award Prize for Effort, Tokyo, Japan


2001 (Jun.) The 2nd Solo Exhibition at Mishima Plaza Hotel

2001 (Jun.) Taisho Exhibition- award Encouraging Prize, Tokyo, Japan


2002 (Feb.) The World Orchid Show Japan Grand Prize 2002 at Tokyo Dome- award Trochee Prize and

Encouraging Prize, Tokyo, Japan.


2003 (Mar.) Taisho Exhibition award Honorable Mention, Tokyo, Japan.


2004 (May) The 3rd Solo Exhibition at Mishima Plaza Hotel

2004 (May) Mishima City Art Exhibition award Shundo Prize, Shizuoka, Japan.

2004 (Sep.) The 20th Sunday Painter Contest by an art magazine "Ichimaino E" -award Silver Prize. 


2005 (Jun.) Mishima Citizen's Art Exhibition- award Chairman's Prize.

2005 (Sep.) Sunday Painter Contest by an art magazine "Ichimaino E" -award Honorable Mention.


2006 (Jun.) The 4th Solo Exhibition at the Shizuoka Sunpu Museum -Exhibited with Ikuo Hirayama

2006 (April) The 5th Solo Exhibition at the Mishima Plaza Hotel, Shizuoka, Japan.

2006 (Jun.) The 30th Anniversary IAC Art Exhibition- award Yomiuri Shimbun Prize, Nagano, Japan.

2006 (Jun.) Mishima City Art Exhibition - award Chairman's Prize and Citizen's Choice Prize.

2006 (Sep.) Sunday Painter Contest by an art magazine "Ichimaino E" -award Honorable Mention.


2007 (June) Mishima City Art Exhibition - award Education Director's Prize, Shizuoka, Japan


2008 (Mar.) The 6th Solo Exhibition / The 1st Illustration Exhibition at Coffee Shop GALLEON

2008 (June) The 56th Mishima Citizen's Art Exhibition - award Mayor Prize

2008 (June) IAC Art Exhibition- award Matsumoto City Board of Education Prize, Nagano, Japan.

2008 (Aug.) The 21st Sunday Painter Contest by an art magazine "Ichimaino E" -award Bronze Prize.

2008 (Oct.) Taisho Exhibition - award Judge's Special Prize, Tokyo, Japan

2008 (Dec.) began to listed on the Art Year book - the version published on 2009.


2009 (June) IAC Art Exhibition in Nagano - award Toyoshina Museum of Modern Art Director's Prize.

2009 (July) IAC Art Exhibition in Nagano - Nominated as a member of the Executive Committee.

2009 (Sep.) The 7th Solo Exhibition at Mishima Plaza Hotel, Tokyo

2009 (Nov.) Taisho Exhibition- award Excellent Work Prize, Tokyo, Japan  


2010 (Apr.) The 8th Solo Exhibition at Gallery PLAZA, Misama Plaza Hotel, Tokyo

2010 (May) An associate Member Nomination for Daiichi Art Association

2010 (June) IAC Art Exhibition - received Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award, Nagano, Japan

2010 (July) "Commemorative Exhibition" Daiichi Art Exhibition at Sansei Branch - award Branch Commemorative Newcomer Prize.  

2010 (Aug.) The 9th Solo Exhibition at Silver Salon B, Tokyo Kotsu Kaikan, Yurakucho, Tokyo.

2010 (Nov.) Fuji Art Forum Exhibition - award Excellence Prize


2011 (May) 10th Solo Exhibition at Treasure Gallery at The Mishima Grand Shrine

2011 (June) Nominated a member for The Daiichi Art Association

2011 (June) 1st group exhibition at Orsini Chapel, Rome, Italy

(selected work for the local poster by the Embassy of Japan in Italy)


2012 (May) Selected for the Daiichi Art Exhibition (The National Art Center, Tokyo, Roppongi) * withdrew from the exhibition in December, 2012

2012(May) First time selected in a competition for the 59th Nippu Exhibition in Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum), First time -award Newcomer's Prize

2012 (Oct.) The Daiichi Art Exhibition at Shizuoka Branch- award Excellence Prize and Suruga Art Industry Prize. *December 2012 withdrew from the group.

2012 (Dec.) The 1st Laposh Original Drawing Exhibition at the Mishima credit union Bank in Nagaoka Chuo Branch *Exhibited from November 2012 to January 2013 (as part of his work, other illustrations)


2013 (Jan.-Mar.) 11th Solo Exhibition at at the Mishima credit union Bank in Nagaoka Chuo Branch

2013 (Jan.-Mar.) The 2nd Laposh Original Drawing Exhibition at Coffee Shop GALLEON

2013 (April) 12th Solo Exhibition at Treasure Gallery at The Mishima Grand Shrine

2013(May) The 60th Nippu Exhibition in Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum), Nominated a member

2013(May) Participated in "The Beauty of Japan V: Fujiyama" by the Bijutsu Nenkan Publisher

2013(June) The 60th Anniversary Nippu Exhibition in Nagoy (Aichi Prefectural Museum)- award Aichi Prefectural Assembly Chairman Prize.

2013(June) IAC Art Exhibition in Nagano- award IAC Art Grand Prize.

2013 (Nov.) The 27th NHK Welfare and Culture "Charity Exhibition" at Nagoya Mitsukoshi Sakae

department store.


2014(Jan.-Apr.) The 13rd Solo Exhibition at the Mishima credit union Bank in Nagaoka Chuo Branch

2014 (Feb.) The World Orchid Show Japan at Tokyo Dome - award Grand Prize

2014(Mar.-May) The 14th Solo Exhibition at the Mishima credit union Bank in Nagaoka Chuo Branch

2014(May-July) The 14th Solo Exhibition at the Mishima credit union Bank in Nagaoka Chuo Branch

2014(May) The 61st Nippu Exhibition in Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum)- award Prize for Effort recommended by the Counselor.

2014 (May) The 16th Solo Exhibition at Treasure Gallery at The Mishima Grand Shrine

2014 (Nov.) The 28th NHK Welfare and Culture "Charity Exhibition" at Nagoya Mitsukoshi Sakae

department store.


2015 (April) 17th Solo Exhibition at Treasure Gallery at The Mishima Grand Shrine

2015(Apr.-June) The 18th Solo Exhibition at the Mishima credit union Bank in Nagaoka Chuo Branch

2015(June) The 62nd Nippu Exhibition travelling in Nagoya at the Aichi Prefectural Museum - award Chunichi Shimbunsha Prize.

2015 (Nov.) The 29th NHK Welfare and Culture "Charity Exhibition" at Nagoya Mitsukoshi Sakae

department store.


2016(March) The 19th Solo Exhibition "Athletes' Exhibit" at Mitsu Post Office, Numazu, Japan

2016(March - June) The 20th Solo Exhibition "Small Works" at office

2016(Nov.) The 30th NHK Welfare and Culture "Charity Exhibition" at Nagoya Mitsukoshi Sakae

department store.


2017(May) The 64th Nippu Exhibition in Tokyo at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum- award Nippu prize

2017(June) The 64th Nippu Exhibition travelling in Nagoya at the Aichi Prefectural Museum - award Tokai TV Prize.

2017(Sep.) The 19th Solo Exhibition at the Gallery Musashi, Ginza, Tokyo


2018 (Feb.) The 22nd Solo Exhibition at the gallery next to Mishima Shrine Treasure House at The Mishima Grand Shrine

2018 (Nov.) The 32nd NHK Welfare and Culture "Charity Exhibition" at Nagoya Mitsukoshi Sakae department store.


2019 (Feb.) The 23rd Solo Exhibition "Japanese Painting and Illustration Original Art Exhibition" at the gallery next to Mishima Shrine Treasure House at The Mishima Grand Shrine

2019(May) The 66th Nippu Commemorative Exhibition in Tokyo at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum- award Kusakabe prize

2019(Sep.) The 24th Solo Exhibition at the Gallery Musashi, Ginza, Tokyo

2019(Nov.) The 33rd NHK Welfare and Culture "Charity Exhibition" at Nagoya Mitsukoshi Sakae

department store.


2020 (Oct.) "Trilateral/ Japan-Europe-North America Exchange Exhibition 2020" at Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, Tokyo, Japan

2020 (Nov.) Nominated for a member of The Japan-Europe Palace Art Association


2021(May) The 68th Nippu Exhibition in Tokyo (online exhibition)

2021(June) The 64th Nippu Exhibition travelling in Nagoya at the Aichi Prefectural Museum

2021(June) 160th Anniversary of the Japan-Germany Friendship Exhibition at the Charlottenburg Palace (Berlin, Germany)

2021(June) Certified Artist for the 160th Anniversary of Japanese-German Friendship (Japanese Painting)

2021(July) "Art Shinraigaku Exhibition" at Nikko Toshogu Art Exhibition (Tochigi, Japan)

2021(Aug) Japan-Belgium Art Exchange Exhibition -The Mainstream of the New Era of European and Japanese Art at Saint at Julie Hall-award Toyo Art Grand Prize and Promotion, Brussels, Belgium

2021(Sep.) Small works Collaboration Exhibition with German Artists,at the IMS Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

2021(Sep.) "Japan-Quebec Friendship Exhibition" at Domaine Kataraki (Quebec, Canada)

2021(Nov.) Grand Prize for the Best Artist of the Year - Asahi Bijutsu Shuho Cultural Merit Grand Prize

World Heritage of Art Civilized Artists - Awarded art work "Hanatsubaki"

2021(Dec.) Luxembourg Art Prize 2021 *Participation with photo

2021(Dec.) "Rambui 2022" TOKYO World Exhibition- winning her first prize, Patronnôtre, France

2021(Dec.) Dorado International Art and Culture League- membered on 2022


2022(Feb.) "Gift to France and Europe" Grand Prize for European Art of World Cultural Merit-

     Grand Prize in the Japanese Painting Category, awarded work "Saika".

2022(May) The 69th Nippu Exhibition in Tokyo at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum

2022(May) French painting competition "Salon d'Automne 2022"

2022(June) The 69th Nippu Exhibition travelling in Nagoya at the Aichi Prefectural Museum

2022(June) World Gallery Grand Prix 2022 - [World Art Heritage Cultural Merit].

Grand Prize for Japanese Painting at the Salon de Europe, awarded work "Festival"

2022(July) Withdrew the membership from the Japan Painting Association (Nippu-ten)

2022(July) Withdrew the membership from the Japan-Europe Palace Art Association

2022(July) Withdrew the membership from the Exchange Painting Exhibition of Create IMS Co.

2022(July) Withdrew the membership from the Dorado International Art and Culture Association

2022(Aug.) The 40th Kyoto Newspaper Charity Art Exhibition at Kyoto Takashimaya Grand Hall

2022(Sep.) "Leonardo da Vinci 570th anniversary of his birth in 2022 exhibition - Participated as a celebratory artist in the "Japan-Italy Cultural Friendship Artists /Leonardo da Vinci Memorial National Museum of Science and Technology.

2022(Nov.) " Columbus Postcard Exhibition in New York" - Illustration and Postcard Group Exhibition.

     at Principles GI Coffee House in New York, USA