Izumi Kato

Izumi Kato’s multidisciplinary practice centers on depictions of disturbing fetal forms that can alternately resemble aliens, spirits, or otherworldly beings. Depicted in paintings, drawings, textiles, and sculptures that range from smaller floor-standing pieces to large-scale hanging works, Kato’s signature oval-headed, empty-eyed forms calls to mind both the figuration of Francis Bacon as well as more primal forms plastered on cave walls and splashed across mystic texts. Kato has exhibited in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Beijing, Mexico City, and Hong Kong. His works are in the collections of the Colección SOLO, the Hara Museum ARC, the Long Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, among many others.