Kiyoko Kato

Kiyoko Kato was born in Okayama, Japan and moved to Canada in 1976. After studying painting and sculptures at U of S, Kiyoko began painting full time in 2000 and obtained an arts board grant in 2005. For Kiyoko painting is an exercise in taxonomy rather than storytelling.  She begins her work by creating a crude and rather abused surface in many layers, with the purpose to reconstitute the place and information. The work emphasizes forms and geometry with vigorous investment in materiality of surfaces.

Kiyoko’s work has been in numerous group shows including the Sask. Arts board permanent collection (1954 – 2006) touring show “Plains of Abstraction” from 2009 to 2011.