"partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers" opening reception June 10, 2011

Good Citizen invites you to partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers featuring the work of Mimi Kato

partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers
Mimi Kato
Opening Reception, Friday June 10 - 6-10 pm
June 10 - July 9 2011

partly cloudy with a chance of scattered showers will feature the work of Mimi Kato. Her photographs deal with subjects and formats from historical Japanese art which traditionally depict seasons, nature, and landscapes crowded with people acting out the stories of each era. Adding her own contemporary twist and drawing upon her own childhood memories, Kato creates hybrid landscapes where her contemporary narratives reveal themselves.
Kato plays the roll of each character in these narratives herself. She sews the costumes, creates the scene, and directs the narrative, creating what she refers to as "one person theater". Her poses and gestures are influenced by the theatrical performances of Japanese comedy (Kyogen) and the contemporary Butoh style. The narratives in her photographs are based on stereotypes, extracting typical routines, accidents, and misadventures, which summarize common stories from the Japanese press.
Mimi Kato, born in Nara, Japan, has lived and worked in the US since 1998. Kato received her MFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2006 and her BA from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, in 2002. Kato has exhibited her work at Artpace, San Antonio, TX; the Roswell Museum of Art, Roswell, NM; the Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI; the Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX; and the Ballina Art Center, Ballina, Ireland. Kato was also chosen as one of the artists to represent San Antonio in the International Photo Festival, Foto Noviembre, in Canary Islands, Spain in 2007. Kato was an artist in residence at various programs such as the Roswell Artist in Residency Program in Roswell, New Mexico in 2008, Albion College in Albion, Michigan in 2009, and the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in 2010.

Examples of Mimi Kato's work can be found at mimikato.com

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