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Born in Fukuoka, 1989 2014 B.F.A Art and Design, Kyushu Sangyo University 2016 M.F.A. Painting, Kyoto University of Art and Design Born in Fukuoka, Japan, 1989. Based in Kitakyushu and Kyoto. Received M.F.A. in painting, Kyoto University of Art and Design, 2016. Katsuki blends over 200 shades of blue herself, and abides by her minimal rule of “one stroke” to produce a work of paint as its main subject. Awarded the TWW prize at Tokyo Wonderwall 2015, selected for the 3rd Contemporary Art Foundation, SHU UEMURA prize at a.a.t.m 2016, and selected for the 32th Holbein Scholarship. Selected solo exhibitions include, 241-294 Chroma at Fukuzumi Gallery, Osaka, From one stroke at WINWIN ART, Taiwan, From one stroke 2 at Iori Machiya Stay, and satellite exhibition of ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO 2020. Katsuki has also participated in various Artist-in-Residences overseas such as the Sasaran International Art Festival 2017, Malaysia, International Art Camp Ⅱ -2018, Indonasia, and Hanoi Art Connecting 2019, Vietnam. Selected corporate collections include DMG MORI CO., LTD., OCA TOKYO (MITSUBISHI ESTATE Co., Ltd,), Chishima Real Estate Co., Ltd., ASTON MARTIN OSAKA (Hakko LR Co., Ltd.), UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN (UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC), and more. Artist Statement My paintings are for looking at paint. I began production using the method of one stroke, to keep depicting my emotions and the act of painting to a minimum, in order to express the existence of paints. However, as I repeated this same process hundreds of times, I realised that the state of the environment and my body at the time remained as traces in the work. These are traces that are left behind, when I spread out the mountainous amounts of paint that lie in front of my eyes with one stroke, in attempt to control the paint, but losing this control as the paint resists. I train my body to not leave these traces, and approach the white canvas in order to conquer the paint in this momentary battle. Solo Exhibition 2017 shoukei-ato-r, Fukuzumi Gallery, Osaka 2018 241-294 Chroma, Fukuzumi Gallery, Osaka Mina Katsuki New paintings, Gallery M.A.P, Fukuoka 2019 From one stroke, Winwin Art, Kaohsiung 2020 From one stroke 2, Iori Machiya Stay, Kyoto 2023 From one stroke, Yumiko Chiba Associates, Tokyo Group Exhibition 2014 Way we draw, Exchange exhibition, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei 2015 The power of a painting, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto 2016 Insecure tide land, Frees Art Space, Taipei HOTEL ANTEROOM KYOTO, Room #564, Kyoto 2017 Artotheque exhibition, uJung Art Gallery, Seoul Insecure tide land_, Winwin Art, Kaohsiung 2018 THE NEXT 10 ARTISTS, Hankyu Umeda, Osaka Shimogamo Bunka Salon, Shimogamosaryo, Kyoto 2019 Shimogamo Plaiades, ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO 2019 Satellite exhibition, Shimogamosaryo, Kyoto November Island, Winwin Art, Kaohsiung 2020 FINDING PROXIMITY, MODEKA, Manila 2021 Shimogamo Plaiades 2021, ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO 2021 Satellite exhibition, Shimogamosaryo, Kyoto Winwin Art, Kaohsiung 2022 ARTISTS’ FAIR KYOTO 2022 Satellite exhibition, Shimogamosaryo, Kyoto Chishimatochi Collection, Kagoo, Osaka FaN Week Special Exhibition, 4 Collectors with Art, Fukuoka city Museum, Fukuoka Peculiar Island, WINWIN ART, Taiwan Award 2015 Tokyo Wonderwall 2015, prize 2016 3rd Contemporary Art Foundation Award, selected a.a.t.m 2016, SHU UEMURA prize 2017 The 32th Holbein Scholarship, selected Festivals 2016 Kizugawa Art 2016, Kyoto 2017 Sasaran International Art Festival 2017, Malaysia Artist in Residences 2017 Sasaran International Art Festival, Malaysia 2018 Solo International Art Camp 2018, Indonesia 2019 Hanoi Art Connecting, Hanoi Artist-in-residence Kamonasu, Kyoto Selected Corporate Collections Skye Niseko, CL Sterling & Son Japan Co., Ltd. Chishima Real Estate Co., Ltd. ASTON MARTIN OSAKA, Hakko LR Co., Ltd. Risshisha BnA Alter Museum, COLUMBIA WORKS Co., Ltd. UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN, UNIVERSAL MUSIC LLC DMG MORI CO., LTD. OCA TOKYO, MITSUBISHI ESTATE Co., Ltd. Inoue Business Consultants, Inc TORANOMON HILLS Residential Tower, Mori Building Co., Ltd. Trial Holdings ,Inc. partyfactory, Inc.