Shohei Katayama
Shohei Katayama is a Japanese American artist who explores the space between light and dark, life and death, beauty and danger, nature and man. His work includes line drawings, sculpture, and installation art. Utilizing his art as a catalyst for environmental conversations, his work examines the underlying patterns and forces of nature by showcasing unseen relationships in ecology. Katayama uses materials that embodies the philosophy associated with ecological examination. Through his work, Katayama demonstrates the entanglements that are present between such systems and illustrates the disruptions that can occur when individual components are manipulated.
Katayama received his MFA from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA. He is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art at the Kentucky College Art + Design, and the director of Carbon Copy Gallery in Louisville, KY. He is the inaugural recipient of the MTV:REDEFINE award, received the Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award by the International Sculpture Center, the Frank-Ratchye Fund for the Art at the Frontier Award, and a finalist in the 21C Artadia award, among others. His work has been exhibited nationally, and internationally at the Palazzo Mora,Venice, Italy; 5 Manhattan West Building in NY; Plaxall Gallery, Long Island City; Littman Gallery, Portland, OR; and more. Katayama has participated in the Facebook Artist-in-Residence Program; the Arctic Circle Residency in Svalbard, Norway; the Labverde Amazon Residency in Manaus, Brazil; the International Sculpture Center Residency at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton Township, NJ; Tough Art Residency Program, Pittsburgh, PA; and at the Asia Institute Crane House, Louisville, KY.
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