Born in 1969 in Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Izumi Kato graduated from the Department of Oil painting, Musashino Art University in 1992. Her works have been shown in solo exhibitions "Hadaka No Hito" (2005, Tokyo); "Izumi Kato" (2005, Italy); "Moku" (2007, Tokyo); "Dear Humans" (2007, Tokyo); "The Riverhead" (2008, Tokyo); and group shows in "Venice Biennale 52nd International Art Exhibition" (2007, Italy); "MOT Annual 2007-From a World as Large as Life" (2007, Tokyo); "Art Scope 2007/2008-Faces of Existence" (2008, Tokyo); "Neoteny Japan─from Takahashi Collection" (2009, Tokyo); "Long Season" (2009, Taipei).