Kato Six

Kato Six lives and works in Brussels. She got her master's degree in visual arts and a master's degree in graphic design from the KASK in Ghent. She complemented her studies with several residencies at Wiels (Brussels, BE, 2012), ABA (Berlin, DE, 2014), Residency Unlimited (New York, USA, 2016), Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture (Skowhegan, USA, 2017).

Recent solo shows include 'Background Hum' at Composite in Brussels (2016), 'Spinning lines, Twisting feelings' at CHANGE-CHANGE in Budapest (2017), 'State of Matter' at VITRINE gallery in London (2019).

She has also participated in several group exhibitions such as 'Conjunctions' at Peninsula Art Space in New York ( 2016), 'Heads or Tails' at DMW Gallery in Antwerp (2019) or 'The Constant Glitch' at M Leuven (2021). Her work is included in of various collections, such as at Mu.ZEE (Ostend), the Flemish Community and Cera at M Leuven.

Various techniques and materials

Kato Six’s artworks are the result of various techniques in which physicality and making the works herself are pivotal. The forms and materials often refer to household tasks and handicrafts such as knitting and crocheting. She also makes works out of MDF and other hard materials, such as different types of plastic. These might be Formica or solid surface – synthetics used in the interior, often mimicking natural materials. From this domestic context, she questions our relationship with nature, using landscapes to switch foreground for background and indoors for outdoors.

Exhibition view 'Kato Six', 2022, M Leuven, photo: © Lien Wevers for M Leuven

Exhibition view 'Kato Six', 2022, M Leuven, 'State of Matter' (detail), Kato Six, 2019, © Kato Six, photo: © Dirk Pauwels for M Leuven

First exhibition at a museum

For this first sizeable exhibition, Kato Six is bringing different kinds of work together for the first time. As well as existing sculptures and drawings, she is presenting a new series of textile art and wall works in situ. The works aim to make us think about the commonplace and elements that surround us on a daily basis, to make us look at them differently and possibly discover new patterns.

Curator: Eva Wittocx

Publication: 'Sawing a plank is like going for a walk'

To coincide with the exhibition, M and Posture Editions are publishing the book 'Sawing a plank is like going for a walk', about Kato Six's oeuvre. Besides a visual overview of her work from the past few years, you can also find texts by Phillip van den Bossche and Filarowska in the publication, as well as an interview with Eva Wittocx, curator of the exhibition.

'Sawing a plank is like going for a walk' (€30) is available at Barbóék in M.

Editions

As part of the exhibition, M will also release a limited edition, available in three variants. Its design is akin to Kato Six's series 'Crochet Series' and 'Striped Knitwear'. There are twenty copies of each colour variant available, numbered and signed.

The editions (€75) are on sale at Barbóék in M.