Education / Awards

• 1990 Completed the Master’s Program in Fine Arts, Graduate School of Art, Kyoto City University of Arts
• 2010–2011 Stayed and worked in Denmark as an overseas research fellow dispatched by the Agency for Cultural Affairs
• 2017 Recipient of the Fumiko Kamedaka Memorial Akakusa-sha Award

Solo Exhibitions

Since her first solo exhibition at Ban Gallery (Osaka), Katayama has held more than 100 solo exhibitions throughout Japan, including at Gallery Shimada (Kobe), as well as venues in Tokyo, Nagoya, Sapporo, Miyazaki, and major department stores.

Selected solo exhibitions:

• 2013 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Sukker Person, Randers, Denmark
• 2014 Let’s Go to the Forest! Miyabi Katayama Exhibition, Nishiwaki City Okanoyama Museum of Art

Selected Group Exhibitions

1992

• Art Now: New Horizons of the 1990s – Practices of Twelve Artists, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
• The 21st Exhibition of Contemporary Japanese Art — Recipient of the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Award (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, and Shimonoseki City Art Museum)

1997

• Invited artist, 22nd Ljubljana Biennale of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana
• Twenty Years of the National Museum of Art, Osaka, The National Museum of Art, Osaka

2001

• Selected artist for the annual calendar of Shiseido

2004

• Collection Exhibition III: Prints from the Museum Collection — Artist Talk: “Miyabi Katayama on Her Own Work” (Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art)

2015

• Kobe Art Marche
• Bank Art Fair, Singapore

2016

• Collection Exhibition I, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
• Invited artist, 12th Gongju International Art Festival, Limlip Art Museum, South Korea
• Invited artist, Iwami Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tottori, Japan
• Kobe Art Marche

2018

• Infinity Japan 2018 Contemporary Art Show, Royal Nikko Taipei, Taipei

2019

• Flowers and Art Exhibition, Nishiwaki City Okanoyama Museum of Art, Hyogo
• Stars and Art Exhibition, Nishiwaki City Okanoyama Museum of Art, Hyogo
• Setouchi Triennale 2019, George Gallery & Kohira Café, Shodoshima

Public Collections

Works by Katayama are included in the collections of:

• Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art
• The National Museum of Art, Osaka
• Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts
• Kyoto City University of Arts
• Will Aichi
• Enokojima Art, Culture and Creative Center
• Osaka Prefectural Library
• Suruga Bank
• National Gallery of Bulgaria
• Frederiksværk Art Association
• Limlip Art Museum

Selected Artworks / Commissions

Katayama’s works have been installed in a wide range of public and private spaces, including hotels, hospitals, corporate facilities, and commercial venues. Selected locations include:

• Imperial Hotel Tokyo
• Haneda Airport ANA Lounge
• InterContinental Tokyo Bay
• Suruga Bank
• Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital
• St. Marianna University Hospital
• Shin-Tenmoto Hospital
• Aijinkai Rehabilitation Hospital
• Almeida Hospital
• National Hospital Organization Shikoku Medical Center for Children and Adults
• George Gallery & Kohira Café

In addition, her works have been commissioned by numerous resort hotels, welfare facilities, hospitals, retail spaces, and other institutions throughout Japan.