Join us at The Battery for a Drop-in Family Workshop by Messums Artist in Residence Kaori Kato.
Fold the paper like a parcel to create a message envelope that unfolds in an instant.
Date: Saturday 13th December 2025
Time: 10:30am - 2:30pm
Venue: The Battery, 119-125 London Road North, Lowestoft, NR32 1LZ
Free entry - just drop-in!
Kaori Kato obtained her bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts Drawing in 2008, her bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) in 2009, and her master’s degree in Visual Art in 2010 from the Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) at the University of Melbourne. She returned to Japan, Hokkaido in 2013, and has since exhibited widely across Japan and internationally, including in Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, and China. Her wearable paper sculptures were featured in the Vancouver Fashion Week SS 2019 and Western Canada Fashion Week SS 2020 collections, presenting more than twenty distinct designs across the two events.
Kato was a major winner at the Paper on Skin International Wearable Paper Art Competition in Tasmania, Australia, in 2022, and received the Pam and Neil Thorne Award (Award in Honour of Pam and Neil Thorne) at the 2024 edition of the competition. In 2023, she presented a solo exhibition at Messums West where she created site-specific works within the 13th-century barn. The same year, she was appointed Support Ambassador for Makubetsu Town in the Tokachi region of Hokkaido.
In 2024, Kato was commissioned by the historic Swiss watchmaker Vacheron Constantin to exhibit over twelve paper sculptures, including three large-scale installations, across its boutiques in Japan. In 2025, she received the Hokkaido Culture Encouragement Award from the Hokkaido Government and the Obihiro City Cultural Encouragement Award from the City of Obihiro.
Web: https://www.kaorikato.com
Instagram: kaori_kato_artist