gallery UG Tennoz is pleased to hold a solo exhibition by artist Asami KATO titled “Memories of Ancient Rome” from Friday, June 19th, 2026 to Saturday, June 27th 2026.

The legacy of Ancient Rome still lives on today in the streets of Europe. I have created statues inspired by those scenes of public spaces, cobblestones and brick walls.

At first glance Venice and the Dolomites seem to have little resemblance to Rome. But if you explore their history, the memory of Rome flows through them as well.
Venice, which escaped the fall of the empire, crossed the sea and went on to rule the Mediterranean.

The Dolomites, which are hidden among desolate rocky mountains to this day, remain as a place where ancient language is still preserved.

When I sculpt landscapes, I begin to see those “lines of the landscape” which have been changed by historical events and don’t exist in the modern world.

There are no people that appear in my art pieces.
But try imagining the crowds walking on the cobblestone, the elderly man that stands still by the canal and the little child that peers out from the window, the people who live there and the life they live.

Asami KATO


Asami KATO
Sculptor
Born in Saitama, Japan, 1952. Currently based in Italy.
After graduating from the Nagoya University of Arts, Department of Sculpturing she moved to Italy to study under Emilio Greco at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Department of Sculpturing. After graduating in 1980, he went on to work as a professor at the Nagoya University of Arts from 1997 to 1999. He continues to create art pieces inspired by the streets and landscapes of Rome, Venice, Sicily, the Dolomites and other locations.
He has held solo exhibitions at Kerr Gallery in New York, Shibuya Seibu Gallery in Tokyo, Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, Museum Ladin in Italy, Yoshino Gallery in Yamagata and more.

We warmly invite you to visit the exhibition if you are nearby.

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