Nouvelle Vague, French for “New Wave,” serves as both a thematic and aesthetic cornerstone of Kato’s journey. It acts as a powerful visual manifesto celebrating the ideas of transformation, rebirth, and the relentless flow of societal and environmental change. Through his large-scale paintings, pastels, and sketches, Kato invites viewers into an immersive journey of renewal and highlighting the ongoing evolution of culture and the urgent need for ecological consciousness in our modern world.