József Csató lives and works in Budapest, Hungary. He finished his studies at the painting department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (MKE) in the class of Dóra Maurer in 2006. He won three times the honored Gyula Derkovits Scholarship in 2013, in 2014 and in 2015. He got the prominent Esterhazy Prize in 2013. He was an artist-in-resident at Krinzinger Gallery (A) – AIR program in 2017. He participated in many group and solo exhibitions across Europe including Budapest, Vienna, Berlin, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf,  Nürnberg, and Copenhagen. His works can be found in representative Hungarian and International private and institutional collections such as Ludwig Museum collection.