1955
Born in Aichi prefecture, Japan

1981
Graduated from Department of Sculpture, Musashino Art University

1983
Finished Fine Art Course (Sculpture), Graduate School of Art Design (Master’s program), Musasino Art University



[Solo Exhibitions]

2024
Galleria Finarte, Aichi

2020
Soh Gallery, Tokyo

2019
Galleria Finarte, Aichi
Soh Gallery, Tokyo

2018
Gallery Haku, Osaka

2017
Tirnanog Gallery, Tokyo
Soh Gallery, Tokyo

2015
Galleria Finarte, Aichi

2014
Gallery Haku, Osaka

2013
Omotesando Gallery, Tokyo
Soh Gallery, Tokyo

2012
Galleria Finarte, Aichi

2011
Simada Sigeru Gallery, Tokyo

2010
Gallery Haku, Osaka

2009
Mramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
Galleria Finarte, Aichi

2007
Simada Sigeru Gallery, Tokyo
Galleria Finarte, Aichi
Arika Art Site, Tokyo

2006
Mramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery Haku, Osaka

2005
Ohkashorin, Nagano
Gallery Hosokawa, Osaka

2004
Galleria Finarte, Aichi
Gallery Alpha, Aichi
Simada Sigeru Gallery, Tokyo

2003
Gallery Hosokawa, Osaka
Gallery Haku, Osaka
Mramatsu Gallery, Tokyo

2002
Simada Sigeru Gallery, Tokyo
Soh Gallery, Tokyo

2001
Gallery Haku, Osaka
Galleria Finarte,NAGOYA/AICHI

2000
Galleria Chimera, Tokyo

1999
Galleria Finarte, Aichi
Simada Sigeru Gallery, Tokyo
Soh Gallery, Tokyo

1998
Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
Soh Gallery, Tokyo

1996
Ohkashorin, Nagano

1995
Soh Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery Haku, Osaka

1994
Simada Sigeru Gallery, Tokyo
Mechanic of Emotion, Gallery αM, Tokyo
Hillside Gallery / Art Front Gallery Exhibition Space, Tokyo

1993
Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo

1992
Different Shades of Somnolence, Soh Gallery, Tokyo

1991
Simada Sigeru Gallery, Tokyo

1990
Different Eyes 29 – Makoto Ito’s One-man Exhibition, IBM Kawasaki Citizen’s Gallery, Kanagawa

1989
Esses Gallery (Simada Sigeru Gallery at presents ), Tokyo

1988
Gallery Tokiwa, Tokyo

1986
Gallery Tokiwa, Tokyo

1985
Gallery Akiyama, Tokyo

1984
Gallery Marronnier, Tokyo

1983
Gallery Ochanomizu, Tokyo

1982
Gallery Parergon, Tokyo

[Group Exhibitions]

2025
Setouchi Triennale 2025, Kagawa

2024
Patterns and Distance, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
Toyohashi City Museum of Art & History, Aichi
Gallery Kounotori, Tokyo

2023
Group Show, Maki Fine Arts, Tokyo
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, “Look Up to the Sky”, Nunagawa Campus, Niigata

2022
DENTCHU STRUT, Kodaira-CIty Hirakushi Denchu Sculpture Museum, Tokyo
heliotrope, Sho-on-ji Temple, Tokyo
Soh Gallery Closing Exhibition, Soh Gallery, Tokyo

2021
Omuni-Sculptures, Musashino Art University Museum and Library, Tokyo
Yuji Akatsuka / Makoto Ito, Galleria Finarte, Aichi

2020
TOKOROZAWA: PAST AND PRESENT IN ART, Tokorozawa Caltural center Muse,Saitama.

2019
HETEROTOPIA / Group Show of Contemporary Artists 2019 (Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum Ueno)
GardenⅡ, Tokyo Art Museum, Tokyo

2018
This Side of Paradise, Special Exhibition Hall, Anyang Museum
East of the sun west of the moon, Soh Gallery, Tokyo
boys drawing vol.2, Gallery Haku, Osaka

2017
Siding Railroad 2017, The former Tokorozawa 2nd School Lunch Center, Saitama

2015
PEKOCHAN style, The hiratuka Museum of Art, Kanagawa
Siding Railroad 2015, The former Tokorozawa 2nd School Lunch Center, Saitama

2014
The Trailer, Soh gallery, Tokyo
Still Life / Sculpture, garelly Sol, Tokyo
Quadruple Line, Gendai-HEIGHTS Gallery, Tokyo

2013
Siding Railroad 2013, The former Tokorozawa 2nd School Lunch Center, Saitama
GARDENS, Kanagawa prefectural Hall Gallery
ET IN ARCADIA EGO, Musashino Art University Museum and Library, Tokyo

2012
Polyphony of Tones, colors, and forms vol.Ⅳ, studio SK, Tokyo
Art TANOSHIMA 39, Shinsiro city / gallery SINCERITE, Toyohashi

2011
ART TODAY 2011, Sezon Museum of Art, Nagano

2010
25 Anniversary of Soh Gallery, Soh Gallery, Tokyo

2009
The 1st Tokorozawa Biennial of Contemporary Art / SIDING RAIL ROAD, The Vehicle Factory Tokorozawa-Seibu, Saitama
Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Artificiosa, Tokyo Art Museum

2008
Nagoya Citizens Art Festival 2008, Nagoya Citizens Art Museum-Yata, Aichi
Tokorozawa Biennial of Contemporary Art (pre-event) / SIDING RAIL ROAD, The Vehicle Factory Tokorozawa-Seibu, Saitama

2007
SculptureⅡ, Gallery Hosokawa, Osaka

2006
SKINODELIC, Chinretukan gallery/The University Museum, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music

2004
Straight no chaser, GalleryVisions/T Tokyo

2002
Mediators, Nagoya Citizen’s Gallery-Yata,Aichi

2001
Domani-Ashita 2001, Togo Seiji- Modern Art Museum Of Yasuda Fire Insurance,Tokyo
Different Eyes 117– Makoto Ito and Hidenori Mitsue’s two-man Exhibition IBM Kawasaki Citizen’s Gallery, KANAGAWA
Vibration -Expressive Powers Of Sculptures, Utsunomiya Museum Of Art,Tochigi

2000
Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2000, Niigata
Art Today 2000 Preview, Sezon Art Program,Tokyo
Art Today 2000, Sezon Museum Of Moder Art, Nagano

1999
-publications-, Edition Works Plaza Gallery, Tokyo

1998
Noe Aoki / Makoto Ito, Gallery Haku, Osaka

1996
Calligraphy, Soh Gallery, TOKYO
Gruop show about The Forest of HINODE, Gallery 21+Yoh, Tokyo
Serious Circus, Soh Gallery, Tokyo
Space & Scale, NOB Gallery, Aichi

1995
Nagoya Art Fair, Nagoya Municipal Gallery, AICHI
Grace & Gravity, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
Allegory of Seeing, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo

1994
1994・Autumn・MURAMATSU, Muramatsu Gallery, T Tokyo

1993
Triangle Artist Workshop, Pine Plains, New York
Three Vying Ears-Trioexhibition, Soko Gallery shinkiba, Tokyo

1992
Future Chronicle-Part Ⅲ, Memories Gallery, Aichi
Stone of Windom, Soh Gallery, Tokyo
Among the Figures, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / The International Museum, Osaka

1991
1991・Winter・MURAMATSU, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
Art in Nerima’91;Present Condition of Sculpture, Nerima Ward Gallery, Tokyo
INSIDE IYE, Tokyo Ginza Art Center Hall, TOKYO / Kyoto Art Center Hall, Kyoto
GLOWING FORM, Yokohama City Gallery ,Kanagawa

1990
Gallery Furukawa Opening Exhibition part 2, Tokyo
3 persons Exhibition, Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo

1989
Koji Sagawa,Kazumi Nakamura,Makoto Ito/3 Persons Exhibition, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
89 OMIYA Messe Art Exhibition, Omiya Seibu,Saitama
Take Art Collection, Spiral Garden, Tokyo

1988
Makoto Ito vs Tomohiro Yamaguchi, Gallery αM, Tokyo
The Critical Point in Art, Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
The 24th Artists Today, Yokohama City Gallery, Kanagawa

1987
Space-Yu Octaval Exhibit on, Space-Yu, Tokyo
Duo Exhibition with Mr.Akira Ohshima, Space-Yu, Tokyo

1985
Roundabout PassageⅡ, Yamaguchi Prefecture Gallery, Yamaguchi

1984
Intemalized structure Ⅱ, Tokyo Central Art Museum, Tokyo
Roundabout Passage, Gallery Awaji-cho, Tokyo

1983
The 19th Artists Today, Yokohama City Gallery, Kanagawa

1982
The Contemporary Art Front, Gallery Parergon, Tokyo

[Public Collections]

Tokyo National Museum of Modern Arts, Tokyo
Tokyo Municipal Arakawa Technical High School
Minato Ward Collection, Tokyo
Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
Matsudai-city, Niigata
Utsunomiya Museum Of Art,Tochigi
Chiba Museum Of Art, Chiba
Faret Tachikawa, Tokyo
Matsusaka Community Center, Mie
Herbis Osaka, Osaka
Laxa Osaka, Osaka
Miwa Corporation, Kobe
HAT KOBE, Kobe
Art Grove /Sapporo Dome ,Hokkaido
Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare, Okayama
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Kanagawa
Aichi Prefectural Museum Of Art, Aichi