Chihiro ITO
Chihiro ITO was born in Japan. At age 0, he started painting with his parents who were sculptors using a paper and paints on the dark wooden floor of their tiny kitchen and bedroom in Tokyo. His entire childhood and teenage years were totally focused on his dreams to become an Artist and a boxer. While he never fulfilled the later, after years of toil he cultivated his own unique style of painting and proudly graduated from Musashino Art University in 2004. In same year, Ito’s first solo exhibition was held in Tokyo. Since then until now, he is trying hard to make and expressed his art activities.
In 2012, he was the only Japanese painter invited to the European Capital of Culture in Portugal for his art activity include exhibitions and performances.These experiences were very challenging due to complex sociopolitics but they were also wonderful global experiences for him. In the same year, he was invited to Serbia for a solo exhibition and painting performances.
Since 2014, he had contributed to Tokyo, Asagaya Art Streets as artist and the art director. He was involved with Japanese poets such as Shuntaro Tanikawa,Gozo Yoshimasu, Shoichi Nejime, and representative artists of Japanese experimental theater in the 1970s such as Ryoichi Enomoto and Sakumi Hagiwara.
In 2017, he was invited by an organization called Home for Cooperation to visit the small island of Eastern Europe, the Republic of Cyprus, as an artist of the European Capital of Culture at that time. There are two countries within, the United Kingdom, Greece, the United Nations and the Turkish Autonomous Region, which have borders. In order to go back and forth between the places, he had to show my passport several times, and it was a very culturally different country compared to Japan, which is an isolated island country. The border, which was forced to cross, was a country that began to feel dangerous in a situation where those trying to cross it were shot by UN forces. On the contrary, the inhabitants all lived calmly in the country close to death. Meanwhile, He was asked to perform a live painting performance in front of 300 people at the most symbolic church in capital of Republic of Cyprus from Japan, the only country in the world that does not fight war.
In 2018, Chihiro Ito traveled to New York with a grant from the Japanese government. There, he encountered Jonas Mekas and began to focus more on video and poetry production. His films have been honored with more than 40 film awards. He also held a solo exhibition at Haco Gallery and read poetry at an event at the Queens Museum. Ito has been strongly influenced by Fluxus, the avant-garde art movement that originated in New York in the 1960s. At times when he felt lost in his artistic activities in spite of his many exhibitions, Fluxus art helped Ito to regain his purpose. Ito continues to research Fluxus in New York.
Since he visited the United States in 2018 as grantee artist from Japanese Government, through the particularly severe inconvenience of immigrants in the United States, the presidential election, the attacks on Black Lives Matter and the pandemic by Covid-19, and the marriage with an American woman. He had the opportunity to think about the importance and responsibility of individual self-assertion in the face of the influence of a country-wide culture that Japan does not have. His managed to digest this and wondered if he could digest it into my own work.
His new work “New Flag for New People” was born from such past experiences.
In 2021, he got a City Artist Grant by New York Foundation of Arts and Robert Rauschenberg emergency grant by recorded performance movie “New Flag for New People”. This film participate Prague Biennale (Supported by the creative European program of the European Union), International media Art Festival (Supported by Republic of Serbia Ministry of Culture and Information) in Serbia where held European Capital of Culture. He was honor to participated these cultural events.
Awards / Grants
2024
Ankhlave Garden Project Fellows by Ankhlave Arts Alliance (NY, USA)
2023
“Jonas Mekas Fellow Residency Award” by Jonas Mekas Studio, Monira Foundation (NJ, USA)
“COLORS” Official Selection - Pune Short Film Festival (Maharashtra, India)
“The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Robert Blackburn Printing Workshop program / the crossed purposes foundation Fund” - The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (NY, USA)
“Monira Performance Residency” by Monira Foundation / Mana Contemporary (NJ, USA)
2022
“Scholarship” by the Poetry Project (NY, USA)
“Guaranteed Income for Artists program” Creative Rebuild New York/Tides Center(NY, USA)
“ Bronx Art Space award residency in Governor’s Island” (NY, USA)
“The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Robert Blackburn Printing Workshop program / IFPDA BlackburnScholarship Fund” - The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (NY, USA)
“ Monira Performance Residency” by Monira Foundation / Mana Contemporary Art (USA)
“NEW HEAVEN” Official Selection - FILM DIARY NYC 2022 - Millenium Film Workshop (NY, USA)
“COLORS” Official Selection - Fisura, International Festival of Experimental Film & Vide (Mexico)
2021
“City Artist Corp Grant” by New York Foundation for the Arts (NY, USA)
“Robert Rauschenberg Emergency Grant Award” by Robert Rauschenberg Foundation / New York Foundation for the Arts (NY, USA)
“NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE” Official Selection - Prague Biennale (Supported by the creative European program of the European Union) (Prague, Czech),
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - FILM DIARY NYC 2021 - Spectacle (NY, USA)
“On the Greyhound” Official Selection - FILM DIARY NYC 2021 - Spectacle (NY, USA)
“NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE” Official Selection - International Multimedial Art Festival (Supported by Republic of Serbia Ministry of Culture and Information) (Novisad, Serbia).
“81 to 1 -version0-” Official Selection - Benson Film Festival / MAMO gallery (NB, USA)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - SYDNEY World Film Festival (Sydney / Australia)
2020
Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japanese Government grant (Japan)
Fellowship for Online project EU Japan Fest (Japan)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - Fisura International Festival of Experimental Film & Video (Mexico)
COLORS” Official Selection - Broadway International Film Festival (selected by the city of El Monte and the consulate general of Mexico)Official Selection - (CA, USA)
“81 to 1” Play the Video (organized by Centro Cultural Universitario) - Official Selection - (Argentina)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Lleida Visual Art
“COLORS” Official Selection - Other Movie Lugano Film Festival / LUX art house(Lugano, Swiss)
“Save the Last Dance for Me” Semi Finalist - Other Movie Lugano Film Festival / LUX art house(Lugano, Swiss)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - Vladivostok International Film Festival «Pacific Meridian» / Okean Movie Theater (Vladivostok, Russia)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - International Video Art Festival “Now&After” / Moscow Contemporary Art Center Winzavod (Moscow, Russia)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - 7 Seconds International Film Festival / UNA: Departamento de Artes Audiovisuales (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
“COLORS” Official Selection - 7 Seconds International Film Festival / UNA: Departamento de Artes Audiovisuales (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
“COLORS” Official Selection - Louisiana LGBT+ Film Festival (New Orleans, USA).
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - Pune Short Film Festival (Maharashtra, India)
“Save the Last Dance for Me” Official Selection - Pune Short Film Festival (Maharashtra, India)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - Minikino Film Week / Bali International Short Film Festival 2020 - (Bali, Indonesia).
“COLORS” Official Selection - III Muestra de Video Arte Faenza (Contemporary Art Video Festival) (Bogota, Colombia)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - Playbutton Short Film Festival 2020 (Chennai, India)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - Playbutton Short Film Festival 2020 (Chennai, India)
“Fluxus In Contemporary America - interview to Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - Cinema Lab 2020 (Zapatoca, Colombia)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - Americana Film Fest (Barcelona, Spain)
“COLORS” Official Selection - Moinho Cine Fest (Moinho, Portugal)
2019
“The Master Art Prize Winner” (Paris, France)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - Short Film Day | Kortfilmsdagen på Moderna Museet Malmö (Malmo, Sweden)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - intimalente/intimatelers film festival (Caserta, Italia)
“PAINTING EXHIBITIION -experimental for painting-” Official Selection - Malabo International Music & Film Festival (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea)
“Save the Last Dance for Me” Official Selection - Malabo International Music & Film Festival (Malabo, Equatorial Guinea)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - Paadmaan project (Teheran, Iran)
“Fluxus In Contemporary America - interview to Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - Paadmaan project (Teheran, Iran)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Official Selection - CODEC (Mexico City, Mexico)
“Last interview film of Jonas Mekas” Special Mention - London X4 Seasonal Short Movie Festival (London, UK)
“Fluxus in Contemporary America” Best Documentary - Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival (Moscow, Russia)
“Save the Last Dance for Me” Official Selection - Eurasia International Monthly Film Festival (Moscow, Russia)
“Save the Last Dance for Me” Official Selection （Semi Finalist）- jelly FEST Film Festival (CA, USA）
“Last Interview Film of Jonas Mekas” & “Save the Last Dance for Me”(directed by Chihiro ITO) Selected by Metropolitan Art Gallery Association - La Mama Galerie(NY, USA)
“Save the Last Dance for Me” Official Selection - Indie Short Fest(LA, USA)
“Fluxus in Contemporary America” Official Selection - Indie Short Fest(LA, USA)
“Save the Last Dance for Me” Official Selection - Independent Shorts Awards(LA, USA)
“Fluxus in Contemporary America” Official Selection - Calcutta International Cult Film Festival(Calcutta, India)
2018
“Program of overseas study for upcoming artists sponsored by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan, which sends out artists of proven talent abroad” winner (Japan)
“Program of Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists / Creative Arts Fellowship” (USA/Japan)
“Summer Studio Scholarship Program” - Snug Harbor Cultural Art Center / ArtLab Inc.(NY, USA)
“Sunspot Literary Journal Contest for Authors and Artists” 2 works（USA）
2017
“32th Holbein Scholarship” winner (Japan)
2015
“Bio Art Seoul 2015” National Gwacheon National Science Museum (Rep. Korea)
2013
Residency Fellowship by EU Japan Fest (Japan)
2012
Residency Fellowship by EU Japan Fest (Japan)
2007
“14th Asian Annual Artist Award / Freeman fellowship” Half Grant Vermont studio center (VT, USA)
2006
“13th Asian Annual Artist Award / Freeman fellowship” Grant Vermont studio center (VT, USA)
2005
“Gunma Youth Biennale ’05” (2 Works) Gunma Museum of Modern Art (Gunma, Japan)
Invited
2020
April Free Verse vol.3 - Queens Museum (New York, USA)
2018
October Exhibition as Invited artist of Ricardo Areias (CEO of CAAA) (Centro para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura) at Guimaraes, Portugal.
March Invited artist of Asagaya Art Streets 2018. (2017, 16, March and November/15, 14) (Asagaya Tokyo).
Februry Exhibition as Invited artist of Ricardo Areias (CEO of CAAA) (Centro para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura) at nocnoc in Guimaraes, Portugal.
2017
November Performance at Bedesten in Nicosia Cyprus from Home for Cooperation as collaboration Artist of Buffer Fringe Festival 4 [Pafos 2017] with Nihat Agdac (Cyprus/Violin).
September Exhibition at nocnoc as Invited artist of Ricardo Areias (CEO of CAAA) (Centro para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura) at Guimaraes, Portugal. (also, 2012, 13, 14, March and November of 15, 16)
2014
October Invited artist of NPO Japan Yugo Art Project at O3one Gallery (Bergrad, Serbia.)
September Invited artist of Zushi Art Site 2014 (Zushi, Kanagawa).
2013
October Invited artist of Carlos Martins (Excective CEO of Guimaraes 2012 ((European Capital of Culture)) and Noc Noc for Exhibition and Performance in CAAA at Guimaraes, Portugal.
2012
October Invited artist of Guimaraes 2012 (European Capital of Culture) for Guimaraes, Portugal.
May Invited artist of NPO Japan Yugo Art Project for Beograd, Serbia.
Education
2004
March Graduate Musashino Art University Oil Painting
2021
School of Visual Arts, Continuing ED (Creative Writing for Visual Artists – Susanne Reece), Year of matriculation: 2021
Solo Exhibition
2020
January Chihiro ITO Solo Exhibition “I depict what is there” - i Gallery DC(Yamanashi, Japan)
2019
October Suginami city gallery - Asagaya Art Streets Gallery (Asagaya, Tokyo)
October Sangyo shogyo kaikan - Asagaya Art Streets Gallery (Asagaya, Tokyo)
September Chihiro ITO Solo Exhibition “Line to me” - SPC Gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
August Chihiro ITO Solo Exhibition “Line to me” - Haco Gallery(Tokyo, Japan)
2018
September Exhibition at nocnoc as Invited artist of CAAA (Guimaraes, Portugal)
May Art Space Kohsho - Asagaya Art Streets Gallery (Asagaya, Tokyo)
Februry as Invited artist of CAAA (Guimaraes, Portugal)
2017
November Wall of Buffer Zone (Nicosia, Cyprus)
July Gallery Valure (Nagoya, Aichi)
June Nando Galley Den 5 (Daitabashi, Tokyo)
May Asagaya Art Streets Gallery (Asagaya, Tokyo)
2016
February SPC GALLEY (Kabuto-cyo, Tokyo)
2015
March Anime Street (Asagaya, Tokyo)
September Exhibition at nocnoc as Invited artist of CAAA (Guimaraes, Portugal)
March Anime Street (Asagaya, Tokyo)
January i Gallery DC (Isawa-onsen, Yamanashi)
2014
October Noc Noc 4 at CAAA (Guimaraes, Portugal)
June Hotel & Residence Roppongi (Roppongi, Tokyo)
March Asagaya Art Streets 2014 （Asagaya, Tokyo）
March SW11 (Harajuku, Tokyo)
2013
October CAAA (Guimaraes, Portugal)
2012
October Guimaraes noc noc in Guimaraes 2012 (European Capital of Culture) (Guimaraes, Portugal)
September Gendai Higts Gallery Den (Tokyo, Shimokitazawa)
May O3 One Gallery (Beoglard, Serbia)
2011
September, June OFFICE (Tokyo, Gaienmae)
August Nakanojo Biennale (Nakanojo, Gunma)
July Onsen Kyo Bijyutu Sai (Nakanojo, Gunma)
June Gendai Higts Gallery Den (Tokyo, Shimokitazawa)
June L’ Art Brut Bistrot (France, Paris)
May Group IGS (France, Paris)
January i Gallery DC (Yamanashi, Isawa)
January Wajiajia （Yamanashi, Kofu）
2010
July Focusing On A New Generation 2010 - Ai Gallery (Tokyo, Ginza)
June OFFICE (Tokyo, Gaienmae)
2009
September Exhibit Live & Moris Gallery (Tokyo, Ginza)
September, July OFFICE (Tokyo, Gaienmae)
September Nakanojo Biennale 2009 (Gunma, Nakanojo)
July i Gallery’s eye vol.6 Gendai Higts Gallery Den (Tokyo, Shimokitazawa)
January Blue Square Café （Tokyo, Shinjyuku）
2008
December, Nobember Ai Gallery （Tokyo, Kyobashi）
January, January Suikatou ß（Tokyo, Asagaya）
2007
November Ai Gallery （Tokyo, Kyobashi）
November, May Suikatou (Tokyo, Asagaya)
2006
July UPLINK GALLERY (Tokyo, Shibuya)
May Ai Gallery （Tokyo, Kyobashi）
May SPC Preview Garden （Tokyo, Nihonbashi）
2005
May Ai Gallery （Tokyo, Kyobashi）
May, March, February, January Suikatou （Tokyo, Asagaya）
February Totune Bld１F （UPLINK FACTORY,Gallery,Tabela） （Tokyo,Shibuya）
2004
December, August, August Suikatou （Tokyo, Asagaya）
2003
September Musashino Art University Gallery (Tokyo, Takanodai)
2002
January MAU Gallery (Tokyo, Takanodai)
Group Exhibition
2022
Sep “Nafas” - Invisible Dog Art Center (NY, USA)
July “up close and far away…(4 persons show with Jonas Mekas) “ - Jonas Meka Visual Arts Center (Vilnius, Lithania)
July “New Topia” – Mizuma & Kips Gallery (NY, USA) Self curated
2021
Nov Millennium Film Screening - Millennium Film work shop (NY, USA)
March “I depicted what is there!” (with Jennifer Myers) – Christine Frechard gallery (PT, USA)
2019
June “When Black Swallows will Red” – La Mama Gallarie (NY, USA)
“Jean Jenet’s Eternal Smile (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)” - Synesthsia gallery (NY, USA)
May Trees outside the Academy - CAAA(Guimaraes, Portugal)
April “Present for Jonas” - Microscope gallery (NY, USA)
2014
December Art Box Exhibtition Atrie K（Ishikawa-cyo, Kanagawa）
2013
December My Favorite Exhibition Gendai Higts Gallery Den (Tokyo, Shimokitazawa)
2012
May Nicyu-ko-ryu-Exhibition Tokyu Inn Motoazabu Gallery (Kofu, Yamanashi)
2011
December “ZONE” - Tan Shi Art Space (China, Shanghi)
October “Art Shower Yokohama ‘11” - Yokohama Shimin Gallery (Kanagawa, Yokohama)
September “We were young and immortal” - Gallery Goodfriday (France, Paris)
2010
December Christmas Auction 2010 - SPC Gallery (Tokyo, Kayabacyo)
September “Contemporary Art From Japan” – Luna Gallery (Sweden, Stockholm)
July Focusing On A New Generation 2010 – Gallery Natuka (Tokyo, Ginza)
January 2010 Morning Star Exhibition - Exhibit Live & Moris Gallery (Tokyo, Ginza)
2008
December Kyobashi 3-3-8 Exhibition - Ai Gallery （Tokyo, Kyobashi）
December X’mas Auction - SPC Gallery （Tokyo,Nihonbashi）
July Debli project Art Tour 2008 - Starbucks Coffee （Ginza,etc）
June Affordable Art Fair - Shion Art (NY, USA)
January Article Prize Group Exhibition - A.J.C. Auction Gallery (Tokyo, Ginza)
2007
May Debli project vol.1 - Le Deco 1,2,3,4F (Tokyo, Shibuya)
2006
August 36th Contemporary Artist Center Exhibition ART MEDICINE 1stGig - Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Tokyo,Ueno）
2005
October Central East Toky 2005 - Chiyoda Kaikan 3F （Tokyo, Hachobori）
September GAW Exhibition part5 - Golden Town Alley (Tokyo, Shinjyuku)
July Gunma Youth Biennale ‘05 - Gunma Museum of Modern Art （Gunma, Takasaki）
2004
February Five Art University’s Graduation Exhibition - Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum （Tokyo, Ueno）
2002
December Hei Exhibition - G-Art Gallery （Tokyo, Ginza）
December a & a & Kyodo Compa vol.3 - CLUB ASIA，Vuenos (Tokyo, Shibuya)
2001
October, June, May MAU Gallery (Tokyo, Takanodai)
1999
October MAU Gallery (Tokyo, Takanodai)
Art Fair
2024 Holbein Art Fair 2024 (Tokyo, Japan)
2022 Armory Show 2022 (Invisible dog art center in Brooklyn / VIP event.)
2021 Holbein Art Fair 2021 (Tokyo, Japan)
2008 Affordable Art Fair (NY, USA)
Live Art
2019
May JEAN GENET’S ETERNAL SMiLE 2 Synesthesia gallery(NY, USA)
2015
March Anime Street of JR as Asagaya Art Streets2015 （Asagaya、Tokyo）
2014
June H&R Roppongi （Roppongi, Tokyo）
March Art Wall of Asagaya Art Streets 2014 （Asagaya、Tokyo）
2012
May O3one Gallery （Belgrad, Serbia）
May SKC （Belgrad, Serbia）
October C.A.A.A. in Guimaraes 2012 (Europian Capital of Culture) (Guimaraes, Portugal)
2009
August Keyaki Garden Festival - Le Musee （Tokyo, Shinjyuku）
Invited Performance
2021 October “Poetry Reading + Video” collaborated with Lee Tusman – Flux Factory in Governors Island (NY, USA)
April “Poetry Reading” Alumn Poetry Open Mic night - Vermont Studio Center invited (VT, USA)
April “Poetry Reading” Poetry in the Park - Snug harbor Cultural Center invited (NY, USA)
2020 December “NEW FLAG for NEW PEOPLE” (NY, USA)
July The Quarantine Concerts, Mottel Media Broadcast / Art Jones, Chihiro Ito, Muyassar Kurdi & Luke Stewart, Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes - China town soup (NY, USA)
April Free Verse - Queens Museum invited (NY, USA)
June - August Zooma on La Mama online - School of hard knocks invited (NY, USA)
2019 May Paint for the silence by Chihiro ITO - Synesthesia (NY, USA)
2018 December Matt Mottel + Chihiro ITO + Steve Dalachinsky - Muchmore’s (NY, USA)
2017 November Performance at Buffer Fringe Festival 4 [Europian Capital of Culture / Pafos 2017] - Home for Cooperation invited (Cyprus)
2012 May I depicted what is there by Chihiro ITO / CAAA (Guimaraes, Portugal)
2012 Sep I depicted what is there by Chihiro ITO / SKC (Beograd, Serbia)
Event
2020
May Digital Diary Project - Pioneer Works / The Creative Independent / Are.na (NY, USA)
2015
March Collaboration with Masako Suzuki Anime Street of Asagaya Art Streets 2015 （Asagaya, Tokyo）
March Collaboration with Syuntaro Tanikawa, Kensaku Tanikawa Tarfu in Asagaya Art Streets 2015 Zamuza Asagaya （Asagaya, Tokyo）
2014
March Collaboration with Syuntaro Tanikawa, Kensaku Tanikawa in Asagaya Art Streets 2014 Shin Tokyo Kaikan （Asagaya, Tokyo）
2012
October 1st anniversary event of CAAA in Guimaraes2012 (European Capital of Culture) – CAAA (Guimaraes,Portugal)
May Paintaal - Parco (Tokyo, Shibuya)
May ina-Maturi - Seco Bar (Tokyo, Shibuya)
2010
December, August, January Panorama - Club Wire (Tokyo, Shinjyuku)
2009
August Panorama - Club Wire (Tokyo, Shinjyuku)
2008
March One night art party XXX! - Galaxy Countch （Tokyo, Shinjyuku）
January Works carry on “Escape” (Movie) Direced by Takuya Suzuki -（Tokyo, Nerima）
2007
September Special Exhibition Citta Janis special – Janis （Tokyo,Ocyanomizu)
July Arugo International Networ （Tokyo,Nerima）
2006
February Polyic 4 - O-NEST (Tokyo,Shibuya)
2005
December Golden Town Exhibition – Tomorrow (Tokyo, Shinjyuku)
2004
December Window Exhibition - Dot Spot (Tokyo, Shakuji-Park)
2003
April The Place To Eat - ST Spot （Yokohama, Yokohama）
2001
February XEROX – Salon (Tokyo, Koenji)
Movie
2020
July Zooma School of Hard Knocks (film screen: Last interview film of Jonas Mekas -short versiton-) (NY, USA)
2019
November JAJA (film screen: Last interview film of Jonas Mekas -versiton 1 & 2 -, Save the Last Dance for Me) (NY, USA)
November Asagaya Art Streets 2019 (film screen: COLORS, Fluxus in Contemporary America, Save the Last Dance for Me) （Tokyo, Japan）
September Jonas ( (film screen: Last interview film of Jonas Mekas -versiton 2 -, Collaboration with Yoshiko Chuma’s School of Hard Knocks ) - (Berlin, Germany)
August Basho’s ETERNAL SMiLE(1) (film screen: COLORS, Last interview film of Jonas Mekas -versiton 3 -, Save the Last Dance for Me)
July Chihiro ITO film screening event- (film screen: Last interview film of Jonas Mekas -versiton 1 & 2 -, Save the Last Dance for Me) Snug Harbor Cultural Art Center / Art Lab Inc. (NY, USA)
June Geroge Maciunus’s ETERNAL SMiLE(1) - (film screen: Last interview film of Jonas Mekas -versiton 2 -, Save the Last Dance for Me) Synesthesia gallery(NY, USA)
May JEAN GENET’S ETERNAL SMiLE(6) (film screen: Soundscape) Synesthesia gallery(NY, USA)
JEAN GENET’S ETERNAL SMiLE(2) - (film screen: Save the Last Dance for Me) Synesthesia gallery(NY, USA)
April Present for Jonas- (film screen: Last interview film of Jonas Mekas -versiton 1) - microscope gallery(NY, USA)
Lecture
2019
July Chihiro ITO film screeing event- Snug Harbor Cultural Art Center / Art Lab Inc. (NY, USA)
February Chihiro ITO film screeing event- at CAAA (Guimaraes, Portugal)
2017
July Lecture for Student (subject of Social) – Kumamoto Prefecture University (Kumamoto, Kumamoto)
2013
October Lecture for People of Guimaraes (including artist) - Black Box in CAAA Guimaraes Portugal .
2012
October Lecture for children of elemental school. （Guimaraese, Portugal）
July Lecture for Society class of Komazawa University Lotas （Aoyama, Tokyo）
May Lecture for high school students at SKC (studentski kulturni centar) （Belgrad, Serbia）
2010
July Lecture for Universal Student (10 people of Department with out Art） - Ai Gallery (Ginza, Tokyo)
2008
April Lecture to 30 Artists - VSC（U.S.A., Vermont)
2006
September Lecture to 30 Artists - VSC（U.S.A., Vermont)
October Lecture for University Student（10 people of Department without Art） - VSC （U.S.A., Vermont)
Artist Talk
2019
November JAJA (NY, USA)
September Report form New York - Asagaya Art Streets 2019 (Tokyo, Japan)
August Haco Gallery (NY, USA)
2018
September Report form Cyprus - Asagaya Art Streets 2019 (Tokyo, Japan)
2011
September Report form Serbia - Gendai Heights gallery DEN （Shimokitazawa, Tokyo）
2010
August Chihiro Ito × La Mano Fria Talk Show - Blue Square Café (Tokyo, Shinjyuku Cocoon Tower 1F)
Workshop
2013
October Workshop at Nakano Antene Street （Nakano, Tokyo）
2012
October “My Favorite Things” workshop with elementary school children in their school at Guimaraes 2012 (European Capital of Culture) (Guimaraes, Portugal)
May Work shop for high school students at SKC （Belgrad, Serbia）
2011
December “Let’s paint to the icon of snow flakes!” - Setagaya Museum (Tokyo, Jiyugaoka)
Curation
2014
Panphagia 2014 – Eco Farm Asano(Chiba, Japan)
Asagaya Art Streets 2014(Tokyo, Japan)
2015
Asagaya Art Streets 2015(Tokyo, Japan)
2016
Panphagia 2016 – Eco Farm Asano(Chiba, Japan)
Asagaya Art Streets 2016(Tokyo, Japan)
2017
Panphagia 2017 – Eco Farm Asano(Chiba, Japan)
Asagaya Art Streets 2016(Tokyo, Japan)
The Vision & Sound 1 - Asagaya (Tokyo, Japan)
2018
Panphagia 2018 – Eco Farm Asano(Chiba, Japan)
Asagaya Art Streets 2018(Tokyo, Japan)
The Vision & Sound 2 – gallery Valure(Aichi, Japan)
The Vision & Sound 3 - Nando(Tokyo, Japan)
The Vision & Sound 4 - Asagaya(Tokyo, Japan)
2019
June George Maciunas’s Eternal Smile (1) - Synesthsia gallery(NY, USA)
August Basho’s Eternal Smile (1) – Haco Gallery(NY, USA)
Poetry Performance
2020
April Free Verse vol.3 (Selected) - Queens Museum (NY, USA)
2019
August Basho’s Eternal Smail - Haco Gallery (NY, USA)
Review (news paper, magazine website e.t.c.）
Yamanashi nippo(2020 January Yamanashi, Japan)
Yamanashi sannichi shimbun(2020?January Yamanashi, Japan)
Syukan NY Seikatsu (2019/April NY, USA)
The New York times Style magazine: Japan (March 2019)
Heaps Magazine (2019/March NY, USA)
Syukan NY Seikatsu (2019/March NY, USA)
Syukan NY Seikatsu (2019/Jan NY, USA)
Asahi Shinbun (2010/Jun, 11/Jan, 17/June, 18/Nov, 19/Jan, 19/Jan 20/Jan, 20/Feb, Japan)
Yomiuri Shinbun (2010/Jun, 11/Jan, Japan)
Mainichi Shinbun(2010/Jun, Japan)
Articel magazine(2007/Jan, Japan)
UPLINK magazine(2006/July, Japan)
Pen(2005/Sep, Japan)
CLUB JUICE(2005/Jun, Japan)
Japan Times(2005/May, Japan)
Tokyo Television (2005/Sep, Japan)
T.V. Yamanashi (2011/Jan, Japan)
Parathyro.com (2017/Nov, TV of Cyprus)
Pic News (2017/Nov, TV of Cyprus)
Kanal Sim (2017/Oct, TV of Cyprus)
99新聞（2011/Dec, China）
Omkonst (2010/Oct, Sweden)
Kulturdelen.ne (2010/Oct, Sweden)
jameswagner.com (2008/Jun, USA)
Collections(Public)
Another Limited Rebellion (USA, NY)
CAAA(Centro para os Assuntos da Arte e Arquitectura) (Portugal, Guimaraes),
Otubiru(Portugal, Braga),
Paadmaan Project (Iran, Tehran)
Ai Gallery (Japan, Tokyo)
SPC Gallery (Japan, Tokyo)
Gallery DEN (Japane, Tokyo)
Gallery Valure (Japan, Nagoya)
Tokiwa staffing Co.(Japan, Tokyo)
NAKANOJO BIANNALE(Japane, Gunma)
Archived
UCLA Music Library / University of California, Los Angeles (CA, USA)
Anthology Film Archives (NY, USA)
National Institute for Educational Policy Research (Tokyo, Japan)
Minikino Film Library / Bali International Short Film Festival (Bali, Indonesia)
Paadmaan project (Teheran, Iran)
Published
2020 “COLORS” (visual poetery book) by Chihiro ITO
2019 “ON THE NYC 2019” (visual book)
“Dance Structure Digital Painting” (visual book)
“EGOTO / Chihiro ITO” (visual portfolio book)
2018 “Closer 2.0” (visual book)
Other
T shirts design for BEAMS T (Select shop in Japan).
Label design for Shima Onsen Ale (Nakanojo, Japan)
Web Dice (Guest Bloger, Japan)
Painting for Apappe (Tokyo, Japan)
Serial to text and painting for indie music web magazine, UNCANNY (Japan)
More Information
CHIHIRO ITO Blog:
http://chihiroito.tumblr.com
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/chihiroitomovie
Thanks : Ai Gallery, OFFICE, BSC, Panorama, Le Musee, EAJAS, Suikatou, Uplink, Group IGS,SPC Gallery, Gallery Den, Live & Moris, Nakajima Ya, Nakanojo Biennale, Cet, Gaw Exhibition,MAU, Shion Art, Family, Friends, Music, You
Special Thanks : Masakiyo Fukuda (i Gallery DC)