Chihiro
Ito

Chihiro ITO immigrated to NYC/USA, he is a painter / multidisciplinary artist. Chihiro was born in Tokyo where he studied painting at Musashino Art University, also he took a continuing education writing course at the School of Visual Arts. He was an invited artist at European Capital of Culture events in Portugal, Cyprus and Serbia, Lithuania.

In 2018, he received a grant from the Japanese government to come to the US where he created his art work and began documenting the remaining living artists associated with Fluxus. He is the recipient of a Holbein painting award(Japan), New York Foundation for the Arts grant(USA), Robert
Rauschenberg Foundation grant(USA), award from Monira Foundation for Jonas Makas Resarch and production residency, Performance Residency(USA), Bronx Art Space for Artist in Residency in Governors Island(USA).
He also received scholarship from The Poetry Project(USA), The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts(USA). Chihiro's art has been shown at MoMA PS1, Pioneer Works, Queens Museum, Mizuma and Kips Gallery, Christieʼs etc. His art was also archived by UCLA music library, Anthology Film Archives.

Chihiro's art work looks for the poetry opportunity in ordinary objects and everyday experiences to connect people across geopolitical boundaries.
He founded his own project space “NO WORLD project space” with NYC local artist Mica Scalin in NYC for the experimental art.