Keiji Ito was born in 1935 in Toki, within the Gifu prefecture. He currently lives and works in Mino, Japan, a region well-known for its ceramic tradition. Over the course of his career, Ito has held numerous solo exhibitions at major institutions, including: the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu (2025); and Hetjens-Museum, Düsseldorf (1995), in a touring exhibition that also traveled to Gallery Böwing, Hannover and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs de la Ville de Lausanne, among others. Ito’s works are part of important public collections including the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; Honolulu Museum of Art; Everson Museum of Art, New York; Musée Ariana, Geneva; the International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza; and the Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles. Humans and Expression is Keiji Ito’s first solo exhibition with kaufmann repetto.
