ITÔ Takamichi

(1939~)

Japanese designer and one of Japan’s foremost creators of kinetic art | 1939 born in Sapporo, Japan | 1961 founds his studio MOV | 1962 graduates from “Tokyo University of the Arts”, department of Metal Crafts | 1963-72 designs show window displays for “Shiseido” in Ginza | 1966 participates in the exhibition “From Space to Environment” | 1970 designs pavilions for the World Exposition in Ôsaka | 1993 becomes professor at the department of design in Tokyo University of the Arts | 2004 solo exhibition “Takamichi Ito: Dynamic Spatial Art”, Shanghai | 2006 helds the exhibition “Takamichi Ito” in commemoration of his retirement from Tokyo University of the Arts