Kei Ito

Kei Ito is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is centered around utilizing the conceptual framework of photography to visualize the invisible. Mainly employing camera-less photographic techniques, performance, and artifacts, Ito creates large-scale installations and a variety of photographic projects that excavate hidden histories. As a third-generation atomic bomb victim living in the US, Ito employs his generational history as a series of case studies that often applies the language of monuments and memorials, initiating a journey of healing and growth while inviting audiences to explore nuanced social issues and honor the memories of those lost to both historical and contemporary tragedies.

Kei Ito earned his BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology followed by an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2016. Ito’s notable recent solo exhibitions include "Echoes of the Invisible" at the Pratt Munson Gallery (Munson Museum) and "Staring at the Face of the Sun" at the Georgia Museum of Art, both in 2024, "Each Tolling Sun" at the Hilliard Art Museum in Louisiana and "The Beginning, In the Land Around Me" at the Gregory Allicar Museum in 2023.Ito’s artworks are held in institutional collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Norton Museum of Art, the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, the Candela Collection, the Eskenazi Museum of Art, and the Georgia Museum of Art.