Born in 1967 in Otsu city, Shiga prefecture, Japan. Hiroto Kitagawa graduated from the Kanazawa College of Art in 1989 and Academy of fine Arts, Carrara, Italy in 1998, majoring in Sculpture. His works were presented in solo exhibitions held by Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery (2003; 2004; 2006; 2008, Osaka); by Spazio Consolo (Marella Arte Contemporanea) (2002, Milan); by Shinjuku Takashimaya Art Gallery (2007, Tokyo); by Tokyo Gallery + BTAP (2008, Tokyo) ; by Eslite Gallery (2009, Taipei). Some of the group shows he joined are: "Alternative Paradise" (2005, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa); " Art Fair Tokyo" (2005; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010, Tokyo); "Japanimation" (2006, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Beijing); "Japanese Contemporary Arts" (2007, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul); "Works in progress" (2007, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Beijing); "Figurative : Personified Shapes" (2008, Tsukuba Museum, Ibaraki); "Milestones" (2008, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Beijing); "Collection II shell – shelter" (2008, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa).