Born in 1981 in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. Toru Ishii graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2006. In 2007, he won the Mainichi/DAS Student Design Award and the 8th SICF Juror Prize. Toru Ishii received his master's degree in 2010. His solo exhibition history as below: "Toru Ishii Solo Exhibition" (2006, Tokyo); "Toru Ishii solo show" (2007, unseal contemporary, Tokyo); "Metropolitan Moment" (2010, Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo); and group shows in "7th SICF" (2006, Tokyo); "8th SICF" (2007, Tokyo).