Born in 1974 in Tokyo, Japan. Masanori Murao received his B.A. from the design department of Tokyo Zokei University in 2000, and then an M.A. from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2002, majoring in oil painting. He has been holding solo exhibitions in Gallery Q such as "Yourself is Myself" (2002, Tokyo); "My Territory" (2003, Tokyo); "Pissenlit" (2005, Tokyo); "Murao Masanori Works" (2010, Tokyo); and other solo exhibitions such as "Tokyo meets Berlin" (2007, Finearts Con. Tra, Berlin); "Masanori Murao" (2007, Galerie Judy Straten, Netherlands); "Out of Tokio" (2007, Galerie Thomas Hühsam, Germany). He also participated in group shows as "20th Anniversary Exhibition" (2003, Gallery Q, Tokyo); "Tokyo Wonder Wall 2004" (2004, Tokyo); "Four Points of View" (2005; 2006, Gallery Art Point Tokyo); "Asian Contemporary Art Fair New York: " (2007, New York); "Art Fair 21" (2008, Germany).