Aya Ito was born in Arita-city, Wakayama in 1987. She graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2009, and currently studies at Kyoto City University of Arts, Graduate School of Art, painting.

Ito received Suntory award at in Art Camp in Kunst-Bau 2007 (Suntory Museum, Osaka), and Runner-Up Prize in Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2009 (Gyokochika Gallery, Tokyo). Her major solo exhibitions include "Umaretsuki J" (Art Jam Contemporary, Tokyo, 2009), and her major group exhibitions include "Mont Blanc Young Artist Patronage in Japan" (Mont Blanc GINZA, Tokyo, 2009), "VOCA 2010" (The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, 2010), and "RESONANCE" (Suntory Museum, Osaka, 2010).