1982
Born in Nara Prefecture
2006
B.F.A. in Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts
2008
M.F.A. in Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts
2011
Ph.D. in Intermedia Art, Tokyo University of the Arts

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2006
Yoshinari Nishio, KCI Gallery, The Kyoto Costume Institute, Kyoto
2007
Self Select", Gallery César Harada, Paris
Yoshinari Nishio's reasons of Clothes, Design Hub Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo
2009
Self Select in Nairobi, RaMoMA, Nairobi
Form of Words Factory, apmg, Tokyo
2010
Report of Overall Projects in Nairobi, AIT Room, Tokyo

Selected Group Exhibition
2006
Media City Seoul 2006, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
2007
Robbery of Feelings, BankART Studio NYK、Kanagawa
2008
IDEL FORUM, Café MOSCAU, Berlin
Happiness in Everyday Life, Art Tower Mito, Mito
2009
ESTUAIRE 2009, Saint-Nazaire, France
The Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009, Niigata
From Laboratory to Project, New Museum Weimar, Weimar
Costume in Play- Kim Sooja, Yutaka Sone and Yoshinari Nishio, Matsumoto City Museum of Art, Nagano
2010
Resonance, Suntory Museuma of Art, Tempozan, Osaka
Kitamoto Vitamin 2010, Saitama