Tetsuro Kano was born in Miyagi in 1980. He graduated Tokyo Zokei University majoring in design (Environmental Design/City Environmental Course) and received MFA at the same university.

He has been focused on residency-based projects including Toride Art Project, Ibaraki (2004); Seoksu Art Project, Anyang, Korea (2010); NEO-TOPIA, Akiyoshidai International Art Village, Yamaguchi (2010); BIKKURI, Aomori Contemporary Art Centre, Aomori (2010).

The recent solo exhibitions include Naturplan, Bloomberg Pavilion Projectm Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2011).

Group exhibitions include Breathing Atolls: Japan-Maldives Contemporary Art Exhibition, National Art Gallery, Sultan Park, Maldives (2012); Niwa wo Megureba, Vangi Sculpture Garden Museum, Shizuoka (2012).