1952
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture

Solo Exhibition
2008
MAKOTO SAITO: SCENE [0], 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan
2003
Makoto Saito — The Tokio Graphism, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany
1999
Makoto Saito: Art of the Poster, Huntington Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, USA

Group Exhibition
2005
The Art and Design, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA
1994
Japanese Design: A Survey Since 1950, Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
Centre Pompidou, Mus?e national d’art moderne, France / Suntory Museum, Japan
1989
The Space: Material, Tension, Vacancy in Japanese Contemporary Art, The Museum Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
The 19th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Japan
1987
Icons I Contemporary Art, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
The 16th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
1986
Japanese Contemporary Artist's Exhibition, National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi, India
1985
The 17th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
1981
The 15th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
1980
The 13th International Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
1979
The 14th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
1978
The 12th International Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
1977
The 13th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan

Public Collection
The Chicago Athenaeum, USA
Colorado State University, USA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
San Francisco Museum of Art, USA
The Victoria and Albert Museum, England
Brandenburg Museum / M‰rkisches Museum, Germany
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Germany
Staatliche Museum für angewandte Kunst, München, Germany
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Switzerland
Lahti Art Museum, Finland
Stedelijk Museum, The Netherlands
Muzeum Narodowe Poznan, Poland
Hong Kong Heritage Museum
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
The Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan

Awards
1977
The 13th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Award
1987
The 18th Contemporary Art Exhibition of Japan: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Modern Art Award