Inao studied sound installation and computer music with Susumu Shono and Takayuki Rai receiving a B.F.A. from Kunitachi College of Music. He then studied media art at Hochschule fuer Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Germany, and received an M.A. with honors In sound installation and performance from Bauhaus University Weimar, under the guidance of Robin Minard.

He received a grant for artists abroad from the Yoshino Gypsum Art Foundation (2011, Japan) as well as awards from Phonurgia Nova (2008, France) and DAAD (2008, Germany).
His installations have been presented at ArtForum Berlin, at the Contemporary Museum in Weimar, TiefKLANG sound festival Berlin, ROMA artfair Rome, General Public Berlin, Galerie Eigenheim Weimar (solo show), Imprimerie Basel, Mildred Lane Kemper Musem St. Louis, and Galerie Birgit Ostermeier Berlin (solo show).

As performer he often uses his self-made instrument “Tosso,” a bowed instrument that reacts to physical movement. Performances were given at Transmediale Berlin, ZKM Karlsruhe, electromechanica St. Petersburg, STEIM Amsterdam, DIS-PLAY festival Canary Island, Museum Ludwig Cologne, Leipjazzig festival Leipzig, MANI.FEST II Weimar,, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, Gare du Nord Basel, RE/ACT Heidelberg.

Education
2007-2011
M.A. for Media Art, Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar with Prof. Robin Minard
2005-2007
Media Art, HFG Karlsruhe with Paul Modler.
1999 - 2004
BfA (music), Kunitachi College of Music di Tokyo with Prof. Susumu Shono, Prof.Takayuki Rai and Hiroshi Yoshimura.

Concerts/ Exhibitions

2011
Solo Exhibition "Projected music" Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin
Concert "Create. Art and Technology" Festival Modulor, Berlin
Concert "Patterns and Pleasure", STEIM Festival, Frascati-Amsterdam
Group Exhibition "Liquid Shell", IAC-Gallery, Berlin
Concert "La condition japonaise in general: experiments with sensors" General Public, Berlin
Concert as Ryhngo (with Rie Watanabe) "L´Art Bruit", Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Group Exhibition "Hilfsaktion für Japan", Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum, Berlin
Exhibition in collaboration with Andreas Müller-Pohle "Hong Kong waters", Hong Kong Art Centre
Concert "Sensorinstrument-Solo Performance" Hamamatsu Act City, Japan
2010
Group Exhibition "We are the islands", Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
Concert "Wellenfeldsynthese (WFS) Spielraeume", Enrich Thienhaus Institut, Hochschule fuer Musik, Detmold,
Display Festival 10, Instituto Cervantes Berlin
Solo Exhibition “_Surface_”, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlino
Opening performance and grouop exhibition “Shingo Inao &Ute Müller”, Magazin Vienna, Vienna
Concert “Kollaboration-projekt S.S.S.”, CoachingCulture Gallery, Berlin
Solo concert “Transmediale Berlin”, Cafe Stage (Haus der Kulturen der Welt), Berlin
Collaboration project “Landschaft 2.0” with Matthias Fritsch
Collaboration with Marco Brosolo
2009
Concert “self-made instrument performance”, GES 21c (gallery for sperimental sound), St. Peterburg
Electronic music festival “electro mechanica”, Kuryokhin center, St. Peterbug
Group Exhibition „Squaring & Evidence“, Galerie Mario Mazzoli, Berlin
Group Exhibition "Hoert!Hoert!Seht!Seht!", Contemporary Museum Weimar
International sound art festival "tiefKLANG", U-Bahn Station Gesundbrunnen, Berlin
"Fourier changed our world", General Public, Berlin
MANI.FEST-digital performance Bauhaus, mon ami, Weimar
Next_generation 3.0 „Licht-Raum-Klang“, ZKM, Berlin
Leipjazzig festival, Lipsia
Tacheles experimental performances, Tacheles, Berlin
Group Exhibition „ubiquitous oscillations“, General Public, Berlin
2008
Concert "OSCILLATION series #9" Electronic Church, Berlin
Solo Exhibition "sounding facets", Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar
Concert Inao+Watanabe "Rhyngo", Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar
Concert Inao+Hochherz "table cross", Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar
Concert "pinguinestr. + tweaky bambino", Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar
Opening performance "Sounding Facets", Galerie Eigenheim, Weimar
MANI.FEST-digital performance Bauhaus, Musikschule "Ottmar Gerster", Weimar
Mediengang- Semesterausstellung an der Bauhaus Universität, Weimar
Summer festival "Bauhaus meets Franz Liszt 2008" (Weimar)
dBale, electronic music festival basel---interfaces-instruments-installations" Imprimerie (Basel)
Transmediale externe Events „La-condition-japonaise“
Concert "listening point vol.3", Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe
Concert " electronic music by Agostino Di Scipio and SeaM, Weimar", Franz Liszt Hochschule für Musik, Weimar
Opening performance of the exhibition "2 * Three Beauties, General Public, Berlin
2007
Window | Interface, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
Concerto "Listening Point volume.2" con Ailing Sai e Rie Watanabe, HfG Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Concert "reflected improvisation", 1234567, HfG Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Solo Exhibition “Music as sculpture”, Galerie Birgit Ostermeier, Berlin
2006
Concert "inside out" with Rie Watanabe, Donaueschinger Musiktage, Musikhochschule Trossingen, Trossingen
Concert with "Chingo"* (Shingo Inao and Chikashi Miyama), Kunitachi college of music, Tokyo
Solo concert Shingo Inao, Ichikawa Seiyokan-Club, Chiba
Concert "Listening Point volume.1", HfG Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
"Sommerloch 06", HfG Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Concert "Toy Stories di "Chingo"*, Musik-Akademie Basel
Concert "Gummizucht"di"Chingo"*, Neues Kunsthaus Ahrenshoop, Ahrenshoop
Concert "Nachtstorm XXVII"di"Chingo"*, Gare du Nord, Basel
Concert Ichiigai-Label, HfG Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Collaborationi "Chingo"*, Badisher Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
Concert for Ichiigai-Label, HfG Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
2005
Concerts with Ichiigai-Label, HfG Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Concert "Emergence, Presence", HfG Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Concert "Emergence, Presence", Internationale Medienkunstfestival "RE/ACT", Heidelberg
Concert "Post Lounge" volume.0 〜pieces, resonances〜, Live with Ryuta Kawabata, Hotel Santo, Karlsruhe
Solo concert "Statik, Musik", Libru Ichikawa, Chiba
Concert "Musiksoiree", Goethe-Institut Mannheim, Mannheim
2003
"SA [Sound Art] 2003", Gallery Le Deco Shibuya, Tokyo
"Sho-Saku-Ten", Tokyo Gakugei University, Tokyo
Media Art Festival 2003, Osaka
Concert "Sonic Interaction 2002 -summer", Town Hall Kitazawa, Tokyo
"Shin-Bi-ten" with Mari Ishiya, Lumine Asahi Gallery Tachikawa, Tokyo
2002
"Sui-Koh-ten" with Mari Ishiya, Tokyo Gakugei University
2001
Inter College Computer Music concerts 2001, Keio University, Kanagawa
"The exhibition of Sound Arts 2001-Tokyo, City, Actuality-", Amu Gallery Tachikawa, Tokyo
Concert "Try-Out2001", Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo
Media Art Festival 2001, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture
"Shin-Bi-ten" with Mari Ishiya, Lumine Asahi Gallery Tachikawa, Tokyo
"Sui-Koh-ten" con Mari Ishiya, Tokyo Gakugei University
2000
Inter College Computer Music concerts 2000, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo

* Chingo (Shingo Inao and Chikashi Miyama -Musik-Akademie Basel) developed two sensor instrument called "Tosso" and "Qgo".