Rakuko Naito was born in Tokyo. Soon after graduating from Tokyo National University of Art with a BFA, she moved to New York City. She started exhibiting in New York City, Washington D.C. then Tokyo & Nagoya, Japan, Zurich, Switzerland, Munich, Germany, and Paris, France. 
 
Museum Exhibitions include: 
The Larry Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Conn. Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Conn., Charleston Art Museum of Sunrise, (Solo show) West Virginia. Bergen Museum, NJ, Chelsea Art Museum, NYC. Museo Nacional Centre De Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, Neuen Kunstvereins Aschaffenburg, Germany. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, QuadrART, Dornbirn, Austria. Museo D’arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy, Maiden Lane exhibition space, New York City; Permutation-Variant-Structure- 2009.