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Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist (born 1929)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 22 March 1929
- Place of birth
- Matsumoto
- Sex or gender
- female
- Given name
- Yayoi
- Family name
- Kusama
- Movement
- abstract art, contemporary art, feminist art, pop art
- Field of work
- art of sculpture, ukiyo-e
- Occupation
- conceptual artist, sculptor, novelist, painter, writer, draftsperson, photographer, installation artist, fashion designer, video artist, performance artist, collagist
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Awards
- Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class, Praemium Imperiale, Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award, Person of Cultural Merit, Order of Culture, Asahi Prize, Praemium Imperiale, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- artist files at
- Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
- copyright representative
- reproduction right not represented by CISAC member, Yayoi Kusama
- described by source
- UbuWeb, American Women Sculptors: a history of women working in three dimensions
- educated at
- Kyoto City University of Arts
- end of work period
- 2024
- floruit
- 1966
- has works in the collection
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Modern Art, Tate, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Centre national des arts plastiques, Centraal Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- languages spoken, written or signed
- Japanese
- member of
- Zero
- name in kana
- くさま やよい
- name in native language
- 草間彌生
- participant in
- Sculpture in the City
- represented by
- David Zwirner Gallery, Victoria Miro Gallery, Peter Blum Gallery
- start of work period
- 1957
- work location
- United States, Netherlands, Tokyo, Kyoto, New York City
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