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Yayoi Kusama

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 554986

IMDb ID: nm0476202

Known for: Acting

Born: March 22, 1929

Age: 97

Place of birth: Nagano, Japan

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1967 - 2018

Years active: 52

Average TMDB rating: 6.6

Wikidata: Q231121

Also known as

草間彌生

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Biography

Yayoi Kusama, is a Japanese artist and writer. She started to paint using polka dots and nets as motifs at around age ten ,and created fantastic paintings in watercolors, pastels and oils. Yayoi travelled to the United States in 1957. Showed large paintings, soft sculptures, and environmental sculptures using mirrors and electric lights. In the latter 1960s, she staged many happenings such as body painting festivals, fashion shows and anti-war demonstrations. She launched media-related activities such as film production and newspaper publication. In 1968, she produce and starred in the film "Kusama's Self-Obliteration".

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