Actor · Art Direction · Writer
Born Mar 22, 1929 · Nagano, Japan
Active 1967–present · 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
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.