sorayama hajime chiho aoshima aya takano                                            

Yayoi Kusama

1929
Born in Matsumoto, Japan

Graduated from the Kyoto Municipal School of Fine Arts, Kyoto

2001
Received the Asahi Prize

2003
Received the "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres(*1)"

(*1)The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) is an Order of France, established on May 2, 11557 by the Minister of Culture and confirmed as part of l'Ordre National du Merite by Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Its purpose is the recognition of significant contributions to the arts, literature, or the propagation of these fields.


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