Biography of yayoi kusama

Started to paint using polka dots and nets as motifs at around age ten ,and created fantastic paintings in watercolors, pastels and oils.

Went to the United States in Showed large paintings, soft sculptures, and environmental sculptures using mirrors and electric lights.

In the latter s, staged many happenings such as body painting festivals, fashion shows and anti-war demonstrations. Launched media-related activities such as film production and newspaper publication.

Biography of yayoi kusama in new york

In , the film “Kusama's Self-Obliteration"which Kusama produced and starred in won a prize at the Fourth International Experimental Film Competition in Belgium and the Second Maryland Film Festival and the second prize at the Ann Arbor Film Festival.

Held exhibitions and staged happenings also in various countries in Europe.

Returned to Japan in While continuing to produce and show art works, Kusama issued a number of novels and anthologies. In , the novel “The Hustlers Grotto of Christopher Street&