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Yayoi Kusama

Japanese painter, performance, and installation artist

abstract art

installation art

public art

sculptor

novelist

painter

writer

draftsperson

photographer

installation artist

conceptual artist

fashion designer

video artist

performance artist

collagist

architectural draftsperson

visual artist

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Names in other languages

zh-hans

草间弥生

zh-hant

草間彌生

zh-hk

草間彌生

zh-cn

草间弥生

zh-sg

草间弥生

zh-tw

草間彌生

Yayoi Kusama

구사마 야요이

Яёи Кусама

Yayoi Kusama

草間彌生

Yayoi Kusama

იაიოი კუსამა

Yayoi Kusama

草間弥生

יאיוי קוסמה

یایویی کوزاما

Jajoi Kusamaová

Yayoi Kusama

Kuszama Jajoi

Яйої Кусама

Kusama Yayoi

ast

Yayoi Kusama

يايوي كوساما

Yayoi Kusama

arz

يايوى كوساما

pap

Yayoi Kusama

pt-br

Yayoi Kusama

Γιαγιόι Κουσάμα

Jajoi Kusamaová

য়ায়ই কুচামা

Yayoi Kusama

bcl

Yayoi Kusama

Күсама Яёи

dag

Yayoi Kusam

Јајои Кусама

Յայոի Կուսամա

Identity & names

Given name: first name or another given name of this person; values used with the property should not link disambiguations nor family names; Yayoi
Family name: part of full name of person; Kusama

Life & background

Date of birth: date on which the subject was born; March 21, 1929
Country of citizenship: the object is a country that recognizes the subject as its citizen; Japan
Place of birth: most specific known birth location of a person, animal or fictional character; Matsumoto

Music & creative work

Notable work: notable scientific, artistic or literary work, or other work of significance among subject's works; A Message of Love, Directly from My Heart unto the Universe

Awards & recognition

Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; Order of the Rising Sun, 4th class
Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; Praemium Imperiale
Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; Person of Cultural Merit
Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; Order of Culture
Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; Asahi Prize
Award received: award or recognition received by a person, organization or creative work; Praemium Imperiale

Website & social

Official website: URL of the official page of an item (current or former). Usage: If a listed URL no longer points to the official website, do not remove it, but see the "Hijacked or dead websites" section of the Talk page; http://www.yayoi-kusama.jp
Discogs artist ID: identifier for a band or person in the Discogs database; Discogs
MusicBrainz artist ID: identifier for an artist in the MusicBrainz open music encyclopedia; MusicBrainz

Other details

abART person ID: identifier of person in the Czech database abART; 65817
ArtBrokerage artist ID: identifier for an artist, on the ArtBrokerage website; Yayoi-Kusama
Artcyclopedia artist ID: identifier for an artist on the Artcyclopedia website; kusama_yayoi
ARTIC artist ID: identifier for an artist on the Art Institute of Chicago website; 60735
artist files at: institution or collection that holds artist files about the subject; Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library
artist files at: institution or collection that holds artist files about the subject; National Gallery of Art Library
artist-info artist ID: identifier in the artist-info artist database of exhibition records; 19219
Artists of the World ID: artist identifier in the Artists of the World database; 00216873
Artnet artist ID: identifier of an artist in the Artnet database of auction results; yayoi-kusama
Artsy artist ID: identifier at the Artsy website; yayoi-kusama
AWARE ID: identifier for a female artist on the Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions; yayoi-kusama
Basis Wien person ID: identifier of a person in the Basis Wien database; 25388
Beaux-Arts ID: alphabetical identifier for an artist on the Beaux Arts magazine website; yayoi-kusama
Benezit ID: identifier in Benezit Dictionary of Artists; B00102071
BNB person ID: identifier of a person in the British National Bibliography (bnb.data.bl.uk); KusamaYayoi
Boijmans artist ID: identifier for an artist in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen; 23104
British Museum person or institution ID: identifier for a person or institution in the British Museum person-institution thesaurus; 189182
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: identifier for an article in the online version of Brockhaus Enzyklopädie; kusama-yayoi
Canadiana Name Authority ID: system control number used in the Canadiana Name Authority File, format: "ncf" followed by 8 digits; ncf12115655
Christie's creator ID: identifier for an artist in the Christie's online database; 30938
CiNii Research ID: 19-digits identifier in CiNii Research; 1140282266751115648
CLARA-ID: identifier from database about women visual artists; 4813
Commons category: name of the Wikimedia Commons category containing files related to this item (without the prefix "Category:"); Yayoi Kusama
CONOR.SI ID: identifier in the National and University Library, Ljubljana database; 96188515
Cooper Hewitt person ID: identifier for a person or organization in the Cooper Hewitt (Smithsonian Institution) catalogue; 136300237
copyright representative: person or organisation who represents the copyright for this person or work of art; reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
copyright representative: person or organisation who represents the copyright for this person or work of art; Yayoi Kusama
Critique d'art ID: identifier for an entry on the Critique d'art website; 1151
ČSFD person ID: identifier for a person in the Czecho-Slovak film database ČSFD; 138529
DACS ID (2022): code to identify 50,000 artists as members of the British collective rights management organisation DACS and sister organizations worldwide; 062690
DACS ID (former): obsolete code used to identify 50,000 artists as members of the British collective rights management organisation DACS and sister organisations worldwide; f59c4807-61ea-e711-8b59-000c29e811b2
DBC author ID: identifier for authors set by the Danish Bibliographic Centre; 87097968594537
DDB person (GND) ID: identifier for a person in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB); identifier same as the person's GND ID; 119299755
described by source: work where this item is described; UbuWeb
described by source: work where this item is described; American Women Sculptors: a history of women working in three dimensions
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: GND identifier for an item in the Deutsche Biographie; 119299755
Digital LIMC ID: identifier for an entity on the Digital LIMC; V0k87GTWRrOW46C=dyLEwg=
‎Dimensions.com element ID: identifier for a person, place, or thing on Dimensions.com; yayoi-kusama
Douban movie celebrity ID: identifier for a celebrity at the Douban movie website; 1002182
Douban personage ID: identifier of a person on the Douban.com website; 27207872
DUC ID: identifier for a noted woman on the online version of Le Dictionnaire universel des Créatrices (English: The Universal Dictionary of Creators); kusama-yayoi
educated at: educational institution attended by subject; Kyoto City University of Arts
ELNET ID: identifier assigned by the ELNET consortium of Estonian libraries. Format: 7 digits, "x" or another digit; a12120108
Enciclopedia delle donne ID: identifier for a subject on the ''Enciclopedia delle donne''; yayo-kusama
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: identifier for an article in the online version of Encyclopædia Britannica; biography/Yayoi-Kusama
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: identifier for an article in the online version of Encyclopædia Universalis; kusama
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: identifier for an article in the online version of Encyclopædia Universalis; yayoi-kusama
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID: identifier for an article in the online version of Encyclopedia of China (third edition); 416605
Europeana entity: identifier for persons, places and topics at Europeana; agent/base/64285
FAST ID: authority control identifier in WorldCat's “FAST Linked Data” authority file; 281264
field of work: specialization of a person or organization; see P106 for the occupation; art of sculpture
field of work: specialization of a person or organization; see P106 for the occupation; ukiyo-e
floruit: date when the person was known to be active or alive, when birth or death not documented; 1966-00-00
GND ID: identifier from an international authority file of names, subjects, and organizations; 119299755
Google Arts & Culture entity ID: identifier for a person, event, place, or other entity on the Google Arts & Culture website; m028n9m
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: identifier for an item in the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana; yayoi-kusama
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): identifier for an item in the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana. Replaced with "Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (P12385)".; 0262821
Grove Art Online ID: identifier of a topic in Grove Art Online; T097135
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Minneapolis Institute of Art
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Art Institute of Chicago
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Museum of Modern Art
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Tate
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); National Gallery of Victoria
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); National Gallery of Art
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Whitney Museum of American Art
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Centre national des arts plastiques
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Centraal Museum
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Los Angeles County Museum of Art
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Museum of Fine Arts Boston
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Smithsonian American Art Museum
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Princeton University Art Museum
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Picker Art Gallery
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); MTA Arts & Design Permanent Art Collection
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Hessel Museum of Art
has works in the collection: collection that has works of this person or organisation (use archives at [P485] for archives); Print Collection
HKCAN ID: Hong Kong Chinese Authority (Name) ID; 9811113616103406
Invaluable.com person ID: identifier for an artist or other person at Invaluable.com; 7rtdhno0xw
Invaluable.com person ID: identifier for an artist or other person at Invaluable.com; 5gnsb5kz77
ISFDB author ID: identifier for a person in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database; 197713
Itaú Cultural ID: unique identifier for a entity in the Itaú Cultural Encyclopedia website; pessoa265045/yayoi-kusama
IxTheo authority ID: identifier for a person or an organization in the Index Theologicus (IxTheo); 08010620X
Japan Search name ID: identifier in the Japan Search portal; 草間彌生
JRC Names ID: ID in the "Joint Research Centre" (JRC) Names gazetteer, which provides spelling variants and "Europe Media Monitor" (EMM) information about the entity (220k news items per day); 1481025
Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID: unique artist identifier used by Kunstindeks Danmark; 33706
languages spoken, written or signed: language(s) that a person or a people speaks, writes or signs, including the native language(s); Japanese
Le Delarge artist ID: identifier for an artist in the Delarge dictionary; 24091_artiste_KUSAMA_Yayoi
Lex ID: identifier of an article in the online encyclopedia.lex.dk; Yayoi_Kusama
Libris-URI: identifier for an item in the catalogue of the Swedish National Library; jgvz37b21f4hw3p
member of: organization, club or musical group to which the subject belongs. Do not use for membership in ethnic or social groups, nor for holding a political position, such as a member of parliament (use P39 for that); Zero
Minneapolis Institute of Art constituent ID: identifier assigned to a person or organization by the Minneapolis Institute of Art; 24653
movement: literary, artistic, scientific or philosophical movement or scene associated with this person or work. For political ideologies use P1142.; abstract art
movement: literary, artistic, scientific or philosophical movement or scene associated with this person or work. For political ideologies use P1142.; contemporary art
movement: literary, artistic, scientific or philosophical movement or scene associated with this person or work. For political ideologies use P1142.; feminist art
movement: literary, artistic, scientific or philosophical movement or scene associated with this person or work. For political ideologies use P1142.; pop art
Munzinger person ID: identifier on the Munzinger Archiv; 00000025930
Museum of Modern Art artist ID: identifier assigned to an artist by the Museum of Modern Art; 3315
MutualArt artist ID: identifier for an artist in the MutualArt database; 7D8654193084E33E
MYmovies person ID: identifier for a person on the MYmovies film database; 356831
NACSIS-CAT author ID: identifier for book authors in NACSIS-CAT, the union catalog for university libraries and research institutions in Japan; DA07713319
name in kana: the reading of a Japanese name in kana; くさまやよい
name in native language: name of a person in their native language; 草間彌生
National Gallery of Art artist ID: identifier assigned to an artist by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC; 26515
National Gallery of Victoria artist ID: identifier assigned to an artist by the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia; 16779
National Library of Latvia ID: identifier assigned by the National Library of Latvia; 000250610
NE.se ID: ID of article on the Swedish Nationalencyklopedin (NE.se) site; yayoi-kusama
New York Times topic ID: identifier of a topic at the New York Times website; person/yayoi-kusama
NHK Archives Portal person ID: identifier for a person on the NHK Archives Portal website; D0009071993
NLA Trove people ID: identifier for people or organizations per National Library of Australia (see also P409 for the older Libraries Australia identifier). Format: 5 to 7 digits.; 900227
on focus list of Wikimedia project: property to indicate that an item is of particular interest for a Wikimedia project. This property does not add notability. Items should not be created with this property if they are not notable for Wikidata. See also P6104, P972, P2354.; Art+Feminism
on focus list of Wikimedia project: property to indicate that an item is of particular interest for a Wikimedia project. This property does not add notability. Items should not be created with this property if they are not notable for Wikidata. See also P6104, P972, P2354.; WikiProject New York Public Library
Open Library ID: identifier for a work ("W"), edition ("M") or author ("A") for book data of the Internet Archive; OL408107A
Oxford Reference overview ID: identifier for an overview page for a topic in the Oxford Reference; 20110803100045411
participant in: event in which a person, organization or creative work was/is a participant; inverse of P710 or P1923; Sculpture in the City
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID: identifier for a person or organization in the Philadelphia Museum of Art; 60921
Photographers’ Identities Catalog ID: identifier used in Photographers’ Identities Catalog; 14249
Prabook ID: identifier of a person in the Prabook database; 769556
Quora topic ID: identifier for a topic on Quora (English language version); Yayoi-Kusama
represented by: person or agency that represents or manages the subject; David Zwirner Gallery
represented by: person or agency that represents or manages the subject; Victoria Miro Gallery
represented by: person or agency that represents or manages the subject; Peter Blum Gallery
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID: authority control identifier for the Rijksmuseum Research Library; 64425
RKDartists ID: identifier in the RKDartists database (Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie); 122345
SELIBR ID: identifier per National Library of Sweden Libris library catalog; 301742
sex or gender: sex or gender identity of human or animal. For human: male, female, non-binary, intersex, transgender female, transgender male, agender, etc. For animal: male organism, female organism. Groups of same gender use subclass of (P279); female
SFMOMA artist ID: identifier assigned to an artist or a studio by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Yayoi_Kusama
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID: identifier for a person or institution, in the Smithsonian American Art Museum: person/institution thesaurus; 31322
SNAC ARK ID: identifier for items in the Social Networks and Archival Context system; w6fp1wq9
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID: identifier for an artist on the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam website; 212-yayoi-kusama
Tabakalera ID: identifier for an authority in the catalogue of Tabakalera, contemporary culture centre in Donostia; 78785
Tate artist ID: identifier of an artist in the Tate collection; yayoi-kusama-8094
Te Papa agent ID: identifier assigned to a person or organisation by the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; 61089
Union List of Artist Names ID: identifier from the Getty Union List of Artist Names; 500122518
University of Barcelona authority ID: register of authorities of the University of Barcelona; 981058527860806706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): register of authorities of the University of Barcelona; replaced by P11686; a1259551
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID: identifier for an item in the online edition of the Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija; jajoi-kusama
WikiArt ID: entry of a person or artwork at WikiArt; yayoi-kusama
WikiTree person ID: identifier for a person in the WikiTree genealogy website; 草間-1
work location: location where persons or organisations were actively participating in employment, business or other work; United States
work location: location where persons or organisations were actively participating in employment, business or other work; Netherlands
work location: location where persons or organisations were actively participating in employment, business or other work; Tokyo
work location: location where persons or organisations were actively participating in employment, business or other work; Kyoto
work location: location where persons or organisations were actively participating in employment, business or other work; New York City
work period (end): end of period during which a person or group flourished (fl. = "floruit") in their professional activity; December 31, 2023
work period (start): start of period during which a person or group flourished (fl. = "floruit") in their professional activity; December 31, 1956
WorldCat Entities ID: identifier for a person, work, place, historical period, or event from the WorldCat Entities linked data service; E39PBJvtbvTDpCrKj4TKb9qPcP
‎Yale LUX ID: identifier for an entity in Yale's LUX cross collection knowledge graph; person/5dc192bc-258d-4644-b6c8-ac6a3ad88091
Zhihu topic ID: numeric id of topics (tags) of questions on Zhihu, a Chinese question-and-answer website; 19635913

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