The 91 year old artist was born March 22, 1929 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. In her long career, she has also made sculpture, films, avant-garde fashion, and nearly everything involves dots.
To learn more about her, here’s a terrific article, with lots of photos, about her in the Tate Kids section of the Tate Modern Museum. https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-yayoi-kusama
Here’s an excellent lesson plan/instructions for making a project inspired by the art of Yayoi Kusama.
https://www.dickblick.com/lesson-plans/dot-dot-dimension
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is known for her all-over compositions of dots. She makes a type of art called “installations,” this is where instead of an artwork being made at the artist’s studio on a canvas and taken to a museum, the artist “installs” the artwork right in the museum.
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