Born 1951 in Osaka. In 1985, began making self-portrait works. Well-known series of artworks include: "Daughter of Art History" based on famous paintings from Eastern and Western art history; "Actress," based on famous characters from films; "An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo,"based on Frida Kahlo; and, "Los Nuevos Caprichos," a contemporary parody of Spanish master Goya's series of prints, "Los Caprichos." Major solo exhibitions include: "Daughter of Art History" at Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo (1990); "Rembrandt Room" at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (1994); "Actress and Art History" at Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama and Luhring Augustine, New York (1996); "Self-Portrait As Art History" at Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, and Marugame Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Kagawa (1998); "Art History - Yasumasa Morimura" at Fundacion Telefonica exhibit space, Madrid (2000); "The Time with No Name, The Self with No Name" at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok (2000); "Self-Portraits: An Inner Dialogue with Frida Kahlo" at Hara Museum of Contemporary Art and other venues overseas (2001); "Story of M’s Self-Portraits" at Museum Eki, Kyoto and Kawasaki City Museum (2001); "Yasumasa Morimura: Bi-Class, Be Quiet" at Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto, and Yokohama Museum of Art (2007); "Yasumasa Morimura: Requiem for the XX Century. Twilight of the Turbulent Gods” at Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice, and Luhring Augustine, New York, etc. (2007). Major group exhibitions include: 43rd Venice Biennale (1988); 10th Sydney Biennale (1996); "Hugo Boss Prize: 1996" at Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York (1996); 3rd Kwangju Biennale Special Exhibition "Human and Gender," Kwangju (2000); "MASQUERADE: Representation and the self in contemporary art" at Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2006); "Prospect.1 New Orleans" at Louisiana State Museum, Louisiana (2008); Busan Biennale (2008); and, Prague Triennale (National Gallery in Prague), etc.