Born in 1951 in Osaka, where he still resides.
He graduated from the art department of
Kyoto City University of Arts and completed
the university’s graduate course. In 1985
he created a self-portrait photo in which
he was transformed into a self-portrait by
VAN GOGH. Ever since, MORIMURA has
consistently produced works on the theme
“self-portrait-like art.” In 1989 he was a
selected participant in Aperto ’88 at the
Venice Biennale. He has since held numerous
exhibitions in Japan and overseas. In 2016,
the large-scale solo exhibition “The Self-
Portraits of YASUMASA MORIMURA: My
Art, My Story, My Art History” (The National
Museum of Art, Osaka) earned a great deal of
attention.