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Born December 8, 1957 (age 67) • Quanzhou • China
Awards And Honors Praemium Imperiale (2012)
Ai Weiwei
Ai Weiwei
Chinese activist and artist
Christo
Bulgarian artist
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist
James Turrell
James Turrell
American artist
Bill Viola
Bill Viola
American artist
Huang Yong Ping
Huang Yong Ping
Chinese-born French artist
Zhang Huan
Chinese artist
I.M. Pei
I.M. Pei
American architect
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoine Lavoisier
French chemist
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon
English philosopher and scientist
Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas
American mixed-media artist
Lee Ufan
Lee Ufan
Korean artist, critic, philosopher, and poet
Mark Bradford
Mark Bradford
American multimedia artist
Banksy: Girl with Balloon
Banksy
British graffiti artist
Eduardo Kac
Brazilian American artist
Maurizio Cattelan: Mini-Me
Maurizio Cattelan
Italian artist
Marcel Broodthaers
Belgian artist
Lawrence Weiner
American artist
Francis Alÿs: REEL-UNREEL
Francis Alÿs
Belgian-born conceptual artist
Christian Marclay
Swiss American artist and composer