- Born
- Died
- Birth nameRuth Aiko Asawa
- Ruth Asawa was born on January 24, 1926 in Norwalk, California, USA. She was married to Albert Lanier. She died on August 6, 2013 in California, USA.
- SpouseAlbert Lanier (6 children)
- Sculptor and artist.
- On 13 August 2020, the U.S. Postal Service issued a set of ten nondenominated commemorative postage stamps celebrating her work. The price of each stamp on day of issue was 55¢.
- Parents were farmers who emigrated to rural California from Japan.
- Studied at Black Mountain College under Josef Albers, R. Buckminster Fuller and Merce Cunningham.
- Her work was included in the 1955 Sao Paolo Biennial.
- Sculpture is like farming. If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done.
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