# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-asawa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:34:12.089Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-asawa"
name: "Ruth Asawa"
slug: "ruth-asawa"
description: "Ruth Aiko Asawa  was an American modernist artist primarily known for her abstract looped-wire sculptures inspired by natural and organic forms. In addition to her three-dimensional work, Asawa created figurative and abstract drawings and prints influenced by nature, particularly flowers and plants."
tagline: "Japanese American sculptor (1926–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Untitled%2C_Ruth_Asawa%2C_De_Young_Museum_Permanent_Collection.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "artists"
profileType:
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  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1926-01-24"
deathDate: "2013-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump