Avant-garde artist and novelist. Born in 1929 in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. From a young age, Yayoi Kusama experienced visual and auditory hallucinations, and began creating net and polka-dot pattern pictures. In 1957, she went to the United States and began making net paintings and soft sculptures, as well as organizing happenings and developing installations that made use of mirrors and lights, establishing herself as an avant-garde artist. Overcoming various obsessions, she discovered an artistic philosophy of self-obliteration via the obsessive repetition and multiplication of single motifs. She continues to actively devote herself to creating artworks, including her largest painting series My Eternal Soul from 2009-2021, amounting to over 800 works in 12 years, as well as a new painting series starting in 2021 titled EVERY DAY I PRAY FOR LOVE. She received Japan’s Order of Culture in 2016. Recently, Kusama has held large-scale retrospective exhibitions at various museums throughout the world, including Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, and M+.
With All My Love for the Tulips, I Pray Forever, 2013
I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote
Yayoi Kusama22 Jun - 31 Jul 2021TokyoOta Fine Arts Tokyo is pleased to present the solo exhibition of Yayoi Kusama, 'I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote' . This exhibition features 33...Read moreYAYOI KUSAMA: RECENT PAINTINGS
Yayoi Kusama16 Jan - 6 Mar 2021SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present “YAYOI KUSAMA: RECENT PAINTINGS”, a solo exhibition featuring 15 monochrome paintings from the artist’s My Eternal Soul series made in 2019-2020, and...Read moreTime
Chen Wei, ChillChill, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Yayoi Kusama, Guo-Liang Tan13 Oct 2020 - 31 Jan 2021SingaporeOta Fine Arts Singapore is delighted to present 'Time', a group exhibition featuring seven artists from China, Japan and Singapore: Chen Wei, ChillChill, Masanori Handa, Tsuyoshi Hisakado, Hilmi Johandi, Yayoi...Read moreSingapura
Zai Kuning, Hilmi Johandi, Guo-Liang Tan, Liao Jiekai, Jason Lim10 Oct - 21 Nov 2020TokyoOta Fine Arts Tokyo is delighted to present 'Singapura', a group exhibition featuring a selection of five artists from Singapore, the city-state known for its diverse mix of cultures. These...Read more
Yayoi Kusama
Solo Exhibition "I WOULD OVERCOME DEATH AND GO ON LIVING", YAYOI KUSAMA MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan 27 Sep 2024Yayoi Kusama holds a solo exhibition 'I WOULD OVERCOME DEATH AND GO ON LIVING' at YAYOI KUSAMA MUSEUM in Tokyo. Title : I WOULD OVERCOME...Read moreYayoi Kusama
"How Did You Come into the World?" Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art, Aomori, Japan 17 Sep 2024Yayoi Kusama participates in a group exhibition 'How Did You Come into the World?' at Hirosaki Museum Contemporary Art. Title: 'How Did You Come into...Read moreYayoi Kusama
New pubric sculpture "Infinite Accumulation" Liverpool Street Station, London 17 Sep 2024Infinite Accumulation, Yayoi Kusama's first permanent public artwork in the UK, has unveiled at the Liverpool Street Station in London since August 2024. Title: 'Infinite...Read moreYayoi Kusama
"Pumpkin" The Round Pond, Kensington Gardens, London 17 Sep 2024Yayoi Kusama has launched 'Pumpkin', her tallest pumpkin sculpture at The Round Pond, Kensington Gardens, London since July 2024. Title: 'Pumpkin' Exhibition Period: Tue 9...Read more
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