Yayoi Kusama

Japan

B. 1929

<p class="ql-align-justify">Yayoi Kusama is one of the most influential contemporary artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Born in Matsumoto, Japan, she began creating art at an early age, drawing inspiration from vivid hallucinations and recurring visions that would later become the foundation of her signature motifs of polka dots, nets, and endless repetition. In 1957, Kusama moved to New York, where she emerged as a pioneering figure of the international avant-garde. Her practice soon expanded beyond painting to encompass sculpture, installation, performance, fashion, film, and immersive environments, all united by her enduring concept of self-obliteration and the infinite.</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><br></p><p class="ql-align-justify">Repetition lies at the heart of Kusama's artistic language. Dots, mirrored reflections, and seemingly endless patterns dissolve the boundaries between the individual and the surrounding universe, transforming personal psychological experiences into universal meditations on life, love, nature, and death. Since returning to Japan in 1973, Kusama has continued to produce an extraordinary body of work, including the celebrated Infinity Mirror Rooms and the monumental painting series My Eternal Soul. Today, her works are exhibited in leading museums worldwide, while the Yayoi Kusama Museum, established in Tokyo in 2017, stands as a testament to her enduring artistic legacy.</p><p><br></p>