Yayoi Kusama is arguably Japan's most famous artist. Her originality, innovation and powerful desire to communicate have propelled her through a career that spanned six decades. During this time, Kusama explored painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, collage, film and video, performance and installation, as well as product design.From the late 1950s to the early 1970s Kusama lived in New York and was at the forefront of many artistic innovations in the city. Returning to Japan in her forties, she rebuilt her career, waiting years for the international recognition she has recently achieved. Working through to her nineties, she continued to make art, extending the range of her large-scale, dazzling installations and relentlessly hand-painting extensive series of minutely detailed figurative fantasy paintings. Kusama has exhibited widely around the world, including representing Japan at the Venice Biennale, and her work is in many major collections.

Yayoi Kusama is arguably Japan's most famous artist. Her originality, innovation and powerful desire to communicate have propelled her through a career that spanned six decades. During this time, Kusama explored painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, collage, film and video, performance and installation, as well as product design.From the late 1950s to the early 1970s Kusama lived in New York and was at the forefront of many artistic innovations in the city. Returning to Japan in her forties, she rebuilt her career, waiting years for the international recognition she has recently achieved. Working through to her nineties, she continued to make art, extending the range of her large-scale, dazzling installations and relentlessly hand-painting extensive series of minutely detailed figurative fantasy paintings. Kusama has exhibited widely around the world, including representing Japan at the Venice Biennale, and her work is in many major collections.

Yayoi Kusama is arguably Japan's most famous artist. Her originality, innovation and powerful desire to communicate have propelled her through a career that spanned six decades. During this time, Kusama explored painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, collage, film and video, performance and installation, as well as product design.From the late 1950s to the early 1970s Kusama lived in New York and was at the forefront of many artistic innovations in the city. Returning to Japan in her forties, she rebuilt her career, waiting years for the international recognition she has recently achieved. Working through to her nineties, she continued to make art, extending the range of her large-scale, dazzling installations and relentlessly hand-painting extensive series of minutely detailed figurative fantasy paintings. Kusama has exhibited widely around the world, including representing Japan at the Venice Biennale, and her work is in many major collections.