Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929, Matsumoto, Japan) is one of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, celebrated for her groundbreaking contributions to Pop Art, Minimalism, and contemporary sculpture.

After moving to New York in the late 1950s, she developed her signature language of obsessive polka dots, repeating patterns, and immersive environments that dissolve the boundary between self and space. Kusama declared “My life is a dot lost among thousands of other dots”. She has created a universe made of psychedelic compositions inspired by her own hallucinations, and recognizable at first sight.

Exhibited worldwide for over six decades, from the Venice Biennale to major retrospectives at Tate Modern and the Whitney Museum, alongside Andy Warhol, Yves Klein and Jasper Johns, her art continues to captivate global audiences. After the great success of Kusama’s retrospective exhibition in 2011 at the Pompidou Centre, Louis Vuitton paid tribute to her work by creating an entire collection based on her dot motifs.