Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 22, 1929
Died
Aug 14, 2026
Place of Birth
Nagano, Japan
Credits
13 titles
Yayoi Kusama
Biography
Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi; 22 March 1929 – 14 August 2026) was a Japanese contemporary artist who worked primarily in sculpture and installation. She was also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work was based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, art brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism, and is infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She was acknowledged as one of the most important artists to have come out of Japan, and was one of the world's top-selling female artists and ranked #19 in Sotheby's 2023 list of the top 50 artists. Her work influenced her contemporaries, including Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg.
Known For
Filmography
Kusama: Infinity
Self
The Inexhaustible Creations of Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama: My Eternal Soul
Yayoi Kusama
Bad Girls of Japan
Polka Dot Superstar: The Amazing World of Yayoi Kusama
Herself
Yayoi Kusama: The Polka Dot Princess
Song of a Manhattan Suicide Addict
Self
Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me
Tokyo Decadence
Fortune Teller
Basara no Hana (Flowers of Extravagance)
Self
Flowers
Kusama's Self-Obliteration