Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese artist mainly engaged in sculpture and installation art creation. She also dabbles in painting, performance art, video art, fashion, poetry and novels. Her work is based on conceptual art, incorporating elements of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, alternative art, pop art and abstract expressionism, and contains autobiographical, psychological and sexual themes. She is recognized as one of Japan's most important artists, the world's best-selling female artist, and the world's most successful living artist. Her work also influenced contemporary artists including Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg.