1929 Born on March 22 in Matsumoto-shi, Nagano-ken, Japan
1941 Entered Nagano Prefectural Matsumoto First Girl's School
1948 Entered senior class at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts & Crafts
1957 In November, moved to America; lived in Seattle, Washington
1958 Moved to New York, studied at the Art Student's League
1963 Granted permanent residence status in the United States
1965 Began performing Happenings
1973 Returned to Japan



Selected Exhibition


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2005





2004






2003





2002


2001

Robert Miller Gallery, New York
"YAYOI in FOREVER", Forever Museum of Contemporary Art gallery, Akita, Japan
Iwami Art Museum, Shimane, Japan
Permanent Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
Part object Part sculpture, Wexner Center for the Arts, Gallery C, Ohio
Tokyo-Berlin/Berlin-Tokyo, Mori Museum, Tokyo
Line and Surface Works on Paper, Peter Blum Gallery, New York
Snoopy LIFE DESIGN Happinessmis THE 55th ANNIVERSARY,
Tokyo International Forum, Hall A, Tokyo, Japan
YAYOI KUSAMA SEOUL, Jean Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
take art collection 2005, Spiral Garden, Tokyo
YAYOI KUSAMA KA! , 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
homestyle, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Shanhai Art Fair , Shanai
Yayoi Kusama: Eternity-Modernity, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
Yayoi Kusama: Steel Balls and Soft White Objects, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
IN BED Images from a Vital Stage, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
Exhibition of Museum Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
Maestros in early period, Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
KIAF 2004, Coex, Seoul
Lille 2004, Lille, France
Korea Japan Contemporary Art 2003, Jean Art Center, Seoul
Yayoi Kusama, Piece Unique, Paris
Yayoi Kusama, J. Johnson Gallery, Florida
KUSAMA YAYOI LOVE FOREVER, Fabian & Claude Water Galerie, Zurich
Do Hope for the Future, Laforet Museum Harajuku, Tokyo
Yayoi Kusama, Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Loud & Clear, BALTIC, England
The Growth of the Museum Collection: 1952-2002, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Facts of Life, Heyward Gallery, London
Silver, Leo Castelli, New York
Yayoi Kusama, Studio Guenzani, Milan
Louise Bourgeois Yayoi Kusama Works from 1942 to 2000, Peter Blum Gallery, New York
Death of an Illusion, Piece Unique, Paris
Century City, Tate Modern, London, etc.


Selected Collection

Black Stone Golf & Resort, JeJu Island, Korea
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
Nagoya City Art Museum, Aichi, Japan
University of Texas Museum, Texas
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei
Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan
National Museum of Contemporaryart, Korea
The Ary Museum
Seoul Museum of Art
Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton
Grey Art Galleyr and study Center, New York University
Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
Contemporary Arts, New York the Museum of Modern Art, New York,
etc.