KUSAMA: Polka Dot Queen
Written and drawn by Simon Elliott
144 pages • Hardback • colour • ISBN 978-1-914224-30- 0 PRICE: UK £14.99 / US $19.99 / CAN $24.99
UK Release: 10 April 2025 • US Release: 20 May 2025
“The only method I have found that relieves my illness is to keep creating art. I followed the thread of art and somehow discovered a path that would allow me to live.”
From her days in 1960s New York as a proponent of free love and peace to her current position as internationally recognized Queen of Polka Dots and creator of infinity, Yayoi Kusama’s life is an extraordinary story of triumph over adversity through art. At the age of 95, She is arguably Japan’s most influential living contemporary conceptual artist working across many mediums including sculpture, film and fashion.
Kusama: Polka Dot Queen is written and drawn by UK creator Simon Elliott, whose previous graphic biographies include Van Gogh and David Hockey. His latest book portrays Kusama’s unusual youth and family troubles, her discovery of a new style of painting, her struggles with mental illness, and her rise to international art stardom. For those seeking an introduction to this incredible artist or seeking a fresh take on her story – this is Yayoi Kusama’s life as you’ve never seen it before.
Kusama is the latest title in SelfMadeHero’s Art Masters series, which includes biographies of Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, Leonora Carrington and Vincent Van Gogh.
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