When Kusama was ten years old, she began experiencing hallucinations where flowers spoke to her, and fabric patterns enveloped her. Drawing these hallucinations became cathartic and therapeutic for her.
Kusama fully embraced the free-spirited mindset of the 1960s hippie culture in America. She worked tirelessly creating works that opposed war, capitalism, and the patriarchy.
In 2017, the doors to the Yayoi Kusama Museum officially opened. The Yayoi Kusama Museum, based in Tokyo, Japan, was founded by Kusama herself and is managed by the Yayoi Kusama Foundation.