Yayoi (弥生) is the Japanese name for **the third month of the lunar calendar** — the beginning of spring. **Yayoi Kusama (born 1929)** is the **Japanese contemporary artist whose polka-dot installations, infinity rooms, and pumpkin sculptures have made her one of the most celebrated living artists in the world**. **Voluntarily resident in a Tokyo psychiatric hospital since 1977**, she has produced an enormous body of work from her studio across the street. **Highest-grossing female artist at auction; multiple infinity-room installations sold for over $5 million.**
Subject of the 2018 documentary *Kusama: Infinity*.
Yayoi reduces to four — the number of polka-dot artist.