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Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami

1962

WA-00003175

SculpturePost-ImpressionismSuperflat

Representation

None documented

1

Institutional Exhibitions

15

Works in Collection

151

Assets Indexed

14

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ352437

Field Verification (7 fields)

4 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Primary mediumWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
BiographyWikipedia + Unknown· 88%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
NationalityWikidata + Artsy+1· 92%
LocationArtsy + Wikidata+1· 85%
DeceasedUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (6)

Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Perrotinhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/takashi-murakami
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/takashi-murakami
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/takashi-murakami
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/8480
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Aic Exhibitions
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred70%

About

Why this artist matters now

Takashi Murakami works across sculpture, painting, and commercial media, fusing the flat graphic aesthetics of anime and manga with the formal vocabulary of Japanese fine art tradition. His practice is shaped by postwar Japanese consumer culture and the superflat movement, a critical framework he developed to address the collapse of hierarchies between high art and popular imagery. His collaborative reach extends to music, including album artwork for Kanye West, Future, and Kid Cudi. Murakami operates through his Kaikai Kiki studio in Tokyo, functioning simultaneously as artist, producer, and cultural intermediary.

Source: Gagosian · Trust score: 100% · Updated 1mo ago

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Post-Impressionism

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum

Canonical record

Artworks (15)

Shōtoku Taishi at Sixteen

2025 · acrylic on canvas mounted on aluminum frame

121.8 x 57.5 cm (47 15/16 x 22 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Surya, the Sun God

2025 · Photopolymer resin, surface primer, lacquer paint, gold leaf, platinum leaf

50.3 x 14.9 x 10.2 cm (19 13/16 x 5 7/8 x 4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Prince Shōtoku at Age Two (Shōtoku Taishi)

2025 · photopolymer resin, stainless steel frame, water-based urethane paint, polyester putty, epoxy adhesive, weathering pigment

68.6 x 33.7 x 31.1 cm (27 x 13 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of William Griswold

2025 · Marker (UNI PX 30) on silkscreen print (Jūjō Chemical screen-printing ink on Kakita print paper)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Mr. Pointy

2011 · Acrylic on canvas

350 × 247.4 cm (137 13/16 × 97 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

‘Eye Need You’ bag

‘Eye Need You’ bag

2003 · Handbag

Victoria and Albert Museum

Contact Drawing

2000 · Pencil on paper taped to computer printout

17 1/2 x 32" (44.5 x 81.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

2000 · Pencil on paper taped to computer printout

11 1/8 x 16 1/2" (28.3 x 41.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Mushroom Painting #5

Study for Mushroom Painting #5

2000 · Pencil on paper

15 3/4 x 15 3/4" (40 x 40 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Drawing for 'Dream of Opposite World'

Drawing for 'Dream of Opposite World'

1999 · Pencil on paper

8 1/2 x 11" (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1999 · Multiple of screenprinted T-shirt in plastic toy package

.1-plastic toy package: 4 5/16 x 2 15/16 x 2 15/16" (11 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm); .2-T-shirt: 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8" (6 x 6 x 6 cm); .3-bag: 8 1/4 x 8 3/4" (21 x 22.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1999 · Screenprint

composition (irreg.): 14 3/4 x 20 1/2" (37.5 x 52 cm); sheet: 18 7/8 x 26 3/8" (48 x 67cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1999 · Screenprint

composition 21 5/8 x 14 3/16" (55 x 36 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1999 · Artist's book

page 8 1/4 x 7 3/16" (21 x 18.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

727

1996 · Acrylic on canvas mounted on board, three panels

9' 10" x 14' 9" (299.7 x 449.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

15 published of 24 catalogued · 8 with image

MoMA
9 publishedof 18 catalogued6 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
Victoria & Albert
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

4 entries · 1 sources

Surya, the Sun God
2025 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Prince Shōtoku at Age Two (Shōtoku Taishi)
2025 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Shōtoku Taishi at Sixteen
2025 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of William Griswold
2025 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

31 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Instituto Tomie Ohtake 26

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Instituto Tomie Ohtake 25

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Instituto Tomie Ohtake 21

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Abstraktni obraz cropped

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Abstraktni obraz

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Takashi Murakami2

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Takashi Murakami c

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Relationships

24

Peers & Context16

Leonora Carringtonco-exhibited John Currinco-exhibited Salvador Dalíco-exhibited Max Ernstco-exhibited Urs Fischerco-exhibited Lucio Fontanaco-exhibited

Movements2

Post-Impressionism Superflat

Collections6

Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum Christie's Phillips Gagosian

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

Gagosian

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Tokyo University of the Arts

Visual Arts

Hongō Junior and Senior High School

Visual Arts

Network

Related Artists

Leonora Carrington

co exhibited with

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Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition The Omnipotence of Dreams