Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami is a leading Japanese contemporary artist known for blending traditional Japanese aesthetics with pop culture and consumer imagery.
His signature "Superflat" style merges anime, fine art, and commercial design into a colorful, high-impact visual language.
Collected by global museums and major collectors, Murakami’s works span painting, sculpture, fashion, and film.
With constant collaborations and international exhibitions, he remains one of the most influential and recognizable artists of the 21st century.
Selected Artworks
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An Homage to IKB , 1957 , E, 2020
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Takashi Murakami, Offset print with cold stamp,
69×52cm,
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An Homage to IKB , 1957 , F, 2020
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Takashi Murakami, Offset print with cold stamp,
69×52cm,
Edition of 300 -

An Homage to Monopink , 1960 , E, 2020
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Takashi Murakami, Offset print with cold stamp,
69×52cm,
Edition of 300 -

Panda Mother and Baby in a Flurry of Cherry Blossom Petals, 2024
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Takashi Murakami, Silkscreen
51.3 x 51.3 cm
Edition of 100 -

Zero One, 2016
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Takashi Murakami, Offset print
70×52cm,
Edition of 300
Exhibitions
2023
The Broad, Los Angeles – Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow
2022
Gagosian, New York – An Arrow through History
Perrotin, Paris – An Arrow through History (Part 2)
2021
Perrotin, Hong Kong – Murakami Flower
Tai Kwun, Hong Kong – Murakami vs Murakami
2019
Perrotin, Tokyo – Kaikai Kiki News
Garage Museum, Moscow – Under the Radiation Falls
2017
Galerie Perrotin, Tokyo – The 500 Arhats
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago – The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg
2012
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles – Arhat Cycle
Qatar Museums, Doha – Murakami – Ego
2010
Gagosian Gallery, New York – Picture of Fate: I Am But a Fisherman Who Angles in the Darkness of His Mind
Château de Versailles, France – Murakami Versailles
2007
Gagosian Gallery, London – Kanye Bear Paintings
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles – Murakami (Retrospective)
Press releases
The Guardian – Takashi Murakami review: a welcome return to a more disturbing style
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/nov/11/takashi-murakami-review-gagosian-gallery-fukushimaThe Guardian – Takashi Murakami on failed NFTs and making art during Covid: ‘I got deep into crypto’
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/sep/20/takashi-murakami-nft-covid-art-exhibition-san-franciscoThe Guardian – ‘Shōgun was so refreshing for the Japanese’: Takashi Murakami on his blockbusting return
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/dec/10/takashi-murakami-art-londonThe Art Newspaper – Takashi Murakami: the pop artist on cartoons, capitalism and what he learnt from Star Wars
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/08/31/takashi-murakami-the-pop-artist-on-cartoons-capitalism-and-star-warsArtnet News – Why Takashi Murakami Is Still Mad for Manga: ‘Super Flatness Sets the Stage for the Future’
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/takashi-murakami-manga-anime-superflat-2584227