Yayoi Kusama is a contemporary Japanese artist who puts dots all over her world. Her obsessive compulsive nuttiness is close to my heart and Kusama’s is definitely one of my all time favourite artists. Since December 2011, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) has been showing her work in a ‘Yayoi Kusama: Look Now, See Forever‘ exhibition. Part of this event is a seriously cooltown interactive installation for children called The Obliteration Room – a series of rooms were painted completely in white where every room surface, piece of furniture and decoration was treated as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks, kids were given thousands of colour dot stickers and were encouraged to make their creative contribution towards transforming the white space into one exploding with vibrant colours…

TToday I‘ve been given the immense privilege to share with you a brief snapshot of my practice. So big thanks to yellowtrace mastermind and an all round awesome lady Dana.

A little about myself perhaps… I’m a Sydney based contemporary jewellery an object designer, gallerist and retailer. My gallery and studio, Metalab has just celebrated its 6th birthday and our retail store COTA (Courtesy of the Artist) is currently being decked out with a new interior. The relaunch is scheduled for mid-April… so please look out for it. As a specialist gallery, we are fortunate to work with some truly gifted and very inspiring individuals. One such person is resident Metalab artist and designer Cinnamon Lee…