KAWS Posters
Cartoon icons with X-ed out eyes
Few artists cross from the street to the auction house as fluidly as KAWS. Born Brian Donnelly in Jersey City in 1974, he started tagging walls in New Jersey and New York in the 1990s, then reshaped his cartoon vocabulary into one of the most recognisable visual languages of our time. The crossed-out eyes, the swollen gloved hands, the Mickey-Mouse-meets-melancholy silhouette of COMPANION: you know a KAWS the moment you see one. That is exactly what makes a KAWS poster such a confident piece to live with. It reads instantly, it carries real cultural weight, and it looks as at home in a sneakerhead loft as in a minimalist hallway. Start with the pieces that define him: the blooming, playful Flower, the tender family grouping of Figure Family, the mirror-world Reflect, and the quiet monochrome pull of Companion Figure Black. Each one distils street art, pop art and toy design into a single frame you will keep looking at.
How to choose your KAWS poster
Size sets the mood. A4 and A3 are perfect for a desk, a shelf lean, or one panel of a larger cluster. A2 is our most popular living-room size, big enough to anchor a wall without shouting. A1 is the statement: give a bold subject like Balloons or Holiday Japan room to breathe and it becomes the centre of the room. Every poster is printed on museum-grade 200gsm matte paper, so the flat, graphic colour fields KAWS loves stay rich and glare-free under any light. All prints are borderless, edge to edge, which keeps the imagery feeling contemporary and gallery-clean. For framing, black is the safe, sharp choice that suits nearly every KAWS piece and makes the palette snap. Chrome leans cooler and more design-forward, echoing the toy and vinyl side of his practice. Oak warms the whole thing up and softens the pop energy for a lived-in, Scandinavian feel. Unframed is the flexible, budget-friendly route if you already have frames or like to swap art often.
Build a KAWS gallery wall
KAWS was made for grouping. Because the characters recur and the palette stays consistent, a wall of several prints reads as one coherent story rather than a jumble. Try a trio in matching frames: pair a graphic Pop Art panel with the emotive Figure Heart and the playful Figure Children for a balanced, characterful set. For a bolder statement, mix a large A1 anchor like Moon Figure with two smaller A3 supports such as Dream and Heritage. Keep frame colour consistent for calm, or mix black and oak for contrast. This is where our Buy 2 Get 1 Free offer earns its keep: build your set in threes, add all three to your cart, and the lowest-priced poster comes off automatically. It is the easiest way to go from one print to a wall that looks curated.
Browse every KAWS poster in this collection (54)
AmbitionFrom €11.95
Bag HistoryFrom €11.95
BalloonsFrom €11.95
Basketball SuccessFrom €11.95
Black EditionFrom €11.95
Blue LogoFrom €11.95
Carrying HopeFrom €11.95
DemonstrationFrom €11.95
DisciplineFrom €11.95
DreamFrom €11.95
Eternal HoldFrom €11.95
Figure AirFrom €11.95
Figure BabyFrom €11.95
Figure BlackFrom €11.95
Figure ChildrenFrom €11.95
Figure FamilyFrom €11.95
Figure FocusFrom €11.95
Figure HeartFrom €11.95
Figure KidsFrom €11.95
Figure ShowerFrom €11.95
Figure SneakerFrom €11.95
Figure StreetFrom €11.95
Figure Street ArtFrom €11.95
Figure TeethFrom €11.95
Figure ToiletFrom €11.95
FlowerFrom €11.95
FraternityFrom €11.95
Gallery FigureFrom €11.95
GrindFrom €11.95
HeritageFrom €11.95
Holiday JapanFrom €11.95
Human BodyFrom €11.95
HustleFrom €11.95
Like DrawFrom €11.95
Like HopeFrom €11.95
Moon FigureFrom €11.95
Muscu DisciplineFrom €11.95
Muscu FocusFrom €11.95
NeonFrom €11.95
Only BlackFrom €11.95
Pink DrawFrom €11.95
Pink FigureFrom €11.95
Why art lovers choose Posters Base
We treat every KAWS poster as a finished object, not a file. Each print is made to order on museum-grade 200gsm matte paper, borderless and colour-managed so the graphic fields and clean linework stay crisp from A4 right up to A1. Choose it unframed or ready to hang in a black, chrome or oak frame, and it arrives protected and straight, with no curl or crease. Because we print and ship locally, your order reaches you faster and travels a shorter distance, with fewer surprises at the door. Our Buy 2 Get 1 Free offer makes it genuinely easy to grow from a single COMPANION into a full gallery wall, and our team is here if you want a hand choosing sizes or coordinating frames. Order with confidence: if anything is not right on arrival, we will make it right.
Good to know about KAWS
- KAWS is the working name of Brian Donnelly, born in Jersey City in 1974. He chose the letters K-A-W-S simply because he liked how they looked together when tagging, not because they stand for anything in particular.
- He began as a graffiti artist in New Jersey and New York in the 1990s, working on walls and in the street long before he ever showed in a gallery.
- One of his earliest signature moves was subverting advertising: he would take over bus-shelter and phone-booth ad posters, painting his skull-and-crossbones and cartoon motifs directly onto existing campaigns.
- His most famous creation is COMPANION, a figure clearly descended from Mickey Mouse but given X-ed out eyes and a slumped, downcast body language that lends the cheerful cartoon an unexpected emotional weight.
- Alongside COMPANION he built a cast of recurring characters, including the fuzzy BFF and the mischievous Chum, each reworking familiar cartoon archetypes in his own crossed-out visual language.
- His Holiday series sends enormous COMPANION sculptures around the world, floating in harbours or reclining in public squares in cities across several continents, turning entire skylines into a backdrop for his character.
- KAWS has collaborated widely across fashion and product design, with partners including Uniqlo, Dior and Nike, helping carry his imagery from gallery walls onto clothing worn by huge numbers of people.
- His work sits deliberately at the crossroads of street art, pop art and toy design, and his collectible vinyl figures are as central to his practice as his paintings, blurring the line between fine art and the objects people live with every day.