Yoko Ono

(American/Japanese, born 1933)

disappearing piece (bronze, cast of 1965 version) by yoko ono

Yoko Ono

Disappearing Piece (Bronze, cast of 1965 version), 1988

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painting to be stepped on (bronze, cast of 1966 version) by yoko ono

Yoko Ono

Painting to Be Stepped On (Bronze, cast of 1966 version), 1988

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untitled by yoko ono

Yoko Ono

Untitled, 1994

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painting to hammer a nail in 1961 (concept) by yoko ono

Yoko Ono

Painting to Hammer a Nail In 1961 (concept), 1966–1988

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Biography

Timeline

1933
Born in Tokyo, Japan
1960
Staged loft events on Chambers Street with friend La Monte Young
1964
Performed Cut Piece, Yamaichi Concert Hall, Kyoto, Japan
1966
Met John Lennon of The Beatles, created film No. 4 (Bottoms)
1973
Released album, Approximately Infinite Universe
1982
Won Album of the Year Grammy for Double Fantasy with John Lennon and Jack Douglas
1995
Returned to music with son, Sean Lennon, and his band Ima Rising, released album "Rising"
2001
Released album, Blue Print For Sunrise
2003
Topped US dance music charts with a reworking of “Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him”, a song she co-wrote with John Lennon to support gay marriage
2005
Released book, Memories of John Lennon

Exhibitions

2017
Yoko Ono: Copernhagen Contemporary, Denmark
Yoko Ono: Voice Of A Woman, Galerie Ziegler SA, Zurich
2016 - 2017
Yoko Ono: One More Story..., Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland
2016
Yoko Ono: Lumière, MAC Lyon, France
2015
Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971, MoMA, New York, USA
2014
Yoko Ono: Imagine Peace, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at Edison State College, Fort Myers, USA
Yoko Ono: Half-A-Wind Show,Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa, Spain
2013 - 2014
Yoko Ono: Arising, Gallery 360, Tokyo, Japan
Yoko Ono: My Mummy Is Beautiful, Armory Art Gallery, Virginia Tech, USA
Yoko Ono: War Is Over (If You Want It), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

Literature

2008
Ono, Yoko. Yoko Ono: Touch Me. Milan: Edizioni Charta, 2008
Kellein, Thomas. Between the Sky and My Head. Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2008
2007
Herzogenrath, Wulf and Frank Laukötter. Yoko Ono:Paintings 1960-1964. Germany: Kunsthalle, 2007