short biography

Yoko Ono, born 1933 in Tokyo/Japan, moved to New York in 1953, where she lives and works today. She studied Music and Poetry there at the Sarah Lawrence College. In the 1960s she was part of the Fluxus movement. She participated at the Filmfestival Knokke with "Bottoms“ (1968); made the "bed-in" action in a hotel in Amsterdam with John Lennon (1969); founded the Plastic Ono Band and she became particularly well known for her performance and conceptual art.

FLUXUS, Film, experimental films, performances, actions, objects, Installations, music, poetry, theater, conceptual art

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collection/s

Asia Society and Museum, New York Emily Harvey Foundation, New York Frauenmuseum Bonn Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington ICA Miami MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami MUMOK Wien Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Pori Art Museum Randers Kunstmuseum Walker Art Center, Minneapolis Wanas Foundation, Knislinge museum FLUXUS+ Potsdam
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galleries

Gallery Hundertmark, Gran Canaria Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica STEFANIA MISCETTI Rome Ubu Gallery, New York
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related

John Lennon 
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