Yoko ono date of birth

Summary of Yoko Ono

Well before her famous partnership with John Lennon, Yoko Ono was the "High Priestess of the Happening" and a pioneer in performance art. Drawing from an array of sources from Zen Buddhism to Dada, her pieces were some of the movement's earliest and most daring. With unprecedented radicalism, she rejected the idea that an artwork must be a material object. Many of her works consist merely of instructions. In Cloud Piece (1963) for example, she instructs us to imagine digging a hole in the garden, and putting clouds into it. Ono faced the considerable challenge of remaining visible as an artist, not just a rock star's wife. For brief periods, the media's intrusive presence stopped her from working altogether. Remarkably, however, she persisted in sustaining a career that was well-established before Lennon's arrival on the scene, and which deserves to be admired in its own right.

Accomplishments

• Ono's fundamental contribution to the formation of Conceptual Art was involving the audience into the completion of the work. It is designed so that anyone can ma
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  Yoko Ono

  Yoko Ono オノ・ヨーコ
  Yoko Ono in February 2016
  Born	(1933-02-18) February 18, 1933 (age 91) Tokyo, Japan
  Genres	avant-garde, rock, pop, electronica, Shibuya kei, Fluxus
  Occupation(s)	Artist, Musician, Peace Activist
  Instruments	Vocals, piano
  Years active	1961–present
  Labels	Apple, Geffen, Polydor, Rykodisc, Astralwerks, Chimera Music

  Yoko Ono (小野 洋子, Ono Yōko, born February 18, 1933) is a Japanesemusician and artist. She is the widow of John Lennon. Before she married Lennon she was married to Toshi Ichiyanagi from 1956 to 1963 and Anthony Cox from 1963 to 1969. She has two children, Kyoko Chan Cox (with Cox) and Sean Lennon (with Lennon).

  Early life

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  Both of her parents came from wealthy families. Her father, who was a descendant of a former Emperor of Japan,^[1] had been a concert pianist before giving up music to become a banker. Ono was tutored privately, then sent to exclusive private schools, studying classical music and art, and also learning English. She visited the United States be

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  Yoko Ono

  Japanese artist and activist (born 1933)

  This article is about the Japanese multimedia artist and peace activist. For the Japanese judoka, see Yoko Ono (judoka). For the song, see Yoko Ono (song).

  The native form of this personal name is Ono Yoko. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

  Yoko Ono (Japanese: 小野 洋子, romanized: Ono Yōko, usually spelled in katakana as オノ・ヨーコ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking.^[1]

  Ono grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York City in 1952 to join her family. She became involved with New York City's downtown artists scene in the early 1960s, which included the Fluxus group, and became well known in 1969 when she married English musician John Lennon of the Beatles, with whom she would subsequently record as a duo in the Plastic Ono Band. The couple used their honeymoon as a stage for public protests against the Vietnam War with what they called a bed-in. She and Lennon re