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Yoko Ono Biography
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1933 |
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Born in Tokyo, Japan
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1960 |
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Staged loft events on Chambers Street with friend La Monte Young
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1964 |
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Performed Cut Piece, Yamaichi Concert Hall, Kyoto, Japan
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1966 |
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Met John Lennon of The Beatles, created film No. 4 (Bottoms)
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1973 |
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Released album, Approximately Infinite Universe
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1982 |
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Won Album of the Year Grammy for Double Fantasy with John Lennon and Jack Douglas
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1995 |
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Returned to music with son, Sean Lennon, and his band Ima Rising, released album "Rising"
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2001 |
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Released album, Blue Print For Sunrise
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2003 |
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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
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2005 |
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Released book, Memories of John Lennon
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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Yoko Ono: UNCURSED, Galerie Lelong - New York (solo)
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2010
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Yoko Ono: I'll Be Back, Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome, Italy (solo)
Yoko Ono: Das Gift, Haunch of Venison, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2009
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Yoko Ono: Between The Sky and My Head, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (solo)
Yoko Ono: Imagine Peace, JemaSamuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL (solo)
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2008
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Yoko Ono: Fly, Shanghai, China (solo)
Yoko Ono: Touch Me, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY (solo)
Yoko Ono: En Trance, Towada City Project, Towada, Japan (solo)
Yoko Ono: Three Mounds of Earth, Hikawa-Akasaka Shrine, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Yoko Ono: Fly, Warsaw Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland (solo)
Yoko Ono: Gallery 360 Degrees, Minamiaoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2007
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Grapefruit, The Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (solo)
Yoko Ono: Open City, Kasa Galeri, Istanbul, Turkey (solo)
Yoko Ono: Imagine Peace featuring John & Yoko's Year of Peace, Emily Davis Gallery, Myers School of Art, Akron, OH (solo)
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2006
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Heal Yoko Ono, Galerie Davide Di Maggio, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Wake Yoko Ono, M3 Galerie Gianluca Ranzi, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
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2005
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Yoko Ono: Horizontal Memories, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
Yoko Ono, Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, Germany (solo)
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2004
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Yes Yoko Ono, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan; Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima, Japan; Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Japan (solo)
Yoko Ono at the Chelsea Art Museum, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
Yoko Ono: Remember Love, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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2003
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Yoko Ono: Freight Train, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (solo)
Yes Yoko Ono, Rodin Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (solo)
Yoko Ono: Women's Room, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (solo)
Yes Yoko Ono, Art Tower Mito, Mito City, Japan (solo)
Yoko Ono, Art Hotel Blaue Gans, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
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2002
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Yes Yoko Ono, San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art, San Fransisco, CA (solo); MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL (solo)
Yoko Ono: Impressions, Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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2001
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Yes Yoko Ono, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
Yoko Ono: Vertical Memory, Gallery 360, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
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2000
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Yoko Ono, Palace of Sástago, Zaragoza, Spain (solo)
Yoko Onotajo, Museo Wolf Vostell Malpartida de Cáceres, Spain (solo)
Yoko Ono: The Four Seasons and Film Stills, Ubu Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1998
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Yoko Ono: Conceptual Photography, Thelsingör, Denmark (solo)
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1997
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Yoko Ono, Galleria 56, Budapest, Hungary (solo)
Yoko Ono and Fluxus, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London, UK (solo)
Yoko Ono: Conceptual Photography, Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
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1996
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Yoko Ono: Fly, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (solo)
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1994
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Yoko Ono, Galerie A, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Yoko Ono: Original Paintings and Sculptures, The Frankel Collection, Palm Beach, FL (solo)
Yoko Ono: Franklin Summer '94, Galerie und Edition Hundertmark, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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1993
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Yoko Ono: A Piece of Sky, Galleria Stefania Miscetti, Rome, Italy (solo)
Yoko Ono: Waiting for the Sunrise, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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1991
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Yoko Ono: Peace! Fridur!, The Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, Iceland (solo)
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1990
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Currents: Yoko Ono, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (solo)
Yoko Ono: Objects, Films Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (solo)
Yoko Ono: In Facing, Riverside Studios, London, UK (solo)
Yoko Ono: Fumie, Sogetsu Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Yoko Ono: Painting to See the Skies, Galerie Marika Malacorda, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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1989
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Yoko Ono: Objects, Films, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
Yoko Ono: The Bronze Age, Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI (solo)
FIAC, Grand Palais, Paris, France (solo)
Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (solo)
Philip Samuels Fine Art, St. Louis, MO (solo)
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1988
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Yoko Ono: Three Events, Gallery of Art, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO (solo)
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1971
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This Is Not Here, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, NY (solo)
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1968
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Yoko Ono: Water Show Arts Lab Center, London, UK (solo)
Four Thoughts: Yoko Ono and John Lennon, Arts Lab Center, London, UK (solo)
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1967
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Yoko Ono: Plus Me, Lisson Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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1966
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Yoko Ono, Indica Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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1961
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Paintings and Drawings by Yoko Ono, AG Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami, Miami, FL
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Asia Society, New York, NY
Cranbrook Academy of Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, MI
Tate Britain, London, England
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
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| Literature |
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2008
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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
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2007
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Herzogenrath, Wulf and Frank Laukötter. Yoko Ono:Paintings 1960-1964. Germany: Kunsthalle, 2007
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