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Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono

Japanese artist and activist (born 1933)
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Yoko Ono (Japanese: 小野 洋子, Ono Yōko, 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.

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Yoko Ono was born on Saturday, 18 February 1933 in Tokyo, Japan. She is best known as an artist. Ono's country of citizenship (nationality) is Japanese. Yoko attended high school at Gakushuin School, Shinjuku-ku, Japan. For university, she studied at Sarah Lawrence College (dropped out). Her religion is listed as Agnostic. She is 5' 2" (157 cm) tall with a slim build. She has dark brown eyes and black hair (color). Her net worth is reported to be $600,000,000 US dollars. Yoko Ono is 92 years old and her zodiac star sign is Aquarius.

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Claim to fame
Known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking, Wife of John Lennon
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Date of birth
18 February 1933
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Place of birth
Tokyo, Japan
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Age
92
Occupation
Artist and Filmaker
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Occupation category
Artist
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Nationality
Japanese
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PERSONAL DETAILS

Height
5' 2" (157 cm)
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Build
Slim
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Hair color
Black
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Eye color
Brown - Dark
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Gender
Female
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Ethnicity
Asian
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Sexuality
Bisexual
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Religion
Agnostic
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Zodiac sign
Aquarius
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Net worth
$600,000,000 USD
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High school
Gakushuin School, Shinjuku-ku, Japan
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University
Sarah Lawrence College (dropped out)
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The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.
Every drop in the ocean counts.
Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.

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  • 18 Feb 1933
    Yoko Ono is born in Tokyo on 18 February 1933. Her mother, Isoko Yasuda, comes from a prominent banking family. Her father is Eisuke Ono, a descendant of samurais, nobles and priests. Though trained as a concert pianist, he is pursuing a career in banking. The family moves several times, living in San Francisco, New York, and Tokyo. Ono receives classical piano and vocal instruction edit
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  • 1945
    Age: 11
    The family are in Tokyo during the Second World War. They survive the devastating bombardment of March 1945, and Ono is sent to the countryside with her brother and sister. On 6 August, the United States Army Air Forces drops an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. Three days later, Nagasaki suffers the same fate edit
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  • 1952
    Age: 18
    Ono is admitted to Gakushūin University in Tokyo, as its first female student of philosophy. She is introduced to Existentialism and Marxism, and becomes acquainted with the pacifist ideas propagated in postwar Japan. In 1952, Ono joins her family in New York, enrolling at Sarah Lawrence College in 1953 to study poetry and musical composition edit
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  • 1955
    Age: 21
    Ono meets the avant-garde composer Toshi Ichiyanagi. They marry and live together in Manhattan. Through Ichiyanagi, Ono encounters John Cage. She begins to make a name for herself as an independent artist. With her composition Lighting Piece, 1955 (first publicly performed in 1961), Ono is one of the very first artists to create event scores edit
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  • 1960
    Age: 26
    At the end of 1960, Ono rents a loft at 112 Chambers Street in Lower Manhattan. She and La Monte Young organize avant-garde events and concerts there. She displays and performs many of her own works. In 1961, she has her first solo exhibition at the AG Gallery. Canvases are placed on the walls and the floor, and visitors interact with them according to her instructions edit
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  • May 1962
    Age: 29
    In May 1962, Ono gives a concert and exhibits her Instructions for Paintings at the Sogetsu Art Center in Tokyo. She works on her artist’s book Grapefruit, a compilation of her ‘instruction works’; it is first published in July 1964. On 20 July 1964, in Kyoto, Ono performs her legendary performance Cut Piece for the first time edit
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  • 1965
    Age: 31
    In New York and London, Ono continues to perform. She develops mailing events and uses advertising in art magazines as a medium for her instruction works – for which she is now considered a pioneer. Ono presents her solo exhibition Yoko at Indica: Unfinished Paintings and Objects at the Indica Gallery in London. This is where she meets John Lennon edit
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  • 1967
    Age: 33
    Ono’s Film No. 4 (Bottoms) is banned by the British Board of Film Censors. Ono protests in front of their London office, handing daffodils to passers-by and telling reporters (previously alerted to the protest) that the flowers – like the film itself – are ‘for peace’. The ban is removed edit
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  • 1968
    Age: 34
    The Acorn Event, at Coventry Cathedral in England, marks the beginning of Ono and Lennon’s peace related performances. They plant two acorns, one on each side – east and west – of the cathedral to represent their wish for world peace. Later that year, they release the album Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins edit
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  • 20 Mar 1969
    Age: 36
    On 20 March, Ono and Lennon are married in Gibraltar. The Vietnam War is at its worst, and the couple appears in an increasing number of actions to support world peace edit
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