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Yoko Ono

オノ・ヨーコ　/　おの・よーこ

Peace activist from Japan

February 18, 1933 (age 93)　・　Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo
peace activist
singer
composer

My Take

I think Yoko Ono is one of the most unfairly caricatured artists of the twentieth century. Long before the world reduced her to a famous marriage, she was a Tokyo-born, Gakushuin-educated pioneer staking out the avant-garde frontier in 1950s New York, doing work that demanded real nerve and ran decades ahead of its audience. Her conceptual pieces still feel radical, her peace activism never wavered through ridicule, and the Grammy wins came almost as an afterthought. What I admire most is the consistency: ninety-plus years of insisting that imagination is a moral act. History keeps correcting itself in her favor.

Overview

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 artist, musician, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono was born and grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York City in 1952 to join her family.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Yoko Ono
Name (Japanese): オノ・ヨーコ
Reading: おの・よーこ
Born: February 18, 1933 (age 93)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Rooster
Origin: Tokyo, Japan
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: peace activist / singer / composer / performance artist / painter

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Gakushuin University

Awards & achievements

1981 Grammy Award for Album of the Year
2000 Grammy Award for Best Music Film
2005 Women's Caucus for Art Lifetime Achievement Award
2010 Distinguished Service to the Visual Arts Award
MOJO Awards
2010 Great Immigrants Award

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	Wish Tree for Washington, DC	—
Notable work	SKY	—

6. Links

Official sitehttp://www.imaginepeace.com
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/yokoono/
Xhttps://x.com/yokoono
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3

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