Yoko Ono

♀ *1933 / Japan

Solo exhibitions

Music of the Mind

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
18 Oct 2025 – 22 Feb 2026
MUSIC OF THE MIND

Installationen, Filme, Musik und Fotografien

K20 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf (DE)
28 Sep 2024 – 16 Mar 2025
Music of the Mind

Tate Modern, London (GB)
15 Feb 2024 – 1 Sep 2024
PEACE is POWER

Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig (DE)
4 Apr 2019 – 7 Jul 2019
Lumière de L'aube (Light of Dawn)

macLYON, Lyon (FR)
9 Mar 2016 – 17 Jul 2016
Lumière de l'Aube

macLYON, Lyon (FR)
9 Mar 2016 – 10 Jul 2016
From My Window

Museum of Cont. Art Tokyo, Tokyo (JP)
8 Nov 2015 – 14 Feb 2016
One Woman Show, 1960-1971

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
17 May 2015 – 7 Sep 2015
Half-A-Wing Show - A Retrospective

Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao (ES)
14 Mar 2014 – 4 Sep 2014
Infinite Universe at Dawn

Mossgreen gallery, South Yarra (AU)
9 Apr 2014 – 23 Apr 2014
HALF-A-WIND SHOW

Eine Retrospektive

Kunsthalle Krems, Krems (AT)
20 Oct 2013 – 23 Feb 2014
HALF-A-WIND SHOW

A Retrospective

Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek (DK)
1 Jun 2013 – 15 Sep 2013
To The Light

Serpentine Galleries, London (GB)
19 Jun 2012 – 9 Sep 2012
Das Gift

Haunch of Venison, Berlin (DE)
10 Sep 2010 – 13 Nov 2010
Anton's Memory

Galleria Bevilacqua, Venezia (IT)
28 May 2009 – 20 Sep 2009
Between the Sky and My Head

Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld (DE)
24 Aug 2008 – 16 Nov 2008
touch me

Galerie Lelong, New York (US)
18 Apr 2008 – 31 May 2008
Fly

Gallery 360 Degrees, Tôkyô (JP)
10 Dec 2007 – 29 Dec 2007
Fenster für Deutschland

Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen (DE)
13 Jun 2007 – 5 Aug 2007
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Centre A, Vancouver (CA)
3 Jun 2006 – 1 Jul 2006
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Museum Wörlen, Passau (DE)
6 Aug 2005 – 23 Oct 2005
Horizontal Memories

migros museum, Zürich (CH)
4 Jun 2005 – 14 Aug 2005
Horizontal Memories

performances, installations, films, music, sculptures and photography

Astrup Fearnley MoMa, Oslo (NO)
22 Jan 2005 – 8 May 2005
Editions, Ephemera and Printed Works

Printed Matter Inc., New York (US)
21 Jul 2004 – 30 Sep 2004
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Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm (SE)
29 May 2004 – 8 Aug 2004
Yes Yoko Ono

Museum of Cont. Art Tokyo, Tôkyô (JP)
17 Apr 2004 – 27 Jun 2004
John Lennon / Yoko Ono Lennon - Archive

Richard Goodall Gallery, Manchester (GB)
26 Apr 2004 – 3 May 2004
YES YOKO ONO

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Ar, Hiroshima (JP)
27 Jan 2004 – 28 Mar 2004
Odyssey of a Cockroach

ICA Inst Contemporary Arts, London (GB)
5 Feb 2004 – 7 Mar 2004
YES YOKO ONO

Art Tower Mito (ATM) , Mito (JP)
25 Oct 2003 – 12 Jan 2004
Woman's room

Mus. d'art moderne Paris, Paris (FR)
2 Jul 2003 – 28 Sep 2003
Film Woks / Filme Seen and Unseen

nGbK Neue Gesellschaft, Berlin (DE)
14 Jun 2003 – 6 Jul 2003

Group

Longing for Trust

Über das Vertrauen in der Kunst

Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop (DE)
8 Nov 2026 – 7 Mar 2027

with Marina Abramovic, Thomas Demand, Gauri Gill, Koizumi Meiro, LEE Mingwei, Trevor Paglen, Julia Scher, Shimabuku, Andreas Siekmann, Ulay (Uwe Laysiepen)
BÄNG! Radikale Künstlerinnen aus dem Archiv Sohm

Radical Female Artists from the Sohm Archive

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE)
10 Oct 2026 – 31 Jan 2027

with Valie Export, Charlotte Moorman, Yvonne Rainer, Carolee Schneemann
Connecting Bodies: Asian Women Artists

National Museum of Art, Seoul (KR)
3 Sep 2024 – 3 Mar 2025

with Arahmaiani, Nadiah Bamadhaj, Lee Bul, HE Chengyao, CAO Fei, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Amanda Heng, Hong Lee Hyun-Sook, Yee I-Lann, Mako Idemitsu, Mella Jaarsma, Bharti Kher …
HIER UND JETZT

Und gestern und morgen

Museum Ludwig, Köln (DE)
9 Mar 2024 – 13 Oct 2024

with Chargesheimer, Tacita Dean, Gustave Le Gray, Charles Marville, Gerhard Richter, Alfred Stieglitz
GEZWITSCHER

Kunst aus der Vogelperspektive

Produzentengalerie, Hamburg (DE)
8 Jul 2023 – 10 Sep 2023

with Marina Abramovic, Mark Dion, Valie Export, Annika Kahrs, Jochen Lempert, Via Lewandowsky, Ana Mendieta, Jan Ságl
Through women's eyes.

From Diane Arbus to Letizia Battaglia. Passion and courage.

Casa dei Tre Oci, Venezia (IT)
11 Sep 2015 – 18 Dec 2015

with Diane Arbus, Martina Bacigalupo, Yael Bartana, Letizia Battaglia, Margaret Bourke-White, Sophie Calle, Lisetta Carmi, Tacita Dean, Lucinda Devlin, Donna Ferrato, Giorgia Fiorio, Nan Goldin …
Mein Körper ist das Ereignis

Wiener Aktionismus & internationale Performance

MUMOK Museum, Wien (AT)
6 Mar 2015 – 16 Aug 2015

with Marina Abramovic, Guenter Brus, Chris Burden, Valie Export, Tomislav Gotovac, Ion Grigorescu, Paul McCarthy, Ana Mendieta, Bruce Nauman, Hermann Nitsch, Gina Pane, Nesa Paripovic …
Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950

Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
12 Jul 2014 – 12 Oct 2014

with Roy Arden, John Baldessari, Walead Beshty, Monica Bonvicini, Mircea Cantor, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Bruce Conner, Luc Delahaye, Thomas Demand, Sam Durant, Harold E. Edgerton, Dara Friedman …
Sie. Selbst. Nackt.

Paula Modersohn-Becker und andere Künstlerinnen im Selbstakt

Museen Böttcherstraße, Bremen (DE)
20 Oct 2013 – 2 Feb 2014

with Marina Abramovic, Marianne Breslauer, Renee Cox, Imogen Cunningham, Ana Mendieta, Lee Miller, Catherine Opie, Cindy Sherman, Annegret Soltau, Jo Spence, Hannah Wilke, Francesca Woodman
12th Biennale de Lyon

Meanwhile... Suddenly, And Then

Biennale de Lyon , Lyon (FR)
12 Sep 2013 – 5 Jan 2014

with Ed Atkins, Trisha Baga, Matthew Barney, Neil Beloufa, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Antoine Catala, Xavier Cha, Paul Chan, Jonathas de Andrade, Aleksandra Domanovic, Roe Ethridge, Gabríela Fridriksdóttir …
PERSONAL STRUCTURES

55th International Art Exhibition - Collateral Event

PALAZZO BEMBO, Venezia (IT)
1 Jun 2013 – 24 Nov 2013

with Chul-Hyun Ahn, Alice Anderson, Valie Export, Patrick Hamilton, Icelandic Love Corporation, Heinz Mack, Roman Opalka, Arnulf Rainer, Ben Vautier, Andre Wagner
All You Need Is LOVE: From Chagall to Kusama and Hatsune Miku

Mori Art Museum 10th Anniversary Exhibition

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (JP)
26 Apr 2013 – 1 Sep 2013

with Adel Abidin, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Billingham, Sophie Calle, Gohar Dashti, Jim Dine, Nan Goldin, Shilpa Gupta, Mako Idemitsu, Alfredo Jaar, Mary Kelly, Barbara Kruger …
Pictures by Women

A History of Modern Photography

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
7 May 2010 – 4 Apr 2011

with Berenice Abbott, Rogi André, Emmy Andriesse, Claudia Andujar, Eleanor Antin, Diane Arbus, Gertrud Arndt, Anna Atkins, Tina Barney, Uta Barth, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Valerie Belin …
100 Years of Performance

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (RU)
19 Jun 2010 – 17 Sep 2010

with Vito Acconci, Francis Alys, Matthew Barney, Anna Halprin, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Joan Jonas, Yayoi Kusama, Sigalit Landau, Ana Mendieta, Adrian Piper, Carolee Schneemann
100 Years of Performance

MoMA PS1, New York (US)
1 Nov 2009 – 5 May 2010

with Vito Acconci, Matthew Barney, Anna Halprin, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Joan Jonas, Yayoi Kusama, Pamela Landau Connolly, Ana Mendieta, Carolee Schneemann, Ryan Trecartin
The Venice Biennale - 53th International Art Exhibition - Fare Mondi // Making Worlds

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
7 Jun 2009 – 22 Nov 2009

with Jumana Emil Abboud, John Baldessari, Rosa Barba, Massimo Bartolini, Iris Brosch, Paul Chan, Nikhil Chopra, Roberto Cuoghi, Keren Cytter, David Bestué & Marc Vives, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Ceal Floyer …
Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Woman and Art

MUNCH, Oslo (NO)
20 Jun 2009 – 9 Aug 2009

with Marina Abramovic, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Icelandic Love Corporation, Amal & Abd El Ghany Kenawy, Almagul Menlibaeva
Performing the city

Pan Palazzo delle Arti, Napoli (IT)
7 Feb 2009 – 16 Mar 2009

with Vito Acconci, Jordi Colomer, Mimmo Jodice, Joan Jonas, Tania Mouraud, Wolf Vostell
Drawn in the Clouds

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
1 Nov 2008 – 1 Feb 2009

with WANG Gongxin, Amy Granat, Junebum Park, Chiharu Shiota, LI Wei, JIANG Zhi
My Favourite Things Vol. 1

Photography, Drawing, Print, Object, Sound & Video

Fotografisk Center, København (DK)
16 Aug 2008 – 28 Sep 2008

with Monica Bonvicini, Douglas Davis, Erik A. Frandsen, Rodney Graham, Thyra Hilden, Roni Horn, Aino Kannisto, Allan Kaprow, Andreas Mueller-Pohle, Tony Oursler, Maja Ratkje, Thomas Ruff …
16th Biennale of Sydney: Revolutions - Forms That Turn

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
18 Jun 2008 – 7 Sep 2008

with Ahmet Oeguet, Francis Alys, Qiu Anxiong, Qiu Anxiong, Ibon Aranberri, Pedro Barateiro, Hans Bellmer, Tamy Ben-Tor, Chris Burden, Destiny Deacon , Jeremy Deller, Sam Durant …
Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and the Avant-Garde

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (GB)
20 Feb 2007 – 9 Sep 2007

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jeremy Deller, Rineke Dijkstra, Candida Hoefer, Martin Parr, Tom Wood
Passioni Minime

Fondazione Ravello, Ravello (IT)
1 Jul 2007 – 8 Sep 2007

with Pilar Albarracin, Elisabeth Aro, Betty Bee, Nan Goldin, Susy Gómez, Tracey Moffatt, Berni Searle, Luzia Simons
Romantischer Konzeptualismus

Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg (DE)
10 May 2007 – 15 Jul 2007

with Bas Jan Ader, Sophie Calle, Susan Hiller, Douglas Huebler
Super Vision

ICA Institute Contemp Art, Boston (US)
10 Dec 2006 – 29 Apr 2007

with Chantal Akerman, Noriko Furunishi, Jack Goldstein, Mona Hatoum, Runa Islam, Ed Ruscha
36th International Film Festival Rotterdam

InternationalFilm Festival Rotterdam IFF, Rotterdam (NL)
24 Jan 2007 – 4 Feb 2007

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Karim Ainouz, Knut Asdam, Herman Asselberghs, Tessio Barba, Yael Bartana, Ondrej Brody, Matthew Buckingham, David Byrne, David Claerbout, Phil Collins, Bruce Conner …
It's Time For Action (There's No Option)

About Feminism

migros museum, Zürich (CH)
26 Aug 2006 – 22 Oct 2006

with Patty Chang, Cosey Fanni Tutti , Pipilotti Rist, Katharina Sieverding, Annie Sprinkle, Mathilde ter Heijne
Once More...With Feeling

re-enactment in contemporary art and culture

The Changing Room, Stirling (GB)
24 Jun 2006 – 26 Aug 2006

with Jeremy Deller, Stephanie Diamond, Alexander Gardner
War is Over

GAMeC Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contempo, Bergamo (IT)
15 Oct 2005 – 26 Feb 2006

with Francis Alys, Vanessa Beecroft, Christian Boltanski, Jeremy Deller, Shirin Neshat, Markus Schinwald, Luc Tuymans, Andy Warhol, Sislej Xhafa
CHIKAKU. Tiempo y memoria en Japón. Arte japonés contemporáneo

MARCO Vigo, Vigo (ES)
7 Oct 2005 – 22 Jan 2006

with Rieko Hidaka, Takashi Ito, Emiko Kasahara, Atsushi Kawamata, Motohiko Kotani, Yayoi Kusama, Hiroyuki Moriwaki, Daido Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira, Motohiko Odani, Taro Okamoto, Yutaka Sone …
Rencontres de la photographie Arles 2005

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
5 Jul 2005 – 18 Sep 2005

with David Balicki, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Leandro Berra, Bleda & Rosa, Mario Cravo Neto, Natalie Czech, John Divola, Jan Fabre, Joan Fontcuberta, Barry Frydlender, Jacqueline Hassink, Jacqueline Hassink …
Chikaku . Zeit und Erinnerung in Japan

Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (AT)
4 Jun 2005 – 11 Sep 2005

with Rieko Hidaka, Emiko Kasahara, Tadashi Kawamata, Motohiko Kotani, Yayoi Kusama, Hiroyuki Moriwaki, Daido Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira, Tetsuya Nakamura, Motohiko Odani, Taro Okamoto, Yutaka Sone …
Chikaku . Zeit und Erinnerung in Japan

Camera Austria, Graz (AT)
5 Jun 2005 – 11 Sep 2005

with Rieko Hidaka, Emiko Kasahara, Tadashi Kawamata, Motohiko Kotani, Yayoi Kusama, Hiroyuki Moriwaki, Daido Moriyama, Takuma Nakahira, Tetsuya Nakamura, Motohiko Odani, Taro Okamoto, Yutaka Sone …
Do You Believe in Reality? 2004 Taipei Biennial

Long March Foundation

Taipei Biennial, Taipei (TW)
23 Oct 2004 – 23 Jan 2005

with CHEN Chieh-Jen, David Claerbout, Jeremy Deller, YANG Fudong, Naoya Hatakeyama, Tsui Kuang-Yu, Sze Tsung LEONG, Steve McQueen, Jean-Luc Moulene, Otobong Nkanga, Gabriel Orozco, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group) …
Liverpool Biennial 2004

Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (GB)
18 Sep 2004 – 28 Nov 2004

with Yael Bartana, Ursula Biemann, YANG Fudong, WONG Hoy Cheong, Francesco Jodice, Andrea Kuluncic, Esko Maennikkoe, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Takashi Murakami, Marjetica Potrc, Martha Rosler, Santiago Sierra …
Liverpool Biennial 2004

Tate Liverpool, Liverpool (GB)
18 Sep 2004 – 28 Nov 2004

with Azra Aksamija, Lara Almarcegui, YUAN Goang-Ming, Sanja Ivekovic, Werner Kaligofski, Esko Maennikkoe, Inigo Manglano-Ovalle, Dorit Margreiter, Mauricio Dias & Walter Riedweg, Takashi Murakami, Mathias Poledna, Marjetica Potrc …
<a href="http://www.shanghaibiennale.com/2004" target="_blank">Shanghai Biennale 2004</a>

Shanghai Biennale - Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (CN)
29 Sep 2004 – 28 Nov 2004

with Tariq Alvi, Tiong Ang, Big Dipper Group (Tang Yingshan Sun Zhezheng Wang Kai Yan Fenglin), Tania Bruguera, Robert Cahen, LU Chunsheng, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Stan Douglas, Touhami Ennadre, WU Ershan, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong …
Eijanaika!Yes future! Post-twentieth Century Japan

Collection Lambert, Avignon (FR)
9 Jul 2004 – 10 Oct 2004

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Amy Granat, Eikoh Hosoe, Youmei Kawai, Yayoi Kusama, Mariko Mori, Yasumasa Morimura, Takashi Murakami, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Rika Noguchi, Tsuyoshi Ozawa …
Biennale

Museum of New Art (mona), Pontiac (US)
15 May 2004 – 26 Jun 2004

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Janine Antoni, Nobuyoshi Araki, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Vanessa Beecroft, Oliver Boberg, Monica Bonvicini, Sophie Calle, Maurizio Cattelan, John Coplans, Tacita Dean …
Billboard projects

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (US)
15 Mar 2004 – 15 May 2004
A century of artists' film in britain

Tate Britain, London (GB)
19 May 2003 – 18 Apr 2004

with Kenneth Anger, Keith Arnatt, George Barber, Breda Beban, Ian Breakwell, Francis Bruguire, Helen Chadwick, Chris Cunningham, Tacita Dean, Catherine Elwes, Tracey Emin, Franciszka & Stefan Themerson …
Happiness: A Survival Guide for Art and Life

Mori Art Museum, Tôkyô (JP)
18 Oct 2003 – 18 Jan 2004

with Adel Abdessemed, Nobuyoshi Araki, Marcel Broodthaers, Tracey Emin, Fischli & Weiss, Gilbert & George, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Dan Graham, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Yasumasa Morimura, Bruce Nauman, Leni Riefenstahl …
BLOOD: Lines & Connections

MoCA Denver, Denver (US)
3 Oct 2003 – 4 Jan 2004

with Adel Abdessemed, Celia Di Pauli, ZHANG Huan, Philipp Schwarz, Jesse Shapins
Tri (o) ptique - Akerman/Ono/Moral

MLAC, Roma (IT)
12 Dec 2003 – 30 Dec 2003

with Chantal Akerman, Suekran Moral
50th International Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
15 Jun 2003 – 2 Nov 2003

with Adel Abdessemed, Carlos Amorales, Emmanuelle Antille, Kader Attia, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Zarina Bhimji, Dara Birnbaum, Sergey Bratkov, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Boris Cvjetanovic …

Events

Copenhagen Photo Festival 2025

Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen (DK)
12 Jun 2025 – 22 Jun 2025

with Per Morten Abrahamsen, Vito Acconci, Pia Arke, Kader Attia, Jacob Aue Sobol, Richard Avedon, Jette Bang, Salih Basheer, Trisha Brown, Guenter Brus, Daniel Buren, Arvida Bystroem …
Photo London 2024

Photo London, London (GB)
16 May 2024 – 19 May 2024

with Albarran Cabrera, Takashi Arai, Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, David Bailey, Susannah Baker-Smith, Peter Beard, Valerie Belin, Tonje Boe Birkeland, Erwin Blumenfeld, Celine Bodin, Jo Bradford …
e-flux video rental

e-flux, New York (US)
15 Sep 2004 – 15 Mar 2005

with Nevin Aladag, Tiong Ang, Michel Auder, Miriam Baeckstroem, Loulou Cherinet, Olga Chernysheva, Jeremy Deller, Trisha Donnelly, Alicia Framis, Gilbert & George, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Teresa Margolles …
Utopia Station Im Turm

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
7 Oct 2004 – 16 Jan 2005

with Pash Buzari, Hans-Peter Feldmann, YANG Fudong, Marine Hugonnier, Pierre Huyghe, Isaac Julien, Deimantas Narkevicius, Oliver Payne & Nick Relph, Philippe Parreno, Martha Rosler, Anri Sala, Allan Sekula …
<a href="http://www.shanghaibiennale.com" target="_blank">Shanghai Biennale 2004</a>

Shanghai Biennale - Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (CN)
29 Sep 2004 – 28 Nov 2004

with Tariq Alvi, Tiong Ang, Tania Bruguera, Robert Cahen, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Stan Douglas, WU Ershan, CAO Fei, YANG Fudong, Paul Fusco, HU Jieming, Tseng Kwong Chi …
zur NGBK Ausstellung: Film Woks / Filme Seen and Unseen

fsk-Kino am Oranienplatz, Berlin (DE)
19 Jun 2003 – 25 Jun 2003
zur NGBK Ausstellung: Film Woks / Filme Seen and Unseen

fsk-Kino am Oranienplatz, Berlin (DE)
zur NGBK Ausstellung: Film Woks / Filme Seen and Unseen

fsk-Kino am Oranienplatz, Berlin (DE)
zur NGBK Ausstellung: Film Woks / Filme Seen and Unseen

fsk-Kino am Oranienplatz, Berlin (DE)
Exhibition: Die Kleidung

arte TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)

with Annie Ernaux, Erwin Olaf
zur NGBK Ausstellung: Film Woks / Filme Seen and Unseen

fsk-Kino am Oranienplatz, Berlin (DE)
zur NGBK Ausstellung: Film Woks / Filme Seen and Unseen

fsk-Kino am Oranienplatz, Berlin (DE)
zur NGBK Ausstellung: Film Woks / Filme Seen and Unseen

fsk-Kino am Oranienplatz, Berlin (DE)
zur NGBK Ausstellung: Film Woks / Filme Seen and Unseen

fsk-Kino am Oranienplatz, Berlin (DE)