Yoko Ono Lennon (大野 洋子 Ōno Yōko; however, in Japan her name is generally rendered in katakana オーノ・ヨーコ Ōno Yōko – rather than kanji), born February 18, 1933, is a Japanese artist and musician. She is known for her work as avant-garde artist and musician and her marriage and works with English musician John Lennon. She currently lives in New York City.

Yoko Ono is a Japanese-American artist who is most widely known for her relationship with John Lennon of The Beatles . When Yoko first met John Lennon, she was an artist exhibiting in the UK. Working with artist group Fluxus throughout the 1960s, Ono dabbled in conceptual art and filmmaking - as well as music. Ono collaborated with experimental luminaries such as John Cage and jazz legend Ornette Coleman . In 1961, years before meeting Lennon, she had her first major public performance in a conc