Takako Saito

Fluxus artist, born in Sabae-Shi in Japan in 1929, she currently lives in Dusseldorf in Germany.

She was part of the Fluxus movement in the 1960s and 70s, producing performace, still, multi-media, instalation and sculptural work in collaboration with other artists such as George Maciunas and Yoko Ono she is perhaps most well known for her "Silent Music" piece. Her output was diverse and she is also remembered for the Spice Chess from 1966, which was part of a Fluxus series of game variations of Chess.

She has featured in recent exhibitions including a Fluxus retrospective at the Chapel Studio in Balatonboglár in 20002 and the Re-Imagining Asia at the House of World Cultures in Berlin.