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Biography
1944 Born in Plymouth, England
1964-68 Studies of Graphic design and Visual
Communication at the Bath Academy of Art
1968-69 Residence in Stuttgart; works for Hansjörg Mayer
at Edition Hansjörg Mayer
1969-70 Residence in New York, work for Dick Higgins
at the Something Else Press
1970 Marriage with Emmett Williams
1970-74 Los Angeles, Graphics Workshops Supervisor
at the California Institute of the Arts
Halifax, Visiting Lecturer at the Nova Scotia College
of Art & Design
1973 Birth of son Garry Williams
1977-80 Cambridge, Visiting lecturer and Artist-in-
Residence
at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
at the Harvard University
Resident Tutor am Leverett House,
Director of the Agassiz Print Workshop at the
Radcliffe College
1980 Moved to Berlin, Germany
1982-89 Six books of Ann Noel released at the
Rainer Verlag Berlin
1986 Residence in Salzburg, Austria, assisting
Emmett Williams' class "Language
Happenings" at the Sommerakademie
für Bildende Kunst
Residence in Tokyo, Japan, Guest Printer at the
Machida-shi Museum of Graphic Arts
1990 & 92 Residence at Malindi Artists’ Proof, Malindi, Kenia
2006 Residence in IIlici (Mostar), Herzogowina,
„Radobolja” 2006
2008 Residence in Venice as guest of the
Emily Harvey Foundation
Residence at the island Karpathos,
works for the project „S.I.N.N.”
Ann Noël lives and works in Berlin
Solo exhibtions (selection)
2008 „Ann Noël,“ Anna Leonowens Gallery,
NSCAD University, Halifax, Canada
2007 „Combines,“ Galerie & Edition Marlene Frei,
Zürich, Switzerland
„Trashcan Treats,“ Life + Art Galerie, Potsdam
„Synoptikon,“ EMERSON Gallery Berlin, Berlin
2005 „Circles, Colours, Collages,“ Posen,
Galeria Oko/ Oucho
2004 „Four Letter Words,“ EMERSON Gallery Berlin,
Berlin
2003 „SCHEIN & SEIN,“ Kunst und Kulturforum,
Hermannsburg
„Zur Weinprobe,“ BEWAG Heizkraftwerk-Moabit,
Berlin
2002 „MY WORD! MEINE GÜTE!“ Halle LinX, Berlin
2001 „ANNdenken,“ Galerie & Edition Marlene Frei,
Zürich, Switzerland
2000 „Windows on the World,“ Galerie AT, Posen,
Poland
1998 „Odds & Ends,“ Galerie & Edition Marlene Frei,
Zürich, Switzerland
1997 „The Details of Living,“ Galerie
Beim Steinernen Kreuz, Bremen
1996 Ann Noël with Emmett Williams, Galerie 13,
Hannover, Germany
1994 „Der Reihe Nach,“ Galeria Dziekanka,
Warsaw, Poland, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
1991 „KONVERGENZEN II,“ Festspielgalerie,
Berlin (Catalogue)
1990 „Mala Kolekcyja“ (Small Collections),
Galeria AT, Posen, Poland
1984 „Conflux,“ Galeria Akumulatory, and Warsaw,
Galeria RR, Posen, Poland
1982 „YOU,“ Daadgalerie, Berlin (publication by DAAD
and Rainer Verlag under the same title)
1978 „Vine Art Portraits,“ Carpenter Center for the
Visual Arts, Harvard, USA
Group exhibitions (Selection)
2009 „Passing Through,” Co-Curator with
Rsyzard Wasko for the exhibitions and
5 weekends with performances in the
Kunstpunkt Berlin, with more than 30 participating
international artists
„Women in Motion,“ IB Bilbao Galerie,
Prenzlauerberg, Berlin
2008 „FLUX-FOLK,” with Eric Andersen,
Wolfgang Hainke, Ann Noël and Ben Patterson
in the museum FLUXUS +
2006 „Malindi Biennale,“ Malindi, Kenia
Fluxus Festival and exhibition with Ay-O and
Emmett Willimas in Ono. Fukui Prefecture, Japan
2006 „terra incognita – Topsy-Turvy Topography,“
Kunsthalle Bremen, Curator, Wolfgang Hainke
Fluxus Festival and exhibition with Ay-O and
Emmett Willimas in Ono, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Amsterdam, Boekie Woekie, Ann Noël and
Emmett Williams
2005 Sindelfingen, projects Sindelfingen, Fama Fluxus
Mythos Beuys
Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Daumenkino
Berlin, EMERSON Gallery, 16.03-27.03,
Intermezzo IV: Künstler der 1. Lodz Biennale
with Victor Kégli, Ann Noel and Ryszard Wasko
2004 „Dieter Roth Academy and Friends,“ Lübeck,
Germany
First Art Biennale in Lodz, Poland
2003 „VERY BRITISH?“ Die Drostei, Pinneberg, Germany
2002 „Sammlung Walter & Maria Schnepel,“ Neues
Museum Weserburg, Bremen (Catalogue)
2001 „Leonardo in Azione e Poesia,“ Vinci (Florenz), Italy
(Catalogue)
2000 „Construction in Process VI, This World is a Flower,“
Bydgoszcz, Poland
1999 „Poesia Totale“, Palazzo Della Ragione, Mantua,
Italy (Catalogue)
„TRACE, Project GIVE & TAKE“, 1. Liverpool Biennale
of Contemporary Art (Catalogue)
1998 „Construction in Process VI“, Artists’ Museum,
Melbourne, Australia (Catalogue)
1997 „Tuchfühlung“, Gruppe NO NO JA, Langenberg,
Germany (Catalogue)
1995 „Construction in Process V - Co-Existence“,
Mitzpe Ramon, Israel (Catalogue)
„Artists’ Books in Germany 1960-1990“, ifa Galerie,
Berlin (Catalogue)
„Poesia Visiva e Dintorni“, in conjunction with
2 Worlds’ Festival, Spoleto, Italy (Catalogue)
1993-94 „Copigraphic Interconnections“, MONTAGE 93,
Rochester, USA (Catalogue + CD-Rom)
1993 „Construction in Process IV“, Artists’ Museum,
Lodz, Poland (Catalogue)
1992 „THE SeOUL OF FLUXUS,“ Hyundai Gallery
and Won Gallery, Seoul, Korea (Catalogue)
1991 „W(H)/ALE,“ Städtische Galerie im Buntentor,
Bremen, Germany
1990 „Construction in Process III - Back in Lodz“,
Artists‘ Museum, Lodz, Poland
1988 „Processing Copies“, Western Front Gallery,
Vancouver, Canada
1987/88 „Et Cetera: International Seminars on the Arts“,
Warsaw, Poland
1985 „Festival of Fantastics“ (FLUXUS),
Galleri Sct. Agnes, Roskilde, Denmark (Video)
Performances
2008 museum FLUXUS +. with Ben Patterson,
Hommage to Emmett Williams
Museum of Modern Art, Tallin, two days of
performance with Eric Andersen, Alison Knowles,
Ben Patterson, Ben Vautier u.a. fort he opening
of the exhibition FLUXUS EAST
“FLUX-FOLK”, with Eric Andersen, Wolfgang Hainke,
Ann Noël and Ben Patterson in museum FLUXUS +,
Potsdam, with the performance “Weil Wir Es Uns
Wert Sind“
Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, Switzerland,
with Eric Andersen, Hannah Higgins,
Alison Knowles, Larry Miller and Ben Patterson
2007 „FLUXID”, Henning Christiansen, Den Frie
Udstillingsbygning, Hommahe to Emmett Williams
Schinkelhalle, Potsdam, Germany, with
„Der Maulwerker“, Hommage à Wolf Vostell
2006 Kassel, Kunsthalle Fridericianum,
fremd bin ich eingezogen, with Emmett Williams
Heidelberg, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut,
Words & Voices, with Emmett Williams
2005 Berlin, Akademie der Künste Archiv, August 18,
LOTTE LENYA'S BACK IN TOWN
Geneva, Attitudes, FESTIVAL ROARATORIO,
April 22-24 with John Giorno, Bernard Heidsieck,
Gérard-Georges Lemaire, Joan Retallack,
Anne Tardos and the group “Mösiöblö”
2004 Liverpool, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts,
October 5-6, record performances on film with
Eric Andersen, Ben Patterson and Emmett Williams
in the George Martin Studio and with students
in the auditorium
Frankfurt, Germany, Museum für Moderne Kunst,
February 17, Warhol Beuys Superstars,
directed by Michael Staab
Lille, France, Musée d'art moderne Lille Metropole,
February 7, Performance after texts of
Robert Filliou (also with Jerôme Bailleul)
Editions
2006 „The Visual Dairy, 1966-2000”, Edition and
Galerie Marlene Frei, Zurich
2005 IN VINO VERITAS I, II & III, 100 x 70 cm,
silkscreeen prints on Fabriano paper made for Arte
y Naturaleza, Madrid, each in an edition of 99 copies
and 7 Artists's proofs
2005 Souvenir de Lodz - Four-Letter Words: portfolio with
texts and photographs from the artist's visual diary
covering the 10 working days and opening of the
First Art Biennale in Lodz, Poland. Each portfolio
contains an original drawing of a letter of the alphabet,
29,7 x 21 cm, Edition of 10 portfolios made for the
EMERSON Gallery, Berlin
2004 LOVE POEM, an edition of 30 embroidered pillows,
40 x 40 cm, made for the exhibition
“Four-Letter Words” at the EMERSON Gallery, Berlin
Bibliography
2009 NOEL BERLIN/ VERONA CONZ,
Edizione Francesco Conz, Verona
2006 Williams: A Flexible History of Fluxus Facts
and Fictions, Edition Hansjörg Mayer, Thames
and Hudson, London
1996 „Mr. Fluxus - ein Gemeingschaftsportrait
von George Maciunas“, Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden“
“Mr. Fluxus - A Collective Portrait of
George Maciunas”, Thames and Hudson,
London and New York
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