ANN NOËL
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 at 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 | |
| 1987 | 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), |
| Herzegowina, 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)
| 2014 | Potpourri, Emerson Gallery Berlin |
| 2013 | Give & Take, CEAC- Chinese European Art |
| Center, Xiamen, China | |
| Musings, Emerson Gallery Berlin | |
| 2012 | REVERIE, Galeria AT, Posen, Poland |
| 2011 | Keys to My Heart, Galerie und Edition |
| Marlene Frei, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 2008 | Ann Noël, Anna Leonowens Gallery, |
| NSCAD University, Halifax, Canada | |
| 2007 | Combines, Galerie & Edition Marlene |
| Frei, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| Synoptikon, Emerson Gallery Berlin | |
| 2005 | Circles, Colours, Collages, Galeria |
| Oko/ Oucho, Posen, Poland | |
| 2004 | Four Letter Words, Emerson Gallery 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, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 2000 | Windows on the World, Galerie AT, |
| Posen, Poland | |
| 1998 | Odds & Ends, Galerie & Edition Marlene |
| Frei, Zurich, Switzerland | |
| 1997 | The Details of Living, Galerie Beim |
| Steinernen Kreuz, Bremen | |
| 1996 | Ann Noël mit Emmett Williams, Galerie 13, |
| Hannover | |
| 1994 | Der Reihe Nach, Galeria Dziekanka, |
| Warsaw, Poland | |
| Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin | |
| 1991 | KONVERGENZEN II, mit Ruth Tesmar, |
| Festspielgalerie, Berlin (Catalogue) | |
| 1990 | Mala Kolekcyja (Small Collections), |
| Galeria AT, Posen, Poland | |
| 1984 | Conflux, Galeria Akumulatory, Warsaw, and |
| 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 |
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. |
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| FLUX-FOLK, with Eric Andersen, Wolfgang | |
| Hainke, Ann Noël and Ben Patterson at | |
| 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, Hommage to Emmett | |
| Williams. | |
| Schinkelhalle, Potsdam, with | |
| Der Maulwerker, Hommage to 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, record performances on film | |
| with Eric Andersen, Ben Patterson and Emmett | |
| Williams at the George Martin Studio with | |
| students in the auditorium. | |
| Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst, | |
| Warhol Beuys Superstars, | |
| directed by Michael Staab. | |
| Lille, Musée d’art moderne Lille Metropole, | |
| Performance à partir de textes de | |
| Robert Filliou (also with Jerôme Bailleul). |
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 | |
| 2008 | FLUX-FOLK, with Eric Andersen, Wolfgang |
| Hainke and Ben Patterson in the | |
| museum FLUXUS + | |
| 2006 | Fluxus Festival and exhibition with Ay-O, |
| Jürgen Olbrich and Emmett Willimas in | |
| Ono. Fukui Prefecture, Japan. | |
| terra incognita – Topsy-Turvy Topography, | |
| Kunsthalle Bremen | |
| 2005 | Fama Fluxus Mythos Beuys |
| Sindelfingen, Projekte Sindelfingen, | |
| Intermezzo IV, Emerson Gallery Berlin, | |
| with Victor Kégli, Ann Noel and Ryszard Wasko | |
| 2004 | First Art Biennale in Lodz, Poland |
| 2003 | VERY BRITISH?, Die Drostei, Pinneberg, |
| Germany | |
| 2002 | Sammlung Walter & Maria Schnepel, |
| Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen | |
| 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 (Katalog) | |
| 1998 | Construction in Process VI, Artists’ |
| Museum, Melbourne, Australia (Catalogue) | |
| 1997 | Tuchfühlung, Group 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 (Katalog + CD-Rom) | |
| 1993 | Construction in Process IV, Artists’ |
| Museum, Lodz, Poland (Catalogue) | |
| 1992 | THE SeOUL OF FLUXUS, Hyundai Gallery |
| and Won Gallery, Seoul, Korea (Katalog) | |
| 1991 | W(H)/ALE, Städtische Galerie im Buntentor, |
| Bremen | |
| 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) | |
Bibliography (Selection)
| 2011 | Rock ‘N’ Roll History of Art, with Ann Noël and |
| Grzegorz Pleszynski, Municipal Gallery bwa in | |
| Bydgoszcz. | |
| 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 |