
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.
| | 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 |

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