Biography


Annabel Howland
Lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Solo and duo exhibitions (selection):
2009 Liminal Cuts (solo) Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2006 Launch of Howworld.
2006 Drains, Cables, and Cuts, (solo) part of Silicon Fen by Film & Video Umbrella and Norwich School of Art and Design, King’s Lynn Art Centre & Babylon Gallery, Ely, England.
2004 Stay, Futura (solo), Prague, Czech Republic
2003 Lines of Disposition. Lines of Site. Archipel (solo), Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
2003 Expanding Cuts, TENT.’s Curve, Rotterdam Photo Biennial, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
2002 Cut Land/Terre Tranchée, Centre VU (solo exhib. & residency), Quebec, Canada (cat.).
2001 Galerie Ron Mandos, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
1999 Hotel New York, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, USA.
1999 Peripheral(s), (solo) Grafisch Atelier Utrecht, Netherlands.
1998 AIR, Galerie MK, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
1997 Resonances, (solo), Pand Paulus, Schiedam, Netherlands.
1994 Valuta/Currencies, (solo) Rotterdam Photo Biennial, De Vaalserberg, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Group exhibitions/projects (selection):
2011 Genius without Talent de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010 Digitaal? Analoog! Huis Marseille Museum for Photography, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2008 There is No Road (The Road is Made by Walking), Laboral, Gijón, Spain
2005 Kersvers, Club 11, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2004 Tracer, Para-education Department (Annie Fletcher and Sarah Pierce) Witte de with Center for Contemporary Art/Tent. Rotterdam, Netherlands (cat.).
2004 Moving, Artwalk, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2003 Willekeur en/of Het Goed Geproportioneerde Lichaam, Artis, Den Bosch, Netherlands.
2003 Non-Members Only, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2002 Perspective 2002, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
2002 Amsterdamse Visite, De Parel bij Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2002 Selective Whole, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, USA (cat.).
2001 Navigation, Adrift at Stubnitz Las Palmas, Rotterdam, Netherlands (cat.).
2001 Landscape Trauma in the Age of Scopophilia, Cafe Gallery, London / Leeds Met. University Gallery, Leeds, England. Curated: Richard Hylton, Autograph ABP (cat.)
2001 Multipel Meervoud Parel, Amsterdam (cat.), Netherlands.
1999 Mois de la Photo à Montréal SKOL centre des arts actuels, Montréal (Québec), Canada (cat.) Special Mention, Le Prix Contact du Mois de la photo à Montréal
1999 and...and...and...and..., Consortium, Amsterdam, Netherlands (see below).
1996 Computer World, The Tannery, London, England.
1996 Zero Time, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England (see below).
1992 Snapshot Politics, Provinciaal Museum Hasselt, B / CBK Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Permanent:
2004 Perspectives, permanent work the central hall of St Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2004 Trebesice Tracks, commissioned by Alberto di Stefano for Chateau Trebesice,
Czech Republic
2004 West, permanent photo & glass screen around the central hall and the staff restaurant of St Lucas Andreas Hospital, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Publications (selection):

Index #2, Australia 2011
There Is No Road (The Road is Made by Walking)
ed. Steven Bode with essays by Steven Bode, Sean Cubitt, George Stolz and Fernando García-Dory, Gijón 2009.
Silicon Fen, edited by Simon Willmoth and Steven Bode with texts by Iain Sinclair, Simon Willmoth, Steven Bode, Sean Cubitt and Tom Williamson. Norwich/London 2008.
S.Mag. no. 1, 2007, (Magazine about art and culture on/at sea), ‘Het Zeedelijk. A Turquoise Place’. Satellietgroep (The Hague) www.satellietgroep.nl
Fjoezzz, no. 1, 2006, ‘Glas in de openbare ruimte. Deel 2’ (Glass in public space)
Kersvers No.1 magazine, Tommyz Toko/Vrienden Communicatie, Amsterdam 2005
Stay Cat. Futura/Castle Trebesice/Netherlands Embassy, Prague 2005
Kersvers No.0 magazine, Tommyz Toko/Vrienden Communicatie, Amsterdam 2004
Perspective 2002, Cat. Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast 2002
Selective Whole, Cat. Parel Amsterdam/Raid Projects, Los Angeles 2002
Cut Land/Terre Tranchée, Centre VU, Quebec City 2002
Landscape Trauma in the Age of Scopophilia, Cat. Autograph ABP 2001
HNY P.S.1, Jeanne van Heeswijk/Artimo Foundation, pp. 116-119, Amsterdam 2001
SKOL 1999-2000 Cat. SKOL centre des arts actuels, Montréal 2000
Snapshot Politics Cat. Provinciaal Museum Hasselt/ CBK Rotterdam 1992

Other:
2003 Residency, Castle Tresebice, Czech Republic.
2002 Residency, Centre VU, Quebec City, Canada.
1998-99 Initiator and organizer of and...and...and...and... (Alexandre David, Joseph Grigely, Annabel Howland, Brighid Lowe, Imogen Stidworthy), Consortium, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
1999 Photograph for Mitsubishi, Rotterdam, the Netherlands commissioned by Moriko Kira (architect).
1996 Co-organizer and initiator of the exhibition Zero Time, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England (Tariq Alvi, Craig Bell, Caspar Berger, Annabel Howland, Brighid Lowe, Arthur Neve, Keiko Sato).

Education:
1990-92 Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands.
1986-90 Slade School of Fine Art, London, England.
1989 Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany.
1985-86 Winchester School of Art and Design, England.

 

 

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