Michèle Noach
Artoonist
Michèle Noach joined Cape Farewell on the 2004 Art/Science Expedition. Taking almost three weeks the Cape Farewell crew circumnavigated Spitsbergen, the main island of the Svalbard archipelago, aboard the Noorderlicht - sailing almost as far North as possible. Following the expedition Michèle produced her series of 'Lenticulars', featured in the Cape Farewell book Burning Ice, and exhibited with Art & Climate Change. She returned to the Arctic on her second voyage with Cape Farewell in September 2008, joining the Disko Bay Expedition.
In 2007 Cape Farewell visited The Lost Gardens of Heligan, pre-cursor to creation of Eden Project, as part of our long term collaboration with the Eden Project. From this start point Michèle has worked with both Heligan and Eden Project on several projects, including, The Glasshouse Men, an installation of lenticulars in the greenhouses at The Lost Gardens of Heligan in November 2008.
In September 2009, an abridged version of the 2008 Curwen show One Mouse, One Dollar, No Refund was exhibited in the beautiful Hawksmoor Rectory of Spitalfields.
"I absolutely refuse to leave until we are able to take back with us something in the nature of a chart."
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 'The Lost World'
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1963 |
Born in Paddington, Australia |
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1964-9 |
Move to Holland, USA, Australia and Holland again before settling in London |
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1970 |
Discover 'Ant and Bee' |
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1972 |
See 'Dougal and the Blue Cat' |
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1973 |
Collect first of many lenticular images |
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1976 |
Hear 'New Rose' by The Damned |
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1981 |
Become crossword compiler for The New Musical Express
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1982 |
Severe electrical shock (accidental)
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1984 |
Bitten by spider (unidentified) in Australian outback |
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1985 |
Start printmaking
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1987 |
Commissioned artist for Liberty of London
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1989 |
Establish studio in London |
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1990 |
Ship etching press to Australia and back
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1993 |
Qualify in British Sign Language |
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2002 |
First US exhibition and visit to Sonoran Desert |
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2004 |
Fall on ice (whilst skating) in Svalbard, High Arctic
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2006 |
Art & environment study in Sonoran Desert
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2008 |
The Glasshouse Men: Installation in greenhouses at the Lost Gardens of Heligan.
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2009
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Artist in residence at the Eden Project, working on Arctic poppies
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"Even Michèle Noach’s measuring instruments made some kind of sense. Sort of"
Sam Wollaston, The Guardian
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