Alison Knowles
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- Works
- 16
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- Ollie and His Super Powers!
- Ollie and His Super Powers!!
- Ollie and the Magic Workshop
- Ollie and the Silver Stripe
- Ollie and the Golden Stripe
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Alison Knowles (b. 1933) is an American artist who produced work in a number of forms. Knowles was very active in the Fluxus movement, and continues to create work inspired by her Fluxus experience. She has created work that incorporates performance, radio, and sound, papermaking, and printmaking. She graduated from the Pratt Institute in New York with an honors degree in fine art. Knowles was married to the Fluxus artist and prominent intermedia theorist, Dick Higgins, from 1960 to 1970, and ag
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alison
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Scarsdale
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Dick Higgins
- Child
- Hannah Higgins
- Occupation
- painter
- Educated at
- Pratt Institute
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- documenta 8
- Student of
- Richard Lindner
- Field of work
- installation art
- Movement
- Fluxus
- Image
- Alison Knowles - Speaking Portraits.jpg
- Work location
- Amsterdam
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- date of birth
- 1933-04-29
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- floruit
- 2002-01-01
- catalog code
- 329
- Commons category
- Alison Knowles
- date of death
- 2025-10-29
- name in native language
- Alison Knowles
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