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Joseph Johannes (Joop) Visser (also Joseph John Visser) (Sneek, November 26, 1946) is a Dutch composer, artist (artist's-books, etchings) poet and translater. 1949-1954 Introduction to music by his mother, the pianist Elisabeth Johanna van Zanten (focus on Frank Martin, Benjamin Britten, Bela Bartok and Igor Stravinsky). 1954-1969 Studied piano and composition under his mother and (since 1958) under Willem Keessen. 1964 A positive test to start a study at the Amsterdam Conservatory, but chose to study visual arts. 1964-1965 'Rijks Normaalschool voor Teekenleraren', Academieklas, Amsterdam (pre academic drawing classes) 1965-1970 Rijks Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam. 3 years department of Fine Arts (painting and graphic arts), and 2 years department of Art related to Architecture (State Academy for Fine Arts Amsterdam) 1968-1970 evening classes Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam (Amsterdam Academy for Architecture) 1969-1971 specialised as a master printer (etching and lithography) under Jan Forrer, Weesp 1970 married to Ludi Haantjes 1970 - ±1980 taught in graphic courses in the Netherlands and was a drawing teacher in schools in Amstelveen and Aalsmeer. 1970-onwards living and working as a visual artist and composer first in Aalsmeer, since 1974 in Easterlittens, Joseph had a few hundred international presentations in biennales, triennials, group- and solo exhibitions, and has been involved in artist in residencies in Belgium, England, Germany, Austria, Lithuania and Italy. 1981 starting the printers workshop and studio Atelier It Plein 19 (all printing techniques) in Friesland. This studio made an international name as ATELIER IT PLEIN 19 - Oosterlittens/Rotterdam when working with Nancy Knaap and Jacob Baars (in private projects) as a studio and publishinghouse for artist's-books.The Atelier's artists'-books are in collections (private and institutional) e.g. Collectie Nederland, Smithonian Institute, America, Österreichische National Bibliothek, Wien Österreich, Javoro Bibliothek, Burgas, Bulgaria. 1980-1985 tutor at the Academy for fine Arts, Kampen (fine-arts & grafics dep.) 1993 foundation of the 'Book/Work/Research' Trust. The aims of the Trust are: a. to stimulate studies (fundamental research) in the field of the artists-book, b. 'safe keeping' of books (a small collection) and materials collected in the progressing work of the artists of 'Atelier It Plein 19' over the years ( a small collection of great variety). The collections have a few items that are indeed museum pieces. These are there only to have a complete studio, ready and available to make prototypes at any time. The trust may invite international artists for smaller projects in the field of book-art. 1984-2012 registered as a composer in the 'Register van Nederlandse Toonkunstenaars'. 1993-2016 designed each year a calendar for Drukkerij Douma Dokkum

His music is played in Europe, America, Australia and Japan (by Fredy Langerhuizen van Zanten, Tom Korf, François Mollinger van Eeden, Louis Levelt, Kristina Sandulova, Yurii Khomskii, Auke de Boer, Mirjam Boers and others). Specialises in composing for early keyboard instruments, piano and carillon (for the grand instrument of Saint Martin's church in Groningen and it's much lighter 'sister' in the townhall of Dokkum as well as for the 11 bell chime of York Minster). He is an 'old school' master printer (manual printing techniques) & works with computer related techniques (especially all possible off-set pre press and printing methods, plasma cutting and laser burning. Since 1975 writer of poetry and dramatic play in English and Dutch (translated into German, Bulgarian and Frisian), writer of studies on artists'-books, translator of poetry (Latin, Mediaeval-French, M-Italian, M-Spanish, Old English and Early Gael into Dutch and modern English, and Bulgarian into Dutch and English). The subjects that he writes essays on are artists'-books and their history and music. His work is represented on the Mainzer MiniPressen Messe, the Frankfurter Buchmesse, Frauenfelder Buchmesse, and the Leipziger Buchmesse. 1999-2013 he was treasurer and exhibition curator of the Frisian Graphic Arts Museum, Joure. He was and is a jury-member for exhibitions and prices (art and artist's-books): Internationale Senefelder-Preis für Lithografie (Offenbach, Duitsland) en de Artist's-Books Triennial, Vilnius, Lithuania

J.J. Visser's personal webpages Stichting Boek/Werk/Onderzoek http://www.senefelderstiftung.com/data/htmdeu/deufram.htm http://exhibitions.artistsbook.lt/2013/09/24/7th-international-artists-book-triennial-vilnius-2015/ https://www.facebook.com/joop.visser.16?ref= http://www.drukkerijdouma.nl/douma-kalenders/