Born: 1954
United States

RESUME

LIVE PERFORMANCE
BURLESGUE - Performed her own brand of burlesque called "Strip Speak" across the USA.
THE PROMETHEUS PROJECT- A performance by Richard Schechner which featured AS, at the Performing Garage, NYC.
DEEP INSIDE PORN STARS - A piece created and performed by Clulb 90, a group of seven porn stars, which premiered at the Franklin Furnace, NYC.
ANNIE SPRINKLE POST POST PORN MODERNIST - A one woman "play" written and performed by AS. First directed by Emilio Cubiero, and later by Willem De Ridder, it has been presented at The Kitchen (NYC), LeKliene Comedie (Amsterdam), Schmidt Theater (Hamburg), Buddies In Bad Times (Toronto), Highways (L.A.), Diverseworks (Houston) ...
METAMORPHOSEX - A week long sexuality workshop / rehersal with 26 local women which culminates in three sacred sex magic performance / rituals which the public is invited to witness.
HARDCORE FROM THE HEART - A multi-media "play" written and performed by AS, and Kimberly Silver.
AN INTIMATE INFORMAL SHOW AND TELL EVENING WITH ANNIE SPRINKLE - Film clips, mini performances, Q and A, readings, and improvised tips, tales and teachings.
Herstory of Porn - A one woman "play" written and performed by AS.

FILMS
DEEP INSIDE ANNIE SPRINKLE, 1982 - A full-length 35 mm feature film, written & directed by AS.
CONSENTING ADULTS - A 35mm feature docu-drama, conceived by and starring Annie.
ANNIE - A ten minute, color, 16mm film by Monika Treut; princilple charactor played by AS.
MY FATHER IS COMING - A full length 16mm feature film by Monica Treut. FEMALE MISBEHAVIOR - documentary film by Monica Treut on four women including AS.
WAR IS MENSTRUAL ENVY, Parts I, II, and III, 1990-92 - A film by Nick Zedd; appearance by AS.
SACRED SEX - A 16 mm full length documentary featuring AS.
REAL SEX 2 - An HBO special featuring AS1s workshops.
REAL SEX 3 - An HBO special featuring AS1s performances. "Wild Cards" - A Real Sex Special featuring ASŐs Post-Modern Pin-Ups: Pleasure Activist Playing Cards.
Ms. Sprinkle has appeared in 150 X-rated feature films for the sex industry. 50 8mm porn "loops". (see below *)

VIDEOS
HERSTORY OF PORN - Written and Directed by AS - 60 minute feature video - video version of her 1998 touring one-woman performance.
THE SLUTS AND GODDESSES VIDEO WORKSHOP OR HOW TO BE A SEX GODDESS IN 101 EASY STEPS - A 52-minute feature video, co-created with Maria Beatty. It features an all-woman cast starring AS. Written by AS. (1992).
RITES OF PASSION - A "tantric erotic adult fairy tale" written, directed and edited by AS. Produced by Femme.
LINDA/LES & ANNIE: THE FIRST FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL LOVE STORY - A 30-minute docu-drama, written, co-directed/co-edited by AS.
THE SPRINKLE SALON - A weekly cable TV show with Veronica Vera and Willem de Ridder.
PORTRAIT OF A PORNO STAR- INMOST, INSIDE ANNIE SPRINKLE - A 68-minute video portrait by Michelle Auder.
DEEP DECONSTRUCTION - A one-hour documentary by Steven Kolpan on the AS philosophy of sex and life.
CURRENT FLOW - An explicit sex short, produced by GMHC to teach lesbian safe sex techniques.
TEMPLE OF THE FETUS - Acted in this feature docu-drama by Cathy High, about modern reproductive technologies.
MASTURBATION MEMOIRS - A mature AS goes au naturel and "medibates" in nature. Produced by House O'Chicks

BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
ANNIE SPRINKLE'S ABC STUDY OF SEXUAL LUST AND - booklet, made with Veronica Vera and Willem De Ridder.
101 USES FOR SEX, multiple, signed limited edition of 20, Volatile, PO Box 3274, Cincinnati, OH 45201, 1990
Annie Sprinkle's Post-Modern Pin-ups: Pleasure Activist Playing Cards - 56 naked sex-positive women as a deck of playing cards, Gates of Heck, 1995
ANNIE SPRINKLE, POST PORN MODERNIST- A beautifully produced, 130 page color book, with over 500 photographs. Torch Gallery (1st printing), Art Unlimited (2nd printing)
ANNIE SPRINKLE, POST PORN MODERNIST, (3rd printing; New revised edition, Cleis Press, 1998.
XXXOOO: Love and Kisses from Annie Sprinkle - a two-volume set of mail-art postcards, Gates of Heck, 1997
101 HAZARDS FOR SEX, multiple, signed limited edition of 32, Mark Patsfall Graphics and Volatile, PO Box 3274, Cincinnati, OH 45201, 1998

WRITING
Has written and had published over 300 articles about sex for Penthouse, Hustler, Forum, Arts Magazine, Utne Reader, The Drama Review, On Our Backs, Chic, Oui, Monk Magazine, and many others. She has written (and photographed) a monthly column for Adam magazine for ten years (and still is). Her writings appear in several books; Bi Any Other Name (Alyson Press), A Vindication of the Rights of Whores (Seal Press), and Angry Women (ReSearch Publications), Ritual Sex Living With Contradictions - Controversies in Feminists Social Ethics (Westview).

TEACHING & LECTURING
Annie has taught and lectured at many museums, universities, and holistic healing centers, including The Robert J. Shiffler Foundation, Brown, Syracuse, Tyler, Columbia, NYU, Cooper Union, Dartmouth, the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), The Open Center, The Wise Woman Center, Gabriel's Siren Center (Provincetown), Omega, The Learning Annex, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Visual Arts, etc.
HOW TO BE A SEX GODDESS IN 101 EASY STEPS - A Learning Annex course for women only.
THE PLEASURES, PROFITS, AND POLITICS OF EROTIC PHOTOGRAPHY - A Learning Annex course. A 3 hour course where participants photograph live nude models.
SLUTS AND GODDESSES - A women-only, day long experimental workshop, taught internationally on a regular basis.
SACRED SEX - A three day, women only retreat which AS co-leads with Jwala.
THE PLEASURES, PROFITS AND POLITICS OF WOMEN1S SEXUALITIES IN THE 90'S - A popular lecture at sexuality conferences, colleges, etc.
BODY, HEART AND SOUL - A seven-day residential seminar for men and women to explore sacred sex, co-led with Allan Lowen. (Austrailia)
THE SECRETS OF SACRED SLUTISM - A three-hour experiential course.
SEX FOR HEALING, MEDITATION, AND AS A PATH TO ENLIGHTENMENT - A one-day workshop for men and women.
SACRED SEX TECHNOLOGIES - How to be a fabulous pleasure artist technician. A one day course.
COSMIC ORGASM AWARENESS WEEK- A week long residential seminar based on the erotic massage rituals of Joseph Kramer. (The Body Electric School-Oakland, Ca.)
NEW ANCIENT EROTIC MASSAGE RITUALS AND SENSUAL MAGICAL MYSTERY TOURS - Annie is the high priestess for three days of guided group (safe) sex magic rituals.
FUN WITH BREATH AND ENERGY ORGASMS - A three hour ecstasy breathing event.
TAOIST EROTIC YONI MASSAGE RITUAL FOR WOMEN - A day long ritual, co-led with Vision Dancer
WINGS OF JOY - Week long seminars, co-led with sufi master Dieter Jarzombek. (Europe)

PHOTOGRAPHY
Annie presently runs a fully equipped photography studio where she produces many photo sets for national and international (mostly sex) magazines. Her work has been published in American Photographer, Newsweek, Spin, Camera Austria, and dozens of Penthouse publications. Her fine art photography has been shown in galleries internationally, and is represented by Volatile, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA and Torch Gallery in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Twenty five of her photographs have been printed into postcards by Art Unlimited, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

AUDIO
THE RADIO ART FOUNDATION, Amsterdam - 11 audio tapes of radio plays, experimental music, singing, and story telling.
ANNIE SPRINKLE IN MY DREAMS - An intimate radio documentary by Steve Rathe and Leslie Peters for the New Wilderness Foundation.
SOUND SUCK - A cassette tape that comes with a "talking magazine". Produced by LOVE.
CYBORGASM - Erotic CD in 3D sound. Produced by Future Sex Magazine.
MASTURBATORIUM - A sound construction with Andrew MacKenzie and the Hafler Trio, with Clock DVA. Published on CD by Touch Music (London).

MAGAZINES
The Sprinkle Report - The newsletter devoted to Piss Art. Created with Willem De Ridder.
The Annie Sprinkle Hot Shit Book - An 80-page magazine featuring Annie's diaries. Created with Willem De Ridder. Published by LOVE magazine.
Annie Sprinkle's Bazoombas - A 48-page, color, one-shot magazine written, designed and laid out by Annie. Published by Star Publications.
THE KINKY WORLD OF ANNIE SPRINKLE - A 48-page color, one-shot magazine, totally by Annie. Published by Hudson Communications.
LOVE 83: Post Art Art in America - An 86-page magazine about "artholes" Sprinkle and Veronica Vera. Designed by Willem De Ridder. Published by LOVE magazine.
IN THE CIRCLE - Annie was art-director for this newsletter for the New York City Healing Circle for three years (bi-monthly). Mainly for people with AIDS.

EDUCATION
Ms. Sprinkle went to high school in Central America (Panama). Graduated The School of Visual Arts (NYC) with a Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts. Awarded the Rhodes Family Award for Outstanding Achievement in Photography. Attended five sessions at Linda Montano1s summer Saint Camp. Formal sex teachers include Joseph Kramer, Jwala, Betty Dodson, Kutira Decosterd, Harley Swiftdeer, Sunyata Sarawati, Allan Lowen, and Osho.

PUBLIC SERVICE & POLITICAL ACTIVIST ACTIVITIES
Worked many, many years as a prostitute - On and off for twenty years mostly in Manhattan "massage parlors".
PONY (Prostitutes of New York) -On the steering committee and chairperson of the Charity Committee. A group fighting to decriminalize prostitution. She formed the PONY Charity Committee, organizing help for sex workers in need.
THE UNION LABIA; SEX-POSITIVE FEMINISTS - Founder.
PPSS (Pornographers Promoting Safer Sex) - Founder. Sprinkle organized meetings to educate pornographers and convince them to use safer sex in their films, so they could, in turn, educate the public.

MODELING
Appeared in every major, and minor, sex magazine there is, including Hustler, Penthouse, Playboy, Stag, High Society, Club, and Enema News. She was the National Lampoon Photo Funny Girl for two years. Has posed for many artists, including painter Alice Neel and photographer Joel-Peter Witkin. She also creates many of her own self-images.

EXHIBITIONS
FICTIONS INTIMES, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
SLUTS & GODDESSES, Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
YOYOGAGA, Feature, NYC, NY
TEXT & SIGNIFIER, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
GENER EFFECTS, Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University , Bloomington, IN
PROJECTS.DOC, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
FIGURE, School of the Art Institute, Chicago, IL
Lists, C.A.G.E., Cincinnati, OH
GROUP SHOW, Robert J. Shiffler Foundation; Collection and Archive, Greenville, OH

ART COLLECTIONS
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami, FL
The Robert J. Shiffler Collection and Archive, Greenville, OH
Kim Klosterman and Michael Lowe Collection and Archive, Cincinnati, OH

ART GALLERY REPRESENTATION AND PUBLISHERS
Volatile, Cincinnati, OH
Torch Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Gates of Heck, Richmond, VA
Cleis Press, San Francisco, CA

BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE HISTORY OF THE BREAST
MORE OUT THAN IN - NOTES ON SEX, ART, AND COMMUNITY--Edited by Rachel Kaplan and Kieth Hennesy. Published by More Out Than In, c/o 848 Community Space, Divisadero, SF, CA 94117-1506. Includes an essay by AS on sex in performance.
ANGRY WOMEN--Edited by Andrea Juno and V.Vale. Re/Search Publications.
DEVIANT EYES, DEVIANT BODIES--SEXUAL RE-ORIENTATION IN FILM AND VIDEO. By Chris Straayer. Colombia University Press, NY.
VOICES FROM THE EDGE--The Crossing Press, Freedom, Ca. Conversations with Jerry Garcia, Ram Das Annie Sprinkle and others. This is Annie's favorite interview, by David Jay Brown and Rebecca McClean Novick.
READING, WRITING AND REWRITING THE PROSTITUTE BODY--By Shannon Bell. Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis. Includes a chapter on AS.
AMERICAN MYTHOLOGIES-- By Marshall Blonsky. Oxford University Press, NY. About Semiotics. Five pages on AS.
PEOPLE OF THE EARTH--THE NEW PAGANS SPEAK OUT. Ellen Evert Hopman and Lawrence Bond. Includes interview with AS about the sacred prostitute.
LIVE SEX ACTS--WOMEN PERFORMING EROTIC LABOR. BY Wendy Chapkis. Wendy interviews AS about her prostitution experiences, and also writes a chapter about her experience in ASŐs group erotic massage ritual.
BI ANY OTHER NAME--BISEXUAL PEOPLE SPEAK OUT. Edited by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu. Alyson Publications, Boston. About ASŐs expanded view of sexuality, and her advice and guidelines for sex in the 90's.
PUBLIC PRIVATES--PERFORMING GYNECOLOGY FROM BOTH ENDS OF THE SPECULUM. By Terri Kapsalis. Duke University Press, Durham and London. Includes a chapter on ASŐs Public Cervix Announcement, where she publicly shows her cervix as art.
REAL LIVE NUDE GIRL--CHRONICLES OF SEX-POSITIVE CULTURE. By Carol Queen. Cleis Press, PO Box 14684, SF, CA 94114. Includes a short story about Carol's experience performing the Masturbatorium Ritual on stage with AS.
RITUAL SEX--Edited by Tristan Taormino and David Aaron Clark. Published by Rhinocerous Books/Masquerade Books,
801 Second Ave., NYC, NY 10017. Includes step by step recipe for AS and Joe Kramer's New Ancient Erotic Massage Ritual and Magical Mystery Tours.
WHORE CARNIVAL. By Shannon Bell. Published by Autonomedia, POB 568, Williamsburgh Station, Brooklyn, NY 11211. Includes interview with AS, as well as a story by Shannon about the night she taught AS about Female Ejaculation.
MAD MONKS ON THE ROAD--A 47,000 HOUR DASHBOARD ADVENTURE. By Michael Lane and Jim Crotty. A Fireside Book, Published by Simon and Shuster, New York/London/Toronto. Includes a section about their stay at The Sprinkle Salon in it's most outrageous hey day.
PINK HIGHWAYS--TALES OF QUEER MADNESS ON THE OPEN ROAD. Michael Lane. Includes stories of Lane's road adventures with AS.
A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WHORES, about the second world whore conference. Seal Press, POB 13, Seattle, WA 98111. Includes ASŐs statements made at the conference.
FIRST PERSON SEXUAL--WOMEN AND MEN WRITE ABOUT SELF-PLEASURING. Edited by Joani Blank. Down There Press. Includes ASŐs humorous short story about what went on during the Missing Eighteen Minutes of the Nixon tapes.
WHAT WILD ECSTASY--THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION. By John Heidenry. Published by Simon and Shuster, NY. A fascinating, fact filled book with several sections about AS.
Master Breasts, Reproduction of the photo-series of "Bosom Ballet", Aperture, NYC, NY

FILMS FOR THE SEX INDUSTRY
French Shampoo, The Affairs Of Janice, Teenage Deviate, Seduction, The Night Of Submission, The Double Exposure Of Holly, Ecstacy In Blue, Expose Me Lovely, Smash'd, Honey Pie, Come With MeMy Love, Bang Bang You Got It, Call Me, Angel Sir, Satin Was A Lady, Blow Some My Way, Kathy's Graduation, Present, Pornocopia, Sensuale, Sue Prentice RN, Too Hot To Handle, Unwilling Lovers, Slippery When Wet, Once Over Nightly, The Devil Inside Her, Cherry Hustlers, Fanny, Jack and Jill, For Richer for Poorer (cameo), Satisfyers of Alpha Blue, Centerfold Fever, Pandora's Mirror, Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle (directed by AS), Bizarre Styles, Twilight Pink, Sunset Strip Girls, Consenting Adults, Orgy at Poisenberry Bar, Kneel Before me, Oriental Techniques in Pain and Pleasure, Interlude (Antionette), Painmania/Daughters Of Discipline, Pinned and Smothered, Big Busty Video 3, Sweet Revenge, She Comes In Colors, The Hornymooners, Dreams of Desire, Mature Women #2, Deep Throat 12 years After (non sex), The Lingerie Shop, Rites of Passion (Femme Productions), Bazooka County--Hotter than July, Dreams of Desire, Cat Fight, Wimps, My Father is Coming, Mystical Fettish (Kellie Everts), Straight For the Money (Documentary), Current Flow--(GMHC Safer Sex Video), Affliction--Punk/Art), Interlude (Antionette) Fetish Bonanza (Kellie Everts), Intimate Portrait of Annie Sprinkle (Michelle. Auder), 25 Year Old Gay Man Looses His, Virginity to a Woman (Phillip Roth), Electric Blue, The Leonard Report, 3 Robin Bird shows, Annie Sprinkle at the Harmony Burlesque, Gold Stripe video, Annie Sprinkle Salon (Antionette), Sacred Sex (Cinthia Connop), Teenage Massuese, As You Want It, Spitfire, Annie (Monica Treut), Sex Obsession, Advanced Sexual Techniques, Fahrenheit 220, Anal Bubbles Galore, Young Nurses In Love, Wimps, Real Sex 2 (HBO), Real Sex 3 (HBO), Wild Cards (HBO), Deep Deconstruction (Steve Kolpan), and Temple of The Fetus (Kathy High).

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT ANNIE SPRINKLE... "Fasten your seat belts: You're in for a bumpy ride through the mine fields of your own sexual prejudices. Sprinkle's fearless, joyful acceptance of sexuality in all its forms runs headlong into some of our most profound anxieties."
SF Weekly, San Francisco, CA

"I was shocked." John Waters

"Who says porn queens can't be cosmically correct?"
LA Weekly, Los Angeles, CA

"Annie Sprinkle, this porn star turned slut professor might just be on to something."
Playgirl Magazine

"In this age of repression, Annie Sprinkle offers hope for the future."
The Paper

"Sprinkle is a sort of groovy Aphrodite."
San Francisco Bay Guardian, SF, CA

"Annie Sprinkle gives new meaning to the term 'revolutionary ardor'."
The Village Voice, NYC.

"Sprinkle...is honest, challenging, and intensely provocative. Her company is exhilarating and healing."
Elle Magazine

"Annie Sprinkle, America is better for your efforts."
Frank Zappa

"Sexuality's spiritual leader"
The Globe and Mail (Canada's #1 national newspaper.)

"... a brave, challenging, pleasure affirming show."
The Scotsman.

"Miss Sprinkle is simply delightful."
Tiny Tim

"Annie Sprinkle, front line Agent of Aphrodite, is my hero."
Diane Darling, Green Egg (World's largest pagan magazine).