Jenny Holzer

(American, born 1950)

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Jenny Holzer

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Jenny Holzer

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Jenny Holzer

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Biography

Timeline

1950
Born in Gallipolis, OH
1968 - 1970
Attended Duke University, Durham, NC
1970 - 1971
Attended the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1972
BFA, Ohio University, Athens, OH
1977
Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
MFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1990
Leone d’Oro, XLIV Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1994
Honorary Doctorate of Arts, University of Ohio, Athens, OH
Skowhegan Medal for Installation, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1996
Crystal Award, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
2000
Berlin Prize Fellowship, The American Academy in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Honorary Doctorate of Arts, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
2001
BZ – Kulturpreis, Berliner Zeitung, Berlin, Germany

Exhibitions

2013
Beg, Borrow and Steal - Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
Language Games - Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Cáceres
2012
The Future Please, L&M, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Endgame, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
2011
Jenny Holzer: Retro, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
Jenny Holzer, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea (solo)
Jenny Holzer, Art Stations Foundation, Poznan, Poland (solo, Accompanied by light projections in Poznan)
2010
Jenny Holzer, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK (solo)
Jenny Holzer, DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada (solo)
Jenny Holzer: Retro, Skarstedt Gallery, New York , USA (solo)
TOP SECRET, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France (solo)
ARTIST ROOMS: Jenny Holzer, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2009
Jenny Holzer: For Siena, Santa Maria della Scala, Sienne, Italy (solo)
Jenny Holzer, Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland (solo)
Jenny Holzer: 20th anniversary of the Pyramid of the Louvre, Paris, France (solo)
Jenny Holzer, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY (solo)
2008
Jenny Holzer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
Detained, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, London, England (solo)
Projections, MassMoCa, North Adams, MA (solo)
2007
Secret, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Cologne and Munich, Germany (solo)
Galería Javier López, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Nothing Follows, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France (solo)
Recent Works, the Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, HI (solo)
Jenny Holzer, The Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Jenny Hozer, Beaumontpublic, Luxembourg (solo)
Jenny Holzer, The Museum of Sketches for Public Art, Lund, Sweden (solo)
2006
Jenny Holzer, XX, MAK, Vienna, Austria (solo)
Jenny Holzer, Night Feed, Yvon Lambert, New York, NY (solo)
Jenny Holzer, SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo, Japan (solo)
Jenny Holzer, Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia (solo)
2004
Jenny Holzer with poetry by Henri Cole, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France (solo)

Public Collections

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Tate Collection, London, England
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Literature

2008
Smith, Elizabeth A.T. Jenny Holzer. Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2008.
2007
Storr, Robert. Jenny Holzer: Redaction Paintings. New York: Cheim and Read, 2007.