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Jenny Holzer
1950 Born in Gallipolis, OH (US) Since the late 1970s, when her aphoristic Truisms and her Inflammatory Essays were first posted anonymously around New York, Jenny Holzer´s work has sought to reformulate many of the givens of traditional art, especially in the context of public spaces. Writing is the basis of Holzer´s practice. Although most of Holzer´s content is original, on occasion, she works with historic or archival sources (for example, in her several commissioned permanent memorial works). To date she has written thirteen series: Truisms (1977-79), Inflammatory Essays (1979-82), Living (1980-82), Survival (1983-85), Under a Rock (1986), Laments (1989) Mother and Child (1990), War (1992), Lustmord (1993-95), Erlauf (1995), Arno (1996), Blue (1998), and OH (2001). Holzer employs her texts singly or in combination in her permanent works, installations and xenon projections. Media employed in Holzer´s practice vary. Writing is programmed into electronic signs; printed on posters and t-shirts; carved in sandstone benches, marble floors and granite sarcophagi; cast as bronze plaques; or etched on silver. Further, her statements have appeared on billboards, movie marquees, automobiles, in news magazines, and on websites, as well as being projected onto facades, walls, water and mountainsides by laser or with xenon. Holzer´s work has been shown in exhibitions and projects worldwide, including Times Square, New York (1982), Dia Art Foundation, New York (1989), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1989), 44th Venice Biennale (1990), Art Tower, Mito, Japan (1994), Centre National d´Art et de la Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris (1996), Museum of Modern Art, New York (1997), Instituto Cultural Itau, Sao Paolo, Brazil (1998), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1999), Oslo Museum of Contemporary Art, Norway (2000), and Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany (2001). In addition, she has executed permanent installations for institutions such as MAK, Vienna (1993), Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Japan (1995), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany (1996), Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain (1997), and Bundestag, Berlin (1999), as well as created memorials including, Black Garden, Nordhorn, Germany, (1994), Peace Monument, Erlauf, Austria (1995), Goerdeler Memorial, City of Leipzig (1999), and BLACKLIST, University of Southern California, Los Angeles (1999). Holzer was born on July 29, 1950, in Gallipolis, Ohio. After attending high school in Ohio and Florida, she enrolled in Duke University´s liberal arts program in 1968 and later attended the University of Chicago from 1970 to 1971. In 1972, Holzer completed her undergraduate work at Ohio University, Athens, with a bachelor´s degree in fine arts. In 1975, she entered the master of fine arts program at the Rhode Island School of Design. During her MFA studies, completed in 1977, Holzer moved to New York City to participate in the Whitney Museum´s Independent Study Program, and began her first series of public art texts. Holzer received the Leone d´Oro grand prize for best pavilion at the 44th Venice Biennale in 1990, the Skowhegan Medal for Installation from the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, in 1994, the Crystal Award from the World Economic Forum, in 1996 and a Berlin Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Berlin, 2000. Ohio University awarded her an honorary Doctorate of Arts in 1994 and Williams College awarded her an honorary Doctorate of Arts in 2000. Jenny Holzer lives and works in Hoosick, New York. She is represented by Cheim and Read, New York; Monika Spruth Galerie, Cologne; and Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris. 2006 Broken Surface Galerie Sabine Knust - Maximilian Verlag, Munich 2005 Superstars - Das Prinzip Prominenz. Von Warhol bis Madonna Kunsthalle Wien (Halle 1, Halle 2), Vienna Flashback - Revisiting the Art of the Eighties Museum für Gegenwartskunst Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Basel Exhibition of Indoor Collections Kirishima Open-Air Museum, Kagoshima History of Disappearance BALTIC The Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (England) Editionen zur Biennale Venedig Edition Schellmann, Munich 51st International Exhibition: Always a Little Further La Biennale di Venezia, Venice Net Web Art - Net Archives contenuti e forme MAXXI - Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, Rome video/text ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe Contemporary Voices: Works from the UBS Art Collection MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Auswahl 1 - Die Sammlung der Provinzial zu Gast im Museum Abteiberg Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach 2004 Jenny Holzer KUKJE GALLERY, Seoul East Village USA New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY Jenny Holzer / Lady Pink Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich VISIONS of AMERICA - Ikonen zeitgenössischer amerikanischer Kunst aus der Samml Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg Stadtlicht - Lichtkunst / Illuminated Cities - Illuminated Art Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum • Center of International Sculpture, Duisburg Jenny Holzer Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris Ein-leuchten Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg Jenny Holzer - Truth Before Power Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz Love / Hate. From Magritte to Cattelan. Villa Manin. Centro darte contemporanea, Passariano (UD) Flirts. Arte e pubblicità MUSEION - Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Bozen double bind - kunst - kinder - karriere Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen 2003 Gloria - Another Look at Feminist Art of the 1970s The RISD Museum, Providence, RI A Clear Vision: Photographic Works from the F.C. Gundlach Collection Deichtorhallen, Hamburg La Conquista de la Ubicuidad Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2003 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary Artists Books Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Gadgets and Gizmos Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ doublebind.kunst_kinder_karriere Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin s(how) - ICA Art History Project ICA-Institue of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA privat/öffentlich - private/public Häusler Contemporary, Munich Visual Poetics - Art and the Word Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL Der Text ist eine Lüge Dany Keller Galerie, Munich M_ARS - Art and War Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz Air James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Text Massage Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid Email Art - a contemporary art electronic exhibition the centre of attention, London (England) Multiples - Holzer/LeWitt SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo Multiformity: Multiples from the MCA Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL Impressions Galerie Beyeler, Basel Vapor Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY Jenny Holzer Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich Desenhistas e Coloristas Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo Jenny Holzer - Project for the National Gallery Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin Formen der Gewalt Gabriele Rivet, Cologne 2001 Cross References: -Celebrating the Stuart Collection Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD La Jolla, La Jolla, CA Jenny Holzer Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey - MARCO, Monterrey, NL ohne zögern / without hesitation - Die Sammlung Olbricht Teil 2 Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen Ohne Zögern - Without Hesitation - Sammlung Olbricht Teil II Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst e.V. Bremen, Bremen Jenny Holzer OH, Installation pour la Grande Nef de l’Entrepôt capc Musée dart contemporain, Bordeaux Points of Departure: Connecting with Contemporary Art San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Blondies and Brownies - weiß weiß bin ich auch Aktionsforum Praterinsel, Munich Glossalgia Frissiras Museum, Athens 2000 Art/light Galerie Beyeler, Basel Jenny Holzer Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo einräumen - Arbeiten im Museum Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Jenny Holzer Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires On Language Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY The Sirens - Jenny Holzer - Sam Samore Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels 1999 Private eye - Crimes & Cases Haus am Waldsee, Berlin 48th Venice Biennale La Biennale di Venezia, Venice Internationale Beiträge zur Lichtkunst Galerie Friebe, Lüdenscheid Sol LeWitt and Jenny Holzer SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo Looking at Ourselves: Works by Women Artists from the Logan Collection San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA 1998 Louise Bourgeois / Jenny Holzer / Helmut Lang Kunsthalle Wien (Karlsplatz, project space), Vienna A Choice from the Collection Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven Read My Lips National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT Lustmord - Jenny Holzer The UniSA Art Museum, Adelaide, SA Representing galleries 13 Belgium Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels Brazil Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo France Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris Germany Monika Sprüth · Philomene Magers, Cologne Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Munich Edition Schellmann, Munich Japan SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo Korea (Republic) KUKJE GALLERY, Seoul United Kingdom Sprüth Magers Lee London, London (England) USA Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, NY Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, DC Public collections 17 Austria Sammlung Essl - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg Canada National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia Germany Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Munich Italy Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Poland The Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw Spain Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao CAC Centro de Arte Contemporáneo Malága, Málaga United Kingdom Tate Modern, London (England) USA Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago - MCA Chicago, Chicago, IL Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
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