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Basic data
Jenny Holzer is a contemporary conceptual and installation artist known primarily for her multimedia text-based projects and installations in public spaces. The content of her works focuses on themes such as violence, abuse of power, war, death, as well as sexuality and feminism. Language thereby becomes her central design element.
- Born on: 29. July 1950
- Place of birth: Gallipolis, Ohio, USA
- Nationality: American art
- Studied at: Ohio University, Rhode Island School of Design New York
- Similar Artists: Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, Edward Ruscha, Wolfgang Tillmans
- Era: Contemporary art
Exhibitions
- 27.11.21 – 20.03.22 Macht! Licht! – Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.
- 18.09.21 – 09.01.22 NEW ORDER. Über Kunst und Ordnung in ungewissen Zeiten - Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg.
- 09.09.21 – 12.01.22 Deep Truth – Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede.
- 04.09.21 – 21.11.21 Die relative Vermessung der Welt – Kunstsammlung Jena.
- 22.06.21 – 31.10.21 THE GREEK GIFT – Deste Foundation, Nea Ionia.
- 27.03.21 – 15.08.21 „Jeder Mensch ist ein Künstler.“ Kosmopolitische Übungen mit Joseph Beuys - K20/K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen.
- 31.10.20 – 05.04.21 IN ALLER MUNDE ... - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.
- 07.09.20 – 31.01.21 PUSH THE LIMITS - Fondazione Merz, Turin.
- 28.08.20 – 22.11.20 Flashpoints – Statens museum for kunst – SMK, Copenhagen.
- 16.05.20 – 13.09.20 Macht! Licht! – Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg.
- 14.04.20 – 14.09.20 Flower Blast : Artist from the Ludwig Collection - Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen.
- 26.10.19 – 26.01.20 Direct Message: Art, Language, and Power - MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
- 01.09.19 – 24.11.19 Maskulinitäten - Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf.
- 30.05.19 – 01.09.19 Jenny Holzer. Tutta la verità - GAMeC Bergamo.
- 01.12.18 – 10.05.19 PRISM: The art and science of light - The Glucksman, Cork.
- 18.10.18 – 14.04.19 Sam Pulitzer. Whim or Sentiment or Chance - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin.
- 14.10.18 – 06.01.19 Picture Industry: A Provisional History of the Technical Image, 1844–2018 - LUMA Foundation, Arles.
- 18.09.19 – 06.01.19 Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- 09.09.18 – 10.06.19 REMEMBER TO REACT: 60 YEARS OF COLLECTING - NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale.
- 08.06.18 – 01.09.18 7. Triennale der Photographie Hamburg 2018 - Triennale der Photographie Hamburg.
Awards
- 1990: Golden Lion of the Venice Biennale
Films
- Jenny Holzer - Two Portraits by Claudia Müller: Protect Me From What I Want, Independent-Film/Internationaler Film, Director Claudia Müller, 53 min, Germany 2011.
Literature
- Jenny Holzer. War paintings, Kristen Asp (Publ.), Thomas Kellein (Publ.), Cologne 2015.
- Endgame, Skarstedt Gallery (Publ.), Berlin 2012.
- Jenny Holzer, David Breslin (Publ.), Ostfildern 2009.
- Jenny Holzer - die Macht des Wortes, Söke Dinkla (Publ.), Ostfildern-Ruit 2006.
- Jenny Holzer, Michael Auping, New York 1992.
Collections
Germany
- Berlin - Kunst im Deutschen Bundestag
- Cologne - Museum Ludwig Köln
- München - Das Lenbachhaus
- Munich - Sammlung Goetz
- Frankfurt - Sammlung Deutsche Bank
- Berlin - me Collectors Room Berlin
- Hamburg - Hamburger Kunsthalle
England
- London - Tate Collection
France
- Paris - Fondation Louis Vuitton
- Avignon - Collection Lambert, Avignon °
Austria
Spain
- Bilbao - Guggenheim Bilbao
Portugal
- Lisbon - Museu Berardo
USA
- New York - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- New York - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
- Chicago - MCA Museum of Contemporary Art
- Miami - RUBELL FAMILY COLLECTION Miami °
- Miami - CIFO Art Space
- Los Angeles - Broad Contemporary Art Museum Santa Monica / The Broad Art Foundation
- Saint Louis - Saint Louis Art Museum
- Washington - Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery (SAAM)
Weblinks
- Jenny Holzer Kunstaspekte Exhibition and collection overview.
