Jenny Holzer
On July 29, 1950, Jenny Holzer was born in Gallipolis, Ohio, a fact recorded by the Library of Congress under the authorized label Holzer, Jenny, 1950-. She is a citizen of the United States, and her work falls within the conceptual art movement and the genre of installation art.
Holzer studied at Ohio University, then at the University of Chicago, and later at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her occupations span a notable range: she works as a sculptor, painter, conceptual artist, installation artist, visual artist, draftsperson, and jewelry designer. Her practice uses the English language as a material, and she is associated with both conceptual art and installation art as defining contexts for her work.
Among her notable works is 125 Years. She has received the Prix de Rome and the Berlin Prize, two awards that appear in the record of her career alongside the breadth of disciplines her practice encompasses.
The Library of Congress catalogs her under the authorized label Holzer, Jenny, 1950-, placing her formally within the documentary record of American cultural life. Her notable work 125 Years stands as a concrete reference point in a practice that spans sculpture, painting, installation, draftsmanship, and jewelry design, and that has been recognized with both the Prix de Rome and the Berlin Prize.
Quotes by Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer's insights on:
That's the test of street art - to see if anybody stopped. People would cross out ones they didn't like and would star others. I liked that people would engage with them.
Usually going places makes me feel optimistic. And I’m a hillbilly, so heading to the countryside made sense a number of ways.
I was hesitant to approach people. I’m socially awkward. But I was working on a number of memorials, and finally it dawned on me: These are memorials to people who wrote, so I should use their writing. That’s how I started to quit.
