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1950
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Born in Gallipolis, OH
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1968 - 1970
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Attended Duke University, Durham, NC
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1970 - 1971
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Attended the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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1972
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B.F.A., Ohio University, Athens, OH
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1977
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Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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1990
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Leone d’Oro, XLIV Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
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1994
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Honorary Doctorate of Arts, University of Ohio, Athens, OH
Skowhegan Medal for Installation, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
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1996
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Crystal Award, World Economic Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
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2000
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Berlin Prize Fellowship, The American Academy in Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Honorary Doctorate of Arts, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
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2001
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BZ – Kulturpreis, Berliner Zeitung, Berlin, Germany
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2002
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Kaiserring, City of Goslar, Germany
Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, France
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2003
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Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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2003 - 2004
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Resident in Visual Arts, American Academy, Rome, Italy
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2004
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Public Art Network Award, Americans for the Arts, Washington, D.C., and New York, 2004
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2005
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Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, New School University, New York, New York
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2006
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Urban Visionaries Award, The Cooper Union, New York, New York
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2009
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Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts
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2009
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Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts
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2010
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LA MOCA Award for Distinguished Women in the Arts, Los Angeles, California
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Lives and works in Hoosick, NY
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2013 |
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Beg, Borrow and Steal - Palm Springs Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA |
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2013 |
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Language Games - Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Cáceres |
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2012 |
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The Future Please, L&M, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Endgame, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, New York (solo) |
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2011 |
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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) |
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2010 |
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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 |
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2009 |
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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) |
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2008 |
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Jenny Holzer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
Detained, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, London, England (solo)
Projections, MassMoCa, North Adams, MA (solo) |
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2007 |
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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) |
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2006 |
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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) |
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2004 |
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Jenny Holzer with poetry by Henri Cole, Yvon Lambert, Paris, France (solo) |
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2003 |
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Jenny Holzer, Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar, Germany (solo) |
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2002 |
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Protect Me From What I Want: The Multiples and Editioned Works of Jenny Holzer, Printed Matter, Inc., New York, NY (solo) |
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2001 |
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Festival d’Automne à Paris, Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France (solo)
Jenny Holzer: Oh, Capc Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France (solo)
Jenny Holzer, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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2000 |
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Jenny Holzer, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil (solo)
Jenny Holzer, Fundacion Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo) |
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1999 |
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Jenny Holzer: Proteja–Me do Que Eu Quero, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo, Accompanied by light projections in Rio de Janeiro) |
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1999 |
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Jenny Holzer: The Living Series, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany (solo) |
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1999 |
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Jenny Holzer: Blue, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, USA (solo) |
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1998 |
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Jenny Holzer: Blue, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France (solo) |
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1998 |
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Jenny Holzer: Blue, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, USA (solo) |
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1998 |
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Blue, Instituto Cultural Itaú, São Paulo, Brazil (solo) |
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1997 |
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Jenny Holzer: LUSTMORD, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA (solo) |
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1996 - 1997 |
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Jenny Holzer: LUSTMORD, Kunstmuseum des Kantons Thurgau, Kartause Ittingen, Warth, Switzerland (solo) |
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1995 - 1996 |
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Jenny Holzer: From the Laments Series, 1989,Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA (solo) |
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1995 |
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Lustmord, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne, USA (solo) |
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1994 - 1995 |
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Jenny Holzer, Art Gallery Atrium, Fukuoka, Japan (solo) |
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1994 |
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Jenny Holzer, Art Tower Mito, Contemporary Art Center, Mito, Japan (solo) |
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1994 |
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Lustmord, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA (solo) |
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1993 - 1994 |
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Jenny Holzer: The Venice Installation, from the Collection of Mort and Marlene Meyerson, Dallas Museum of Art, USA (solo) |
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1993 |
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Da Wo Frauen Sterben, Bin Ich Hellwach, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (solo) |
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1993 |
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Street Art: Jenny Holzer, Centre for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsa, Poland (solo) |
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Selected Public Collections |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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Tate Collection, London, England
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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2008 |
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Smith, Elizabeth A.T. Jenny Holzer. Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2008. |
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2007 |
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Storr, Robert. Jenny Holzer: Redaction Paintings. New York: Cheim and Read, 2007. |
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