Jenny Holzer
Artist
Biography
Jenny Holzer (born 1950) is an American neo-conceptual artist based in Hoosick and New York City. Her work centres on the delivery of words and ideas in public space, through large-scale installations, advertising billboards, projections on buildings and other structures, and electronic displays. Part of the feminist generation of artists who emerged around 1980, she was an active member of Colab and took part in The Times Square Show. Her honours include the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale (1990), the rank of Officier des Arts et des Lettres (2016) and the U.S. State Department’s International Medal of Arts (2017).