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Jenny Holzer

1950 - Today

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Jenny Holzer (born July 29, 1950) is an American neo-conceptual artist, based in Hoosick, New York. Her work focuses on the delivery of words and ideas in public spaces and includes large-scale installations, advertising billboards, projections on buildings and other structures, and illuminated electronic displays. Holzer belongs to the feminist branch of a generation of artists that emerged around 1980, and was an active member of Colab during this time, participating in the famous Times Square Show. Among the most notable honors she has received for her contributions to the arts are the Leone d'Oro (1990), the World Economic Forum's Crystal Award (1996), the rank of Officier des Arts et des Lettres (2016), the U.S. State Department's International Medal of Arts (2017), and the Time 100 Award (2024), as well as honorary doctorates from Williams College, the Rhode Island School of Design, the New School, and Smith College. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jenny Holzer has received more than 857,835 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jenny Holzer is the 1,699th most popular painter (down from 1,486th in 2019), the 6,269th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,032nd in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Jenny Holzer ranks 1,699 out of 2,023. Before her are Mordecai Ardon, Christian Wilhelm Allers, Thérèse Schwartze, Karl Bodmer, Richard Anuszkiewicz, and Norah Borges. After her are Henry Scott Tuke, Yannis Tsarouchis, Hashimoto Gahō, Albert Küchler, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, and William Merritt Chase.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Jenny Holzer ranks 352. Before her are Shoko Hamada, Jorma Ollila, Maurilio De Zolt, George Yonashiro, Ian McNeice, and Nicholas Hammond. After her are Trevor Bolder, Antonio Di Pietro, Susan George, Boris Morukov, Frank Silva, and David Lloyd.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jenny Holzer ranks 6,269 out of 20,380. Before her are Wayne Rogers (1933), Peter Norton (1943), Robert John Burke (1960), Gregg Toland (1904), Billy Barty (1924), and Hamilton Luske (1903). After her are Carolee Schneemann (1939), Ancel Keys (1904), Christopher McQuarrie (1968), Ben Hogan (1912), Harrison Young (1930), and Lindsey Vonn (1984).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Jenny Holzer ranks 85. Before her are Chuck Close (1940), John William Casilear (1811), Frederic Remington (1861), John Baldessari (1931), Morris Louis (1912), and Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930). After her are William Merritt Chase (1849), Robert Ryman (1930), Theodore Robinson (1852), Mike Kelley (1954), Cecilia Beaux (1855), and Washington Allston (1779).

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