Artist profile
Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer is an American conceptual artist renowned for her provocative text-based artworks across public spaces, LED displays, stone benches, and architectural projections. Emerging in the late 1970s with her landmark 'Truisms' series, her work interrogates power dynamics, politics, war, violence, and communication in contemporary society. She represented the United States at the 1990 Venice Biennale, winning the prestigious Leone d'Oro.
Ranking metrics
Cofactor
185.46
Credential score
5875.0
Reference 80×100cm
$229,950
Credentials
- Nationality
- American
- Museum exhibitions
- 250
- Solo exhibitions
- 140
- Group exhibitions
- 600
- Museum collections
- Museum of Modern Art (New York), Tate (London), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
- Gallery representation
- Hauser & Wirth, Sprüth Magers
- Private collections
- 300
- Press
- 2500
- Scholarly articles
- 350
- Books
- 45
- Auction record
- $1,260,000
Last updated 2026-08-08.
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Identity
Nationality
American
Birth / death years
1950
Mediums
text art, LED installations, sculpture, painting, printmaking, public art
Prices
Auction record
$1,260,000
Representation
Gallery representation
Hauser & Wirth, Sprüth Magers
Museum collections
Museum of Modern Art (New York), Tate (London), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), Art Institute of Chicago, National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
Private collections
300
Exhibitions
Museum exhibitions
250
Solo exhibitions
140
Group exhibitions
600
Bibliography
Books
45
Press
2500
Scholarly articles
350