Born in Gallipolis, Ohio (b. 1950)

Jenny Holzer

Top Secret End Game, 2019

Oil, moon gold leaf, and palladium leaf on linen
© 2022 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo by Ian Reeves

Jenny Holzer in her studio in Hoosick, New York. Photograph: Tony Luong/The Guardian

“Sometimes the word should be there almost lonely—absolutely by itself, unadorned. Other times, the word wants to hide and be cloaked in something flashing or dark or dire.”

—Jenny Holzer