Jenny_Holzer Jenny Holzer (born 1950 in Gallipolis, Ohio) is an American conceptual artist represented by Sprüth Magers Berlin London. She attended Ohio University (in Athens, Ohio), Rhode Island School of Design, and the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Holzer was originally an abstract artist, focusing on painting and printmaking; after moving to New York City in 1977, she began working with text as art. She was an active member of the artist's group Colab.