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I moved to New York in the 1970s and started writing when I was at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
Jenny Holzer
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Jenny Holzer
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 29
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Conceptual Artist
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Painter
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Gallipolis
Ohio
G'eni Holtser
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York
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Whitney
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