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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.

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Jenny Holzer
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 29
Artist
Conceptual Artist
Drawer
Painter
Sculptor
Visual Artist
Gallipolis
Ohio
G'eni Holtser
Writing
Museum
Museums
Independent
Program
Moved
York
Started
Study
Whitney

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