Katie Holten
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Katie Holten is a contemporary Irish artist whose artwork focuses on humans' impact on the natural environment.[1]
Career
Her mother was a gardener and a floral artist.[2] She graduated from National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 1998. In 2004 Holten was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to develop her practice in New York. In 2002, Holten was awarded €20,000 as the winner of the AIB art awards.[3][4] Holten was chosen to represent Ireland at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003.
Work
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Holten's work is often made from recycled materials, and involves maps, plants, and various ecological subjects, provoking a dialogue on issues ranging from biodiversity to global warming.[1]
Drawing is central to Holten's work. She is fascinated by the process of transforming two-dimensional drawings to three-dimensional works. "In a sense, no matter what form they end up taking, all of my works can be considered drawings. I have a wide-open understanding of what drawing is. It's lines created on a page, in space, on screen, on a wall, through walking, flying, talking, via graphite, ink, sand, stones, wind, sound, ether, time… Drawing is a way to chart what is there, what might be there, what could be there."[2] In works like "Uprooted", the very shadows cast on the walls are part of the work.[5]
In 2007 Holten was commissioned by The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Wave Hill and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation to create "Tree Museum", a public artwork celebrating the 2009 centennial of the Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY.[6][7] "She has marked out 100 trees along the Concourse, which is about four and a half miles long. Each one will have a sign that gives a phone number and a code to listen to short recordings of people speaking about the Bronx, their lives and their work."[8]
Exhibitions
- 2013
- "Uprooted" in the Sensing Change Exhibit at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, US.[9][10]
- 2012
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009
- Green Platform, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
- Subversive Spaces, The Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Public Art Commission, New York, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Wave Hill, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (solo)
- Compilation IV, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
- 2008
- ATLAS of MEMORY, Nevada Museum of Art,[1] Reno (solo)
- IMPLANT, The Horticultural Society of New York at UBS, New York
- Villa Merkel, Esslingen am Luckar, Germany (solo)
- Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc. New York City (solo)
- 2007
- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Missouri, US (solo)[18]
- VAN HORN, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
- Schuermann Berlin, Germany (solo)
- Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
- Pforzheim Kunstverein, Germany
- Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham, UK
- 2006
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, US
- KBH Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
- Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris, France
- Goettingen Kunstverein, Goettingen, Germany
- GRAN BAZAAR, Centro Historico, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
- 2005
- Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
- CREATIVE TIME, New York City
- Wallspace Gallery, New York City
- LMAK ProjectsTemplate:Category handler[<span title="Script error: No such module "string".">usurped]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., New York City
- 2003
- Irish Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy
- Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland
- W139, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- 2002
- Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Bibliography
- Katie Holten, a Van Horn Press book published by Revolver, Germany, 2007, Template:ISBN
- Katie Holten: Paths of Desire, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Missouri, 2007, Template:ISBN
- GRAN BAZAAR, Tûp Institute and m o s t r a, printed in Mexico City, 2006, Template:ISBN
- En Upassende Sandhed, Pork Salad Press, Copenhagen, 2006, Template:ISBN
- notional, Coracle Press, Clonmel, 2003, Template:ISBN
- Procumbent Notions, Pork Salad Press, Copenhagen, 2003, Template:ISBN
- Katie Holten and others: Drawings, Instances, Collaborations + Texts, Tûp Institute and Temple Bar Gallery and Studio, Dublin, 2002, Template:ISBN
References
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- ↑ a b c "NMA Exhibitions: KATIE HOLTEN Atlas of Memory", Nevada Museum of Art, Sep. 27, 2008 – May 17, 2009, Retrieved Apr. 6, 2009. Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ "Winner of AIB Art Prize announced", RTE Entertainment, Apr. 10, 2002.
- ↑ "Holten takes AIB Prize", Circa, Apr. 16, 2002.
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External links
- Katie Holten artist's website
- Gasser & Grunert New York gallery
- VAN HORN Düsseldorf, Germany
- Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Template:Webarchive solo museum exhibition, 2007
- The New Yorker Talk of the Town piece by Ian Frazier, 2009
- ARTFORUMScript error: No such module "Unsubst". Review of solo exhibition, 2010
- katieholten.com/ARTFORUM