Katie Holten

Katie Holten is a contemporary Irish artist whose artwork focuses on humans' impact on the natural environment.

Career Her mother was a gardener and a floral artist. Holten was chosen to represent Ireland at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003.

Work

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. In works like "Uprooted", the very shadows cast on the walls are part of the work.

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. "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."

Exhibitions 2013 "Uprooted" in the Sensing Change Exhibit at the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, US. 2012 "Drawn to the Edge" in New Orlean's Museum of Art, New Orleans, US (15 June – 9 September 2012) "Light and Landscape", Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York City (12 May – 11 November 2012) Katie Holten, FUTURA, Prague, Czech Republic (11 September – 25 November 2012) 2011 2010 The Golden Bough, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin, Ireland Solo exhibition, VAN HORN, Düsseldorf, Germany 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, 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 , New York City 2003 Irish Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, Ireland W139, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 2002 Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland