Channa Horwitz

Channa Horwitz

BornNationalityBased In
1932AmericanLos Angeles
Biography

Channa Horwitz (1932-2013) was a key figure in the development of Conceptual Art and West Coast Minimalism. Though like many other female contemporaries of hers, she only received credit from the art world much later in life when she was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2014 and created the American pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2013. Working predominantly across canvas and paper, her geometric studies are a joy to encounter, giving elasticity and vitality to repetitive linework with their bold use of colour and handwritten inscriptions. Horwitz began her career studying graphic design in the early 1950s at Art Centre College of Design and later beginning Fine Art studies at Cal State Northbridge in the early 1960s, fusing the graphic skills acquired at the former with the experimental spirit developed at the latter. Whilst completing a BFA from the California Institute of the Arts in 1972, Horwitz studied with peers such as John Baldessari and Allan Kaprow— taking part in Kaprow’s ‘Happenings’ and hosting her own events. With a career that spanned over five decades, Horwitz continued to stretch the emotive capacities of her graphic motifs, remaining committed to the conceptual, repetitive processes which brought about each new work. ...

Selected Artworks
8 Sets of Moires (Rhythm of Lines Sampler)
Channa Horwitz
8 Sets of Moires (Rhythm of Lines Sampler), 1987
107.95 x 91.44cm
Sonakinatography Composition #23
Channa Horwitz
Sonakinatography Composition #23, 2011
50.8 x 71.12 x 5.08cm
Moiré (with angle motif) # 3
Channa Horwitz
Moiré (with angle motif) # 3, 1983
55.88 x 81.28cm
Moiré (with angle motif)
Channa Horwitz
Moiré (with angle motif), 1983
55.88 x 81.28cm
Moiré (with angle motif)
Channa Horwitz
Moiré (with angle motif), 1983
55.88 x 81.28cm
Matrix
Channa Horwitz
Matrix, 1983
76.2 x 53.34cm
Sonakinatography XVIII
Channa Horwitz
Sonakinatography XVIII, 2003
86.36 x 71.12cm
Sonakinatography Composition Sixteen - Sixteen Instruments
Channa Horwitz
Sonakinatography Composition Sixteen - Sixteen Instruments, 1991
Language Series II 1-5-7
Channa Horwitz
Language Series II 1-5-7, 2004
25.4 x 35.56cm
Language Series II 1-3-5
Channa Horwitz
Language Series II 1-3-5, 2004
25.4 x 35.56cm
Canon Fragment
Channa Horwitz
Canon Fragment, 1980
43.18 x 34.92cm
Structure
Channa Horwitz
Structure, 1980
58.42 x 35.56cm
Flipping Squares
Channa Horwitz
Flipping Squares, 2006
38.1 x 132.08 x 5.08cm
Language Series Il, Circles & Squares #2 of 8 (Single)
Channa Horwitz
Language Series Il, Circles & Squares #2 of 8 (Single), 2004
25.4 x 30.48cm
Variation and Inversion on a Rhythm 14 Parts #2
Channa Horwitz
Variation and Inversion on a Rhythm 14 Parts #2, 2011
23.5 x 29.21cm
Eight Structures #3
Channa Horwitz
Eight Structures #3, 1980
105.41 x 93.98cm
Round in Three Parts
Channa Horwitz
Round in Three Parts, 1977
35.56 x 35.56cm
Double Square
Rhythm of Lines 2-1
Channa Horwitz
Rhythm of Lines 2-1, 1988
76.2 x 101.6cm
Rhythm of Lines 7-6
Channa Horwitz
Rhythm of Lines 7-6, 1988
76.2 x 101.6cm
Structure for Slices
Channa Horwitz
Structure for Slices, 2010
55.88 x 107.95cm
Moiré (With Angle Motif)
Channa Horwitz
Moiré (With Angle Motif), 1984
55.88 x 81.28cm
Moiré (With Angle Motif)
Channa Horwitz
Moiré (With Angle Motif), 1983
55.88 x 81.28cm
Rhythm of Lines 5-1
Channa Horwitz
Rhythm of Lines 5-1, 1988
76.2 x 101.6cm
Language Series III
Channa Horwitz
Language Series III, 2010
28.58 x 34.29cm
Rhythm of Lines 3-7
Channa Horwitz
Rhythm of Lines 3-7, 1987
76.2 x 101.6cm
Linear Progression / Color
Channa Horwitz
Linear Progression / Color, 1984
106.5 x 81.5cm
Rhythm of Lines 5-1
Channa Horwitz
Rhythm of Lines 5-1, 1988
76 x 101.5cm
Rhythm of Lines 7-6
Channa Horwitz
Rhythm of Lines 7-6, 1988
76 x 101.5cm
Gallery Representation
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship2013
Guggenheim Fellowship2013
Biennals
Whitney Biennial2014 - New York City
Whitney Biennial2014 - New York City
Venice Biennial2013 - Venice
Venice Biennial2013 - Venice
Taipei Biennial2012 - Taipei
Taipei Biennial2012 - Taipei
Venice Biennial1963 - Venice
Taipei Biennial1963 - Taipei
Taipei Biennial1963 - Taipei
Venice Biennial1963 - Venice
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