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Steven Holl

Steven Holl

American, 1947

WA-00027624

PrintmakingConceptual Art

Representation

None documented

1

Institutional Exhibitions

40

Works in Collection

77

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ451141 ULAN500004830

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Emilio Ambasz/Steven Holl: Architecture

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

Field Verification (3 fields)

3 cross-verified · 0 single-source

BiographyMoMA· 93%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
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Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2702
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Steven Holl is an American architect known for spatial design that prioritizes light, material, and phenomenological experience over geometric formalism. Working across institutional and residential commissions since the 1970s, he employs watercolor sketching as a primary conceptual tool, treating each project as a study in how occupants perceive and move through built space. His work emphasizes tactile surfaces, color saturation, and the interplay between interior and exterior light. He has designed museums, academic buildings, and housing complexes that engage modernist principles while rejecting the austere abstraction of his postwar predecessors.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement

Conceptual Art

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (40)

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Perspective sketch)

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Perspective sketch)

2004 · Watercolor and charcoal pencil on paper

5 x 7" (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Perspective sketch)

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Perspective sketch)

2004 · Watercolor and charcoal pencil on paper

5 x 7" (12.7 x 17.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study)

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study)

2003 · Chipboard and plexiglass

7 x 16 x 20" (17.8 x 40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study)

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study)

2003 · Chipboard and plexiglass

7 x 16 x 20" (17.8 x 40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study)

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study)

2003 · Chipboard and plexiglass

7 x 16 x 20" (17.8 x 40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study)

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study)

2003 · Chipboard and plexiglass

7 x 16 x 20" (17.8 x 40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study)

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site study)

2003 · Chipboard and plexiglass

7 x 16 x 20" (17.8 x 40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Final site model, scale 1:500)

2003 · Chipboard and plexiglass

6 1/4 x 19 3/4 x 29 1/2" (15.9 x 50.2 x 74.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Perspective sketch)

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Perspective sketch)

2003 · Watercolor and pencil on paper

9 x 12" (22.9 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Perspective sketch)

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Perspective sketch)

2003 · Watercolor and pencil on paper

9 x 12" (22.9 x 30.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site studies)

Linked Hybrid, Beijing, China (Site studies)

2003 · Chipboard and plexiglass

Each: 7 x 16 x 20" (17.8 x 40.6 x 50.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

5th Avenue and 42nd Street Tower project, New York, NY

5th Avenue and 42nd Street Tower project, New York, NY

2002 · Plexiglas and wood

83 1/4 x 25 1/2 x 20 3/8" (211.5 x 64.8 x 51.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Competition Proposal for Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Bird's Eye View of Model

Competition Proposal for Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Bird's Eye View of Model

1999 · IRIS print on paper; limited edition set, 5 of 5

35 × 35.6 cm (13 13/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Competition Proposal for Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Design Sketches

Competition Proposal for Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Design Sketches

1999 · IRIS print on paper; limited edition set, 5 of 5

35 × 35.6 cm (13 3/4 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Competition Proposal for Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Perspective Views

Competition Proposal for Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Perspective Views

1999 · IRIS print on paper

35 × 35.6 cm (13 13/16 × 14 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Competition Proposal for Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Interior Perspective

Competition Proposal for Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Interior Perspective

1999 · IRIS print on paper

35 × 35.6 cm (13 3/4 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Competition Proposal for Nelson Atkins Museum of Art: 4 Perspective Views - Design Sketches

Competition Proposal for Nelson Atkins Museum of Art: 4 Perspective Views - Design Sketches

1999 · IRIS print on paper; limited edition set, 5 of 5

35 × 35.6 cm (13 3/4 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Charrette Submission for The Museum of Modern Art Expansion 1997, New York, NY (First Phase)

1997 · Mixed media

11 x 17" (28 x 43.2 cm) (approx.)

Museum of Modern Art

Edge of a City, Parallax Towers project, New York, NY (Scale model, 1/16" = 1'0")

1990 · Wood and paper

144 1/4 × 166 1/2 × 85" (366.4 × 422.9 × 215.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Void Space/Hinge Space Housing, Fukuoka, Japan, Exterior perspective

Void Space/Hinge Space Housing, Fukuoka, Japan, Exterior perspective

1989 · Watercolor, black pencil, and graphite on paper

22 x 30" (55.9 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, View at elliptical passage, perspective and plan

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, View at elliptical passage, perspective and plan

1986 · Graphite, ink and ink wash on paper

30 x 22 1/4" (76.2 x 56.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, View from court of four-sided pentagon, perspective, site plan

1986 · Graphite, ink and ink wash on paper

29 3/4 x 22 1/4" (75.6 x 56.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Garden of Sounds, perspective and plan

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Garden of Sounds, perspective and plan

1986 · Graphite, ink and ink wash on paper

29 3/4 x 22 3/8" (75.6 x 56.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Subway station and shops, ticket-taker tower, perspective and plan

Porta Vittoria, project, Milan, Italy, Subway station and shops, ticket-taker tower, perspective and plan

1986 · Graphite, ink and ink wash on paper

29 3/4 x 22 1/4" (75.6 x 56.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

40 published of 75 catalogued · 58 with image

MoMA
35 publishedof 70 catalogued53 img
Art Institute Chicago
5 published5 img

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Competition Proposal for Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Interior Perspective (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Movements1

Collections2

Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Emilio Ambasz/Steven Holl: Architecture

New York · 1989