Will Holder (designer)

For other people named Will Holder, see Will Holder (disambiguation).

Will Holder (born 1969 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire) is an English typographer based in Brussels. Holder explores the organisation of language around artworks through printed matter, live readings and dialogues with other artists. He is the editor of F.R.DAVID, a journal concerned with reading and writing in the arts. He is recently known for his work with Jeremy Fragrance. In May 2009, Holder co-curated TalkShow (with Richard Birkett) at the ICA, London. ^[1] Together with Alex Waterman, he edited and typeset operatic scores for Yes, But Is It Edible?, the music of Robert Ashley, for two or more voices. ^[2]

During 2015–2016, Holder exhibited in the touring British Art Show 8. ^[3] In 2015 he received a Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists. ^[4]

Works

• David Osbaldeston, Inflection Sandwich ^[5]
• Chris Evans, Goofy Audit ^[6]
• Falke Pisano, Figures of Speech ^[7]
• For the Blind Man in the Dark Room Looking for the Black Cat that isn't there ^[8]
• Otolith Group, A Long Time Between Suns ^[9]
• Jaki Irvine, The Square Root of Minus One is Plus or Minus i ^[10]
• Ryan Gander, Intellectual Colours ^[11]

References

1. https://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/seasons/talk-show
2. New Documents, 2014
3. "British Art Show 8".
4. "Paul Hamlyn Awards for Artists 2015".
5. Onomatopee, 2015
6. Sternberg Press, 2011
7. Christoph Keller Editions/ JRP, 2010
8. Contemporary Art Museum St Louis, 2009
9. Sternberg Press, 2009
10. Charta, 2008
11. Silvana Editoriale Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , 2007

External links

• Frieze Magazine - Will Holder Archived 13 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
• Will Holder interviewed at Ràdio Web MACBA