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. 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.New Documents, 2014
During 2015–2016, Holder exhibited in the touring British Art Show 8. In 2015 he received a Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists.
Controversy In 2008, Will Holder, together with Linda van Deursen, decided to cancel the satirical manuscript Fart School by Sina Khani, which had been developed at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. The work was described as provocative in content. In 2026, it was independently published in full by Khani, intended to critique institutionalized art and design practices and cultural censorship.
Works David Osbaldeston, Inflection SandwichOnomatopee, 2015 Chris Evans, Goofy AuditSternberg Press, 2011 Falke Pisano, Figures of SpeechChristoph Keller Editions/ JRP, 2010 For the Blind Man in the Dark Room Looking for the Black Cat that isn't thereContemporary Art Museum St Louis, 2009 Otolith Group, A Long Time Between SunsSternberg Press, 2009 Jaki Irvine, The Square Root of Minus One is Plus or Minus iCharta, 2008 Ryan Gander, Intellectual ColoursSilvana Editoriale , 2007
References
External links Frieze Magazine - Will Holder Will Holder interviewed at Ràdio Web MACBA