Born in New York, May 12th, 1931 - died in Berlin, June 9th, 2008.
Nan Hoover began her career as a painter and enjoyed some success in her native New York in the 1950s, but it was in video - which she started using in 1973 - and particularly in video / performance hybrids, that she made her most important work. She had solo shows at MoMA in 1977 and 1980, but she was most celebrated in Europe, where she was based for the last four decades of her life, moving to Amsterdam in 1969 and then Berlin in 2005. She exhibited at Documenta (twice), the Venice Biennale, and museum and galleries the length and breadth of Europe. Her recent two-person show "Some Times", with Bill Viola was held at Salzburg's Museum der Moderne (see Robert Ayers tribute on the ArtInfo website).

In 2007 she exhibited in Spectrum at CCA (as part of TIMELOOP), and in early 2008 returned to Glasgow for an exhibition of her photographic work and a performance at the Tramway as part of the National Review of Live Art. She also undertook a lecture as part of Glasgow School of Art's SoFA series. The event will include a screening of the artists work, with contributions and accolades from Glasgow based artists and writers. The event is presented in association with CCA, Goethe Institute, and GSA. Visit Nan's website.

Contributions from Klaus Jung (artist, Head of Fine Art, GSA), Myriam  Thyes (artist, Düsseldorf) and Ewan Morrison (writer, Glasgow) and Sue Brind (lecturer, Glasgow School of Art).

The following video’s were shown on the evening: Projections (1981) - Halfsleep (1984) - Returning to Fuji (1984) - Desert (1985). Nan’s last performance at the National Review of Live Art will also be on show in the cinema after the above talks and screenings.

To view a archived talk by and an interview with Nan Hoover please see the Dotcrawl website.