KURT SOLMSSEN

 

                           Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1958

                           Resides in Vaughn, Washington.

 

EDUCATION     University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, B.F.A. 1986

                           Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1982

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

            2002        Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA 

            2000        Tatistcheff & Co., New York, NY

            1998        Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA

            1996        Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA

            1995        Tatistcheff/Rogers, Santa Monica, CA

            1994        Tatistcheff/Rogers, Santa Monica, CA

            1991        Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

            1990        Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

            1987        Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

            1985        Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

            2001        George Nick Selects Artists, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

            2000        In the Eye of the Beholder, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA

            1999        Art Auction Eight, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

            1997        Viewpoints: The Landscape, Foster/White Gallery, Kirkland, WA

            1996        Contemporary Realist Painters, Hall’s Gallery, Kansas City, MO

            1995        Summer, Tatistcheff/Rogers, Santa Monica, CA

            1994        The Natural World, Foster/White Gallery, Kirkland, WA

                           Artists Look at the Delaware River Watershed, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA

            1993        Blue, Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

            1990        Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA

                           Contemporary Philadelphia Artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA

            1989        Philadelphia Group Show, The Governor's Mansion, Harrisburg, PA

            1988        Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA

                           Perkins Art Center, Moorestown, NJ

            1987        Fellowship Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

            1986        Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA

            1985        Cudahy's Gallery, Richmond, VA

                           Rice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                           Third Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

            1984        Fellowship Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

                           New Talent 1984, Marian Locks Gallery

                           Perkins Art Center, Moorestown, NJ

            1983        Juried Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, PA

                           Gwynned Mercy Academy, Gwynned Mercy, PA

                           The Carrier Clinic, Doylestown, PA

                           Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

            1982        Foxglove Gallery, Doylestown, PA

                           Emerging Artists, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

                           Fellowship Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

                           Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

            1981        Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

 

COLLECTIONS

 

A.R.A. Services, Philadelphia, PA and Burbank, CA

Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles, CA

Coopers and Lybrand, Philadelphia, PA

Duane, Morris, Heckscher, Philadelphia, PA

E.D.S. Inc., Plano, TX

Exxon Corporation

The Fairmont Institute

Fellheimer, Eichen and Goodman, Philadelphia, PA

Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia, PA

Fidelity Bank

Gardner, Carton & Douglas,  Washington, DC

Greitzer and Locks, Philadelphia, PA

Harron Corporation

Payden & Rygal, Los Angeles, CA

Perkins Coie, Washington, DC

Provident Mutual Insurance Company, Philadelphia, PA

Rorer Group

Saul, Ewing, Remmick and Saul, Philadelphia, PA

Smith Kline Beckman

Rudolph, Seidner, Goldstein, Rochester & Salmon

Wolf, Block, Schorr, Solis-Cohen

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

_______:  Illustrated, “Galleries”, Los Angeles Times, Calendar Weekend, May 2, 2002

_______:  Illustrated, “Gazing West,” Southwest Art, April, 2001

Johnson, Ken:  Review, The New York Times, February 25, 2000

Donahoe, Victoria:  “Landscapes Address Environmental Issues,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 13, 1994

Kapitanoff, Nancy:  “Northwest Exposure,” Los Angeles Times, November 10, 1991

_______:  Catalog reproduction, “Contemporary Philadelphia Artists,” Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1990

Crohn, Jennifer:  “Paintings Like, and Unlike, Hopper’s,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 9, 1990

Fisher, Robert I.C.:  “Philadelphia Scores,” American Artist, September, 1990

Wright, Heather:  “Philadelphia Art Now,” Traditional Home, June, 1990

_______:  “In Art Now, Lively Ventures from 11 Artists,”  The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 20, 1990

_______:  “Realistic Scenes Richly Painted,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 5, 1987

_______:  Review, The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 23, 1985

_______:  “New Talent is Spotlighted in Annual Summer Show,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 21, 1985

Mossman, Tarn:  “Suburban and Urbane,” Art Matters, March, 1985, vol. 4, no. 6

Southwell, William:  “Looking Forward: New Talent,” New Art Examiner, Summer 1985