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Will Kurtz

关于雕塑家

我用报纸制作逼真的真人大小的人物和动物，内部结构由木头和金属丝制成。报纸形式有拼贴的文字和丰富多彩的广告，以自发的绘画方式应用，以反映个人的情绪和生活。

我的主题是真实的，日常的人，他们往往没有特色，生活在社会的边缘。我选择并创建具有独特情感品质的不常见角色。我用摄影来捕捉他们日常生活的一刻。它们通常是角色，服饰或身体类型的漫画。姿势，手势，面部表情和衣服将人物带入生活。他们熟悉你可能认识或在街上过的人。我抓住他们的韧性和脆弱性，体现了对我们共同的艰辛的真正同情。选择动物以显示其独特的品种，大小，形状或类型的头发。通过他们，我能够表达他们的天真和幽默，具有普遍的吸引力。

报纸是我的首选媒介，因为它提供了原始的，不完美的，短暂的质量，提醒我们，我们只是在地球上待了一会儿。

Will Kurtz出生于密歇根州的弗林特，并于1981年获得密歇根州立大学的景观建筑学学士学位。他在美国和加拿大从事景观设计师工作已有25年。 直到他三十出头才开始创作艺术作为一个自学成才的艺术家。 最终他对艺术的热情取代了景观建筑，他在50岁时搬到了纽约，去纽约艺术学院读研究生。 在获得外交部毕业后，他被选中留下并进行为期一年的奖学金。 此后他曾在纽约的 Kim Foster画廊，迈阿密的 Avant画廊，巴黎的 Galerie Sebastien Adrien和比利时安特卫普的 Galerie Van Campen＆Rochtus等多个个人和团体展览。他的作品出现在许多著名的世界收藏中。 他在皇后区工作，住在纽约。

（注：转载自艺术家原文，由网络自行翻译为中文）

EDUCATION

New York Academy of Art, MFA, New York, NY 2007-2009

Michigan State University, BLA, East Lansing, MI 1975-1982

TEACHING

New York Academy of Art, Sculpture Professor, New York, NY 2018

New York Academy of Art, Sculpture Professor, New York, NY 2016

Lyme Academy, Sculpture Professor, Old Lyme, CT 2015

New York Academy of Art, Sculpture Professor, New York, NY 2014

Penn State University, Assistant Professor of Art, State College, PN 2012-2013

Lyme Academy, Sculpture Professor, Old Lyme, CT 2011

New York Academy of Art, Sculpture Teaching Assistant, New York, NY 2008-2009

Concord Academy, High School Art Teacher, Petoskey, MI. 1995-1996

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017.        Kim Foster Gallery, "WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING ABOUT", New York, NY

2015         Kim Foster Gallery, "PARDON THE INTERRUPTION, PLEASE", New York, NY

2013         Mike Weiss Gallery, “ANOTHER SHIT SHOW”, New York, NY

2012         Mike Weiss Gallery, “EXTRA FUCKING ORDINARY”, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018.         Clark Gallery, "ART BOCA RATON",  Boca Raton, FL

Galerie Sebastien Adrien, "#1 GROUIP SHOW", Paris, France

Avant Gallery ,"PALM BEACH MODERN + CONTEMPORARY", West Palm Beach, FL

2017          Avant Gallery, "SCOPE MIAMI", Miami, FL

Kim Foster Gallery, "CONTEXT MIAMI", Miami, FL

Galerie  Van Campen & Rochus, "EXTRAORDINARY", Antwerp Belgium

New York Academy Of Art, "SINGLE FARE 4", New York, NY

4 Heads, "GOVERNORS ISLAND ART FAIR", New York, NY

Clark Gallery, "PARERWORK", Lincoln, MA

Jonathan LaVine Projects, "THE SEARCH IS OVER", Jersey City, NJ

Kim Foster Gallery, "WINTERFELL", New York, NY

2016        Vida Sabbaghi, REPSYCHLING, Brooklyn, NY

Kim Foster Gallery, "CONTEXT ART MIAMI", Miami, FL

New York Academy of Art, “TAKE HOME A NUDE AT SOTHEBY’S”, NY

Booth Gallery, "THE FOURTH WALL", New York, NY

Kim Foster Gallery, "RELIEF", New York, NY

Villa DoMuse, "LANUIT DES ARTISTS", Honfluer, France

New York Academy of Art, "CALL OF THE WILD", South Hampton, NY

The Vendue Hotel, "FROM THE ACADEMY", Charleston, SC

4Heads "PORTAL FEDERAL HALL" New York, NY

Hearst Tower, "THE ART OF NOW", New York, NY

S.Panepinto Galleries, "MEMENTOS", Jersey City, NJ

2015        S. Panepinto Galleries, "MY FAVORITE THINGS", Hoboken, NJ

Port Authority, "EXTRA, EXTRA, HEAR ALL ABOUT IT", New  York, NY

New York Academy of Art, "TAKE HOME A NUDE AT SOTHEBY'S" New York, NY

Last Rites Gallery, "13TH HOUR", New York, NY

ARTPRIZE, Grand Rapids, MI

C.O.A. Galerie, "MUTE", Montreal, Canada

New Jersey City University, "BARELY IMAGINED BEINGS II", Jersey City, NJ

Queens Museum, "AN INCLUSIVE WORLD", Queens, NY

Kim Fosgter Gallery, "COLOR VALUE", New York, NY

Proto Gallery, "BARLEY IMAGINED BEINGS", Hoboken, NJ

The (un)Scene Art Fair, New York, NY

Columbia University, "REPSYCHLING", New York, NY

Cornell Museum, Del Ray Beach, FL

Sirona Fine Art, "ARTIST GAZE", Hallandale Beach, FL

2014       4 Heads, GOVERNORS ISLAND ART FAIR, New York, NY

Panepinto Galleries, “LUCID VISIONS”, Jersey City, NJ

Mark Miller Gallery,  “BEHIND THE CURTAIN”, New York, NY

Window Studio, “SHALL NOT PERISH”, Brooklyn, NY

Pajama Factory, “IGNIGHT”, Williamsport, PA

Converge Gallery, “METAMORPHIC”, Williamsport, PA

Flowers Gallery, “NYAA SUMMR EXHIBITION”, New York, NY

Galerie Queen Anne, “ANIMATED LOUNGES”, Leipzig, Germany

Mana Contemprary, “ALL MY FRIENDS ARE ARTISTS”, Jersey City, NJ

Cornell Museum of Art, “PAPER SHOW”, Del Ray Beach, FL

The Unfair, New York, NY

Deborah Brown/Leslie Heller, “Real on Rock Street”, Brooklyn, NY

2013      The Lodge Gallery, “TYPHOON HAIYAM BENEFIT”, New York, NY

Mike Weiss Gallery, “SOUTHAMPTON SHOW”, Southampton, NY

New York Academy of Art, “DECK THE WALLS”, New York, NY

2012       Mike Weiss Gallery, “ART MIAMI”, Miami, FL

2011        New York Academy of Art, “ICONOMANCY”, New York, NY

2010      Allegra Laviola Gallery, “ PORNUCOPIA”, New York, NY

RH GALLERY, “FOOLSGOLD ART”, NEW YORK, NY

New York Academy of Art, “NONE TAKEN”, New York, NY

Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Annual Juried Show, Bloomington, IN

The Contemporary Arts Center of Las Vegas,  “21st Annual Show”, Las Vegas, NV

Lucky Gallery, “Daily Porn”, Brooklyn, NY

2009      New York Academy of Art, “DESK THE WALLS”, New York, NY

New York Academy of Art, “SUMMER EXHIBITION”, New York, NY

New York Academy of Art, “ A FIGURATIVE RECONSTRUCTION”, New York, NY

2005      Galerija Pungart, Kranj, Slovenia

2003      Petoskey Contemporary Arts Group, “THIS IS BLACK”, Petoskey, MI

（注：转载艺术家原文，请自行翻译中文）

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