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KURT SOLMSSEN

BORN
1958 Philadephia, PA

EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 1986 B.F.A.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1982
Certificate, William Emlen Cresson Travelling Scholarship 1983
 
Solo Exhibitions
2023  George Billis Gallery, NYC
         Luminous Coast, A Painterly Vision San Juan Islands Museum of Art
         Friday Harbor, WA  June 8 – Sept 11, 2023       
2021 Kurt Solmssen  The Yellow Boat
         Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
         Bainbridge Island, WA July 2 - Sept 22, 2021
2020 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019  Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016  LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
2015  Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014  George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013  Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2010  George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2008  George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2007  Kurt Solmssen   Paintings and Works on Paper 1986-2006 
          Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2006  George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2005  Adler and Co. Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003  Foster/ White Gallery, Seatte, WA
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
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022   From Coast to Coast: Seattle to Scheveningen Art in Embassies Exhibition, The Hague,               The Netherlands
2020   40th Anniversary Exhibition, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018   Home, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
           March 10 - June 3, 2018
2017  Honoring the Legacy of David Park, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
April 3 - 28, 2017
2015  Quiet Spaces, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM Sept 25 - Nov 1, 2015
2013  The Artist's Response to Nature: Tonalism, Historical and Contemporary, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa Nov 15 - Jan 19, 2014
2012  Spring Group Show, Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA April 5 - 28, 2012
2010  Thriving in Seattle: A Retrospective Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA February 5-19
2006-07  Building Tradition: Contemporary Northwest Art from Tacoma Art Museum, Whatcom                 Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
2005  Go Figure, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
          Northwest Landscape, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Reflections in Art, Curator's Choice Gallery Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2004  George Nick Selects Realist Paintings, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
          National Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2002  Treasure, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2001  George Nick Selects, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
          Pleasure Craft, Tacoma Art Museum Biennial Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
2000  In the Eye of the Beholder, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA Summer Show                Tatistcheff and Co. New York, NY
1999  Exhibition and Art Auction Eight, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
          Foster/ White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1997  Viewpoints: The Landscape Foster/ White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1996  Contemporary American Realist Painters Tatistcheff/ Rogers, Santa Monica, CA
1996  Halls Gallery, Kansas City, MO
1995  Summer Tatistcheff/ Rogers, Santa Monica, CA
1994  The Natural World, Foster White Gallery, Kirkland, WA
1993  Blue, Tatistcheff/ Rogers, Santa Monica, CA
1991  Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
1990  Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA
          Contemporary Philadelphia Artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1989  Philadelphia Group Show, The Governor's Mansion, Harrisburg, PA
1988  Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA
1987  Fellowship Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA
1986  20th Juried Exhibition, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1984  New Talent Show, Marian Locks Gallery Philadelphia, PA
1983  The Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1982  The Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1981  The Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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CollectionsAnnie Wright Schools
ARAMARK
ARCO
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Bakersfield Museum of Art 
Coopers and Lybrand
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
Duane Morris LLP
DXC Technology
ExxonMobil 
Federal Reserve Bank 
Fellheimer, Eichen LLP 
Glaxo Smith Kline 
Greitzer and Locks
Harron Communications
King County Public Art Collection
Kleahr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg LLP
Lankenau Hospital
Multicare 
Payden and Rygal 
Perkins Coie LLP
Pierce County Art Bank
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Rohne Poulenc Rorer
Saul, Ewing, Arnstein & Lehr 
Seattle University
Smith Kline Beckman 
Swedish Hospital
St. Anthony Hospital 
Tacoma Art Museum 
The Allen Family Collection
The Directors Guild 
WolfBlock LLP
and private collections
 
BibliographyMcDonald, Tom “Kurt Solmssen The Yellow Boat”
Art Access The Northwest Guide to Art 
September-October 2021


Catamaran Literary Reader. Vol. 9 Issue 3 Fall 2021


O’Hern, John  “Lasting Connections”
American Art Collector  July 2021. Pg.62


Ferate, Justin  “Kurt Solmssen The Yellow Boat”  June, 2020
Published by Linda Hodges Gallery
 
Weiss, Jerry  “Homing In”
The Artist's Magazine, November 2017


Seed, John
“Honoring the Legacy of David Park”, Catalogue, April 2017


Seed, John  "Real World" at LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM”
The Huffington Post, October 5, 2016


Ferate, Justin Kurt Solmssen  “Real World” , catalog essay
September 2016


Abatemarco, Michael  “Four Painters Explore Place”  Pasa Tiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, October 2, 2015


Seed, John  “Hot Off the Easel”   The Huffington Post  October 1, 2015


Quiet Spaces, LewAllen Galleries   Christopher Benson, John Beerman, David Hines and Kurt Solmssen      Catalog
 
Martenson, Doug  “The Artists Response to Nature: Tonalism, Historical and Contemporary” Nov 15, 2003 - January 19, 2014, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
 
Baker, Brett Painters Table: Top 10 Best Posts: February 2012 The Huffington Post March 15, 2012 web
 
Groff, Larry   Conversation with Kurt Solmssen Painting Perceptions Feb. 20, 2012 web
 
Albala, Mitch, “the Harmony of Neutrals”   Artists and Illustrators Magazine (UK), August 2011
City Arts, New York's Review of Culture, Feb 9, 2010 pg14


Albala, Mitchell  Landscape Painting: Essential Concepts and Techniques for Plein Air and Studio Practice, Watson-Guptill, Nov. 2009


Kurt Solmssen  “Light and Shadows of Puget Sound”
American Art Collector, June 2008


Schneider, Wolf,  California “Best of the West”, Sounding Off
Southwest Art, January 2007


Naves, Mario, "A Group Show Figures Out Aesthetics of Human Form" The New York Observer, Aug. 15, 2005


Rebello, Stephen, "Familiar Places" Southwest Art, July 2004


Faigin, Gary "Review" KUOW Radio NPR, October 2003


Fauntleroy, Gussie "Representing Washington"
Southwest Art, November 2002


Bernstein, Fred "A New Lease"
Metropolitan Home, Sept. Oct. 2002


Los Angeles Times, Calendar Weekend, May 2, 2002

"Gazing West" end page feature
Southwest Art, April 2001


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


Hamard, Karine "Things to do and See in Seattle"
Alaska Airlines Magazine, May 1994


Donahoe, Victoria "Landscape Address Environmental Issues"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 13, 1994


Kapitanoff, Nancy "Northwest Exposure"
Los Angeles Times, November 10, 1991


Crohn, Jennifer "Painting Like, and Unlike, Hopper's
The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 9, 1990


Fisher, Robert I. C. "Philadelphia Scores"
American Artist, Sept. 1990


Donahoe, Victoria " In Art Now, Lively Ventures From II Artists"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 20, 1990


Wright, Heather "Philadelphia Art Now"
Traditional Home, June 1990


Donahoe, Victoria "Realistic Scenes Richly Painted"
Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 5, 1987


Mossman, Tam "Suburban and Urbane"
Art Matters, March 1985 Vol. 4, No. 6


Donahue, Victoria, Review
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 23, 1985


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


Donahue, Victoria "New Talent is Spotlighted in Annual Summer Show" Philadelphia Inquirer, July 21, 1985


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