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
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
