KURT SOLMSSEN
BORN
1958 Philadephia, PA
EDUCATION
1986 BFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1982 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Certificate 1982, William Emlen Cresson Scholarship 1983
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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 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, Seattle, 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
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 Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits, Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA October 23 -January 2, 2011
2010 Thriving in Seattle: A Retrospective, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2006-2007 Building Tradition: Contemporary Northwest Art from Tacoma Art Musuem, Watcom
Musuem of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
2005 Go Figure, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Northwest Landscape, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 Reflections in Art, Curator’s Choice Gallery at the Tacoma Art Musuem, Tacoma, WA
2004 George Nick Selects “Realist Paintings”, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2004 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
2001 Pleasure Craft, Tacoma Art Museum Beinnial Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
2000 In the Eye of the Beholder, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2000 Summer Show Tatistcheff and Co. New York, NY
1999 Exhibition and Art Auction Eight, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1999 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 Tatischeff/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
1990 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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Baker,Brett. Painters Table:Top 10 Best Posts: February 2012. The Huffington Post. March 15, 2012
Groff,Larry. Conversation with Kurt Solmssen Painting Perceptions. Feb. 20 2012
Albala,Mitch, the Harmony of Nuetrals Artists and Illustrators Magazine (UK), August 2011
City Arts, New York’s Review of Culture, Feb 9, 2010 pg. 14
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 200
Faigin, Gary, “Review” Kuow Radio NPR, Oct., 2003
Fauntleroy, Gussie, “Representing Washington”, Southwest Art, Nov., 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
COLLECTIONS
Annie Wright School
ARA Services
Alantic Richfield
Bakersfield Museum of Art
Coopers and Lybrand
Deloitte, Touche
Duane, Morris, Heckscher
EDS
Exxon Mobil Corporation
The Fairmount Institute
Federal Reserve Bank
Fellheimer, Eichen and Goodman
First Fidelity Bank
Gardner, Carton and Douglas
Glaxo Smith Kline
Greitzer and Locks
Harron Corporation
Kleahr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers
Multicare
Payden and Rygal
Perkins Coie
Provident Mutual Insurance Company
Rohne Poulenc Rorer
Saul, Ewing, Remmick and Saul
Smith Kline Beckman
Swedish Hospital
St. Anthony Hospital
Tacoma Art Museum
The Directors Guild
Wolf, Block, Schorr, Solis-Cohen
and private collections
BORN
1958 Philadephia, PA
EDUCATION
1986 BFA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1982 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Certificate 1982, William Emlen Cresson Scholarship 1983
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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 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, Seattle, 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
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 Narcissus in the Studio: Artist Portraits and Self-Portraits, Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA October 23 -January 2, 2011
2010 Thriving in Seattle: A Retrospective, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2006-2007 Building Tradition: Contemporary Northwest Art from Tacoma Art Musuem, Watcom
Musuem of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
2005 Go Figure, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Northwest Landscape, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 Reflections in Art, Curator’s Choice Gallery at the Tacoma Art Musuem, Tacoma, WA
2004 George Nick Selects “Realist Paintings”, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
2004 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
2001 Pleasure Craft, Tacoma Art Museum Beinnial Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
2000 In the Eye of the Beholder, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2000 Summer Show Tatistcheff and Co. New York, NY
1999 Exhibition and Art Auction Eight, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
1999 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 Tatischeff/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
1990 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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Baker,Brett. Painters Table:Top 10 Best Posts: February 2012. The Huffington Post. March 15, 2012
Groff,Larry. Conversation with Kurt Solmssen Painting Perceptions. Feb. 20 2012
Albala,Mitch, the Harmony of Nuetrals Artists and Illustrators Magazine (UK), August 2011
City Arts, New York’s Review of Culture, Feb 9, 2010 pg. 14
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 200
Faigin, Gary, “Review” Kuow Radio NPR, Oct., 2003
Fauntleroy, Gussie, “Representing Washington”, Southwest Art, Nov., 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
COLLECTIONS
Annie Wright School
ARA Services
Alantic Richfield
Bakersfield Museum of Art
Coopers and Lybrand
Deloitte, Touche
Duane, Morris, Heckscher
EDS
Exxon Mobil Corporation
The Fairmount Institute
Federal Reserve Bank
Fellheimer, Eichen and Goodman
First Fidelity Bank
Gardner, Carton and Douglas
Glaxo Smith Kline
Greitzer and Locks
Harron Corporation
Kleahr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers
Multicare
Payden and Rygal
Perkins Coie
Provident Mutual Insurance Company
Rohne Poulenc Rorer
Saul, Ewing, Remmick and Saul
Smith Kline Beckman
Swedish Hospital
St. Anthony Hospital
Tacoma Art Museum
The Directors Guild
Wolf, Block, Schorr, Solis-Cohen
and private collections
