Kurt Kemp
| BORN | |
| 1957 | Mason City, Iowa |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1984 | M.F.A. Printmaking, University of Iowa |
| 1983-85 | Printer and studio assistant for Mauricio Lasansky |
| 1981 | M.A. Printmaking, University of Iowa |
| 1979 | B.A. Cum Laude, Marycrest College, Davenport, IA |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE | |
| 1990- | Assistant Professor, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA |
| 1993- | Master Printer at Aurobora Press in San Francisco, CA |
| Fall 99 | Visiting Artist, Carleton College, Northfield, MN |
| Fall 99 | Visiting Artist, Univ. of Wisconsin at La Crosse, La Crosse WI |
| 1989-90 | Visiting Artist, Sonoma State University, CA |
| 1985-89 | Assistant Professor, University of Texas at El Paso |
| 1984-85 | Instructor, Printmaking, University of Iowa |
| 1981-84 | Teaching and Research assistant, Printmaking Dept., University of Iowa |
| SPECIAL HONOR | |
| 1999 | Appointed Dayton-Hudson Distinguished Artist Teacher Chair, Carleton College, Northfield, MN |
| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2003 | The Hen House Drawings, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX |
| 2001 | My Constellations, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX |
| 2000 | I Want to be James Ensor, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX |
| 1999 | New Town, Carleton College Gallery, Carleton College, NM Mendicino College, Ukiah CA The Drunken Boat - Exhibition of prints created for a book published by Auroboro Press in San Francisco containing five hand color prints is a book consisting of new translation of Arthur Rimbaud's The Drunken Boat (1999) |
| 1998 | Listening Table, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA Inches Across Miles, California Museum of Art, Luther Burbank Center, Santa Rosa, CA The Little Tongues that Tell You, Fine Arts Gallery, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, CA The Drunken Boat, Sonoma Arts Council Gallery, Santa Rosa, CA |
| 1997 | Pages From a Bruised Book, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX Patricia Sweetow Gallery Collaboration, San Francisco, CA |
| 1996 | Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| 1995 | Escape, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX Invited to create wine label for Benzinger Wines Artist Series/ Label used to create Corporate Poster/ 22 x 30"/ Full Color Boston Printmakers Invitational, Bradley University, IL U.S.A. Within Limits, Invitational/ Galeria Millan, Sao Paulo, Brazil Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| 1994 | Inches Across Miles Across Me, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX |
| 1993 | Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| 1992 | Regarding My Humanity, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX |
| 1991 | Udinotti Gallery, San Francisco, CA Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, CA |
| 1990 | Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2003 | Miniatures, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX |
| 2002 | Round I, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX |
| 2001 | The Box, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX |
| 2000 | "The Potent Image," Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA New Works, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA |
| 1999 | The National Print Invitational, SUNY, Brockport, NY American/Slovenia Print Biennale, Museum of Modern Art, Zagrev, Croatia Fabled Impressions, American Invitational exhibition, Larmer Dodd Museum, University of Georgia, Athens, GA Blackhills Print Symposium, Faculty Show, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD 200 Years of Folly: The Legacy of Goya's Caprichos:, National Print Invitational, Grand Valley State University, Grand Valley, MI Contemporary American Printmakers, Invitational Portfolio Exhibition:, Gallery of New Wales, Sidney, Australia Aukland Art Gallery, Aukland, New Zealand |
| 1998 | Slovenia Print Biennale, Novo Mesto, Slovenia New Directions in Contemporary Print Medium, Vanderbuildt University, Nashville, TN |
| 1997 | Classically Inspired, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX Shifting Grounds, National Invitational, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, MA Summer Arts Drawing Invitational Exhibition, Long Beach State University, CA |
| 1996 | New Beginnings, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX National Print Invitational, Ball State University, Muncie, IN CSULB, Long Beach, CA Figuratively Speaking, Auroboro Press, San Francisco, CA Cumberland Gallery, Knoxville, TN Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1995 | Southern Graphic Council Print Portfolio, University of West Virginia,
Morgantown, WV National Print Invitational, Concordia College, Ann Arbor, MI National Printmaking Invitational, University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ National Printmaking Invitational, Fox Fine Art Gallery, University of Texas at El Paso Introduction, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN |
| 1994 | The Box, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX Miniatures, Hooks-Epstein Galleries, Houston, TX 3 From Sonoma, Monoprint exhibition, Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA 18th Harper National, Purchase Award and Best in Show, Harper College, Palantine, IL McNeese State Works on Paper Purchase Award, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA West Coast Print Invitational, Holmes Gallery, San Jose, CA Drawing No Conclusion, Invitational Group Exhibition, Lincoln Arts Center, Sacramento, CA Works on Paper Invitational, Encina Art Gallery, Sacramento, CA 35th Invitational Winners' Award Exhibition, Longview Museum, Longview, TX Four Printmakers, Fine Art gallery/West Coast Editions, Santa Rosa,CA Participant in 1994 Narrative Print Portfolio - National Invitational Participant in 1994 Alternative Print Symposium/ Invitational Portfolio Exhibition, University of South Dakota |
| 1993 | Personal Attachments: The Art of Collage/Assemblage, Hooks-Epstein
Galleries, Houston, TX West Coast Edition Printmakers Invitational, Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA Artists Select Artists, (Invitational), Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN One by One Monotype Invitational, OPTS Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA Tattooed Corpse Portfolio Suite, Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV Small Scale, Group Exhibition, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA Glassell School of Art, The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX 44th North American Print Exhibition Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA 24th Bradley National Print and Drawing National, Bradley University, IL 17th Harper National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Harper College, IL Invited participant in Tattooed Corpse Portfolio 1992/93.(Travelling exhibition) |
| SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS | |
| Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Boston, MA California State University at Chico, Print Collection, Chico, CA Arkansas Art Center, AR McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA Trenton State University, NJ University of Texas, El Paso Weber State University, UT University of Maine, Presque Isle Peoria Art Museum, IL Chicago Art Institute Auburn University, AL Laman Dodd Museum, GA Honolulu Fine Art Museum, HI University of Dallas, TX University of Texas, Tyler Clemson University, AL Bradley University,IL Borg-Warner Corporation, Chicago Aucherbach Foundation , CA Palace of Legion of Honor, CA Mr. Harry Oliveri, Chicago Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Luebbers, Chicago Mr. Richard Feldman, Chicago Mr. Ernest Weiner, Chicago Dr. Alan Hurwitz, Houston Mr. Stephen Sachnik, Houston Mr. Jon Jenkins, Houston Mr. Robert Scott, Houston Mr. Eric Hagstette, Houston Ms. Karen Kephart, Houston Ms. Pat Aubrey, Houston Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barrett, Dallas Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Lasher, Houston Mr. and Mrs. Joel Reichek, Houston Mr. Mike Caddell, Houston Ms. Tracy Conwell, Houston Mrs. Charles V. Hooks, Houston Ms. Ursula Brinkerhoff, Houston Ms. Renee Wallace, Houston Mr. and Mrs. Walter Graham, Houston Ms. Kay Sheffield, Houston Ms. Charlie Sartewelle, Houston Mr. Chuck Rancatti, Houston Mr. and Mrs. Richard Stanley, Houston Ms. Mary Kay Casey, Houston Joanne and Allen Pinkett, Houston Mr. Gary Rather, Houston Ms. Kathy Wetmore, Houston Ms. Charlie Jean Sartureller, Houston Janice Starr Phillips, Houston Mr. & Mrs. Christopher Nicoll, TX Dr. Alan Herniz, Houston Mr. & Mrs. Richard Barrett, Dallas, TX Mr. Tim Chafin & Mr. Bill Broderick |
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