Timeline

1957
Born in Flint, MI
2008–2009
Academic Scholarship Award, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2009
MFA Sculpture, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2009–2010
Fellowship, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

Exhibitions

2013
Another Shit Show, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2012
Extra Fucking Ordinary, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2011
Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, Jersey City, NJ
2011
Pornucopia, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY
2011
ICONOMANCY, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2010
Fools Gold Art, RH Gallery, New York, NY
2010
None Taken, Fellowship Exhibition, New York Academy of Art
2010
2010 Juried Show, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2010
21st Annual Show (juried by Jeff Gauntt), The Contemporary Arts Center of Las Vegas, NV
2010
Daily Porn, Lucky Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Deck the Walls, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2009
Summer Exhibition (curated by Will Cotton, Alyssa Monks, Eric Fischl, Mathew Flowers, and Anne Strauss), New York Academy of Art,New York, NY
2009
A Figurative Reconstruction, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2005
Galerija Pungart, Kranj, Slovenia

Literature

2012
Zimmer, Lori. Artist Will Kurtz Sculpts Lifelike People Out of Recycled Newspapers, Inhabitat, May 15, 2012
2012
Ponzo, Anthony. All Faces Fit to Print, Mana Log, spring issue, 2012
2012
Peterson, Stephanie. Will Kurtz: Extra Fucking Ordinary, Whitehot, Magazine, February 21, 2012
2012
Micchelli, Thomas. Paper People and Rude Shocks, Hyperallergic, February 11, 2012
2012
Hrbacek, Mary. Will Kurtz’s Extra Fucking Ordinary Sculpture at Mike Weiss Gallery, NY Art Beat, February 9, 2012
2012
Zambrano, Vincent. Interview with Will Kurtz, ARTEFUSE produced by Steven Gladston, January 26, 2012. video
2012
Osterhout, Jacob E. Young at Art: Newspaper sculptor Will Kurtz discovers New York and his creative side after 50, New York Daily News, January 22, 2012