EDUCATION
New York Academy of Art, MFA, New York, NY 2007-2009
Michigan State University, BLA, East Lansing, MI 1975-1982
TEACHING
New York Academy of Art, Sculpture Professor, New York, NY 2018
New York Academy of Art, Sculpture Professor, New York, NY 2016
Lyme Academy, Sculpture Professor, Old Lyme, CT 2015
New York Academy of Art, Sculpture Professor, New York, NY 2014
Penn State University, Assistant Professor of Art, State College, PN 2012-2013
Lyme Academy, Sculpture Professor, Old Lyme, CT 2011
New York Academy of Art, Sculpture Teaching Assistant, New York, NY 2008-2009
Concord Academy, High School Art Teacher, Petoskey, MI. 1995-1996
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017. Kim Foster Gallery, "WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING ABOUT", New York, NY
2015 Kim Foster Gallery, "PARDON THE INTERRUPTION, PLEASE", New York, NY
2013 Mike Weiss Gallery, “ANOTHER SHIT SHOW”, New York, NY
2012 Mike Weiss Gallery, “EXTRA FUCKING ORDINARY”, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Avant Gallery, “PALM BEACH MODERN + CONTEMPORARY “, Palm Beach, FL.
New York Academy of Art, “PHANTASMAGORIA’, New York, NY
2018 Avant Gallery, “ART MIAMI”, Miami, FL
Kim Foster Gallery, “CONTEXT MIAMI”, Miami, FL
Kaplan Institute, “GRAND OPENING”, Chicago, IL
New York Academy of Art, “TAKE HOME A NUDE, SOTHEBY’S”, New York, NY
Garvey Simon Gallery, “REVEAL ART FAIR”, Saratoga Springs, NY
Avant Gallery, “SCOPE BASEL”, Basel, Switzerland
S Panepinto Galleries, “NJCU SILENT AUCTION”, Jersey City, NJ.
S Panepinto Galleries, “THROUGH THE EYES OF AN ARTIST”, Jersey City, NJ
Coastal Contemporary Gallery, “SALON SHOW”, Newport, RI
Clark Gallery, “PTOWN POP-UP”, Provincetown, MA
Hot Woods Arts, “FRUITOPIA”, Red Hook, NY
Avant Gallery, “ART NEW YORK”, New York, NY
TruTV, “SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST”, Austin, TX
Garvey Simon, “ART ON PAPER”, New York, NY
Clark Gallery, “SCOPE ART FAIR”, New York, NY
Rajaman Gala University, “2018 INTERNATIONAL ART WORK”, Chiangmai, Thailand
Poh Chang Academy of Arts, “13THINTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL”, Bangkok, Thailand
Galarie Sebastien Adrien, “#1”, Paris, France
Avant Gallery, “PALM BEACH MODERN + CONTEMPORARY”, Palm Beach, FL
Clark Gallery, “ART BOCA RATON” Boca Raton, FL
2017 Avant Gallery, "SCOPE MIAMI", Miami, FL
Kim Foster Gallery, "CONTEXT MIAMI", Miami, FL
101 Exhibit Gallery “SELECTIONS FROM THE ARCHIVE”, West Hollywood, CA
Galerie Van Campen & Rochus, "EXTRAORDINARY", Antwerp Belgium
New York Academy Of Art, "SINGLE FARE 4", New York, NY
4 Heads, "GOVERNORS ISLAND ART FAIR", New York, NY
Clark Gallery, "PARERWORK", Lincoln, MA
Jonathan LaVine Projects, "THE SEARCH IS OVER", Jersey City, NJ
Kim Foster Gallery, "WINTERFELL", New York, NY
2016 Vida Sabbaghi, REPSYCHLING, Brooklyn, NY
Kim Foster Gallery, "CONTEXT ART MIAMI", Miami, FL
New York Academy of Art, “TAKE HOME A NUDE AT SOTHEBY’S”, NY
Booth Gallery, "THE FOURTH WALL", New York, NY
Kim Foster Gallery, "RELIEF", New York, NY
Villa DoMuse, "LANUIT DES ARTISTS", Honfluer, France
New York Academy of Art, "CALL OF THE WILD", South Hampton, NY
The Vendue Hotel, "FROM THE ACADEMY", Charleston, SC
4Heads "PORTAL FEDERAL HALL" New York, NY
Hearst Tower, "THE ART OF NOW", New York, NY
S.Panepinto Galleries, "MEMENTOS", Jersey City, NJ
2015 S. Panepinto Galleries, "MY FAVORITE THINGS", Hoboken, NJ
Port Authority, "EXTRA, EXTRA, HEAR ALL ABOUT IT", New York, NY
New York Academy of Art, "TAKE HOME A NUDE AT SOTHEBY'S" New York, NY
Last Rites Gallery, "13TH HOUR", New York, NY
ARTPRIZE, Grand Rapids, MI
C.O.A. Galerie, "MUTE", Montreal, Canada
New Jersey City University, "BARELY IMAGINED BEINGS II", Jersey City, NJ
Queens Museum, "AN INCLUSIVE WORLD", Queens, NY
Kim Fosgter Gallery, "COLOR VALUE", New York, NY
Proto Gallery, "BARLEY IMAGINED BEINGS", Hoboken, NJ
The (un)Scene Art Fair, New York, NY
Columbia University, "REPSYCHLING", New York, NY
Cornell Museum, Del Ray Beach, FL
Sirona Fine Art, "ARTIST GAZE", Hallandale Beach, FL
2014 4 Heads, GOVERNORS ISLAND ART FAIR, New York, NY
Panepinto Galleries, “LUCID VISIONS”, Jersey City, NJ
Mark Miller Gallery, “BEHIND THE CURTAIN”, New York, NY
Window Studio, “SHALL NOT PERISH”, Brooklyn, NY
Pajama Factory, “IGNIGHT”, Williamsport, PA
Converge Gallery, “METAMORPHIC”, Williamsport, PA
Flowers Gallery, “NYAA SUMMR EXHIBITION”, New York, NY
Galerie Queen Anne, “ANIMATED LOUNGES”, Leipzig, Germany
Mana Contemprary, “ALL MY FRIENDS ARE ARTISTS”, Jersey City, NJ
Cornell Museum of Art, “PAPER SHOW”, Del Ray Beach, FL
The Unfair, New York, NY
Deborah Brown/Leslie Heller, “Real on Rock Street”, Brooklyn, NY
2013 The Lodge Gallery, “TYPHOON HAIYAM BENEFIT”, New York, NY
Mike Weiss Gallery, “SOUTHAMPTON SHOW”, Southampton, NY
New York Academy of Art, “DECK THE WALLS”, New York, NY
2012 Mike Weiss Gallery, “ART MIAMI”, Miami, FL
2011 New York Academy of Art, “ICONOMANCY”, New York, NY
2010 Allegra Laviola Gallery, “ PORNUCOPIA”, New York, NY
RH GALLERY, “FOOLSGOLD ART”, NEW YORK, NY
New York Academy of Art, “NONE TAKEN”, New York, NY
Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Annual Juried Show, Bloomington, IN
The Contemporary Arts Center of Las Vegas, “21st Annual Show”, Las Vegas, NV
Lucky Gallery, “Daily Porn”, Brooklyn, NY
2009 New York Academy of Art, “DESK THE WALLS”, New York, NY
New York Academy of Art, “SUMMER EXHIBITION”, New York, NY
New York Academy of Art, “ A FIGURATIVE RECONSTRUCTION”, New York, NY
2005 Galerija Pungart, Kranj, Slovenia
2003 Petoskey Contemporary Arts Group, “THIS IS BLACK”, Petoskey, MI
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2015 Style No Chaser, VULNERABILITIES, ABSURDITIES AND HUMOR WITH WILL KURTZ, Raquel Baillard
OCIO Ultimate Magazine, ESCULTURAS CON PAPEL DE PERIODICO RECICLADO
White Hot Magazine, WILL KURTZ, PARDON THE INTERRUPTION, PLEASE AT KIM FOSTER GALLERY, Mary Hrbecek
Wall Street International, PARDON THE INTERRUPTION, PLEASE, Daniel Gauss
Artnet News, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT-TURNED SCULPTOR WILL KURTZ AND THE THINGS THAT INSPIRE HIM.
2014 Boca Raton Magazine, ARTISTS BRING BROOKLYN STREETS TO DELRAY BEACH, John Thomason
2013 Eyes In Magazine, WILL KURTZ AT MIKE WEISS GALLERY, Vivian Van Dijk
2012 Whitehot Magazine, WILL KURTZ EXTRA FUCKING ORDINARY, Peterson, Stephanie
New York Daily News, YOUNG AT ART: NEWSPAPER SCULPTOR WILL KURTZ
DISCOVERS NEW YORK AND HIS CREATIVE SIDE AFTER 50, Oserhout, Jacob E.
Hyperallergic, PAPER PEOPLE AND RUDE SHOCKS, Micchelli, Thomas
NY Art Beat, WILL KURTZ’S EXTR FUCKING ORDINARY, Hrbacek, Thomas
Artfuse, VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH WILL KURTZ, Produced by Steven Gladston
Vincent Zambrano, VIDEO SCULPTURE AT MIKE WEISS GALLERY
AWARDS
Fellowship, NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART2009-10
Academic Scholarship Award, NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART2008
RESIDENCIES
2018 Rajaman Gala University 2018 International art workshop, Chiangmai, Thailand
Poh Chang Academy of Arts 13thInternational Arts Festival and workshop, Bangkok, Thailand
2016 Space Gallery, St. Barths
2014 4Heads, GOVERNORS ISLAND SUMMER RESIDENCY2014
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Stony brook Children’s Hospital, Stony brook, NY
Kaplan Institute, Chicago, IL
Cornell Museum of Art, Del Ray Beach, FL,
Ziel Feldman Collection, New York, NY
Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, Jersey City, NJ
Collection of Sherry and Joel Malin, New York, NY
The Krupp Family Foundation, Boston, MA
The Tullman Collection, Chicago, IL
The Collection of Josh Rechnitz, New York, NY
The Collection of Linda Nelson, Bloomfield, MI
The Collection of Robert C. Kopple, Beverly Hills, CA
The Collection of Daniel Limoges, Montreal, Canada
The Collection of Libby Bonbright, Los Angeles, CA
The Collection of Sloan Schaffer, Miami, FL
The Collection of Wijnand Donkers, Dusseldorf, Germany
The Collection Alexander Ghazinian, Zurich, Switzwerland
The Collection of Michel Ringuet, Montmagny, Canada