Artist’s Resume
KURT WOLD
BORN: 1955, Duluth, Minnesota.                                                
RESIDENCE: Napa, California.                        
                    
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009         “MACHINATIONS: KURT WOLD”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California.
2006         "KURT WOLD: Perpetual Motion", Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California.
2005         “KURT WOLD: Pedaling Into Art”, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California.
2002         “KURT WOLD: I Dreamt I Could Play the Bicycle”, Davis Art Center, Davis, California.      
1999         “Kinetic Sculpture by Kurt Wold”, Oakland Museum of California, Sculpture Court at City Center, Oakland, California.
                  “Dada Rode a Bicycle/ MoMA Was a Peddler”, Redding Museum of Art, Redding, California.    
1997         “Dada Rode a Bicycle/ MoMA Was a Peddler - Human Powered Sculptures by Kurt Wold”, Davis Art Center, Davis, California.
                  “KURT WOLD: Dada Rode a Bicycle/ MoMA Was a Peddler”, Schneider Museum of Art, University of Southern Oregon, Ashland, Oregon.
1996         “KURT WOLD: Dada Rode a Bicycle/ MoMA Was a Peddler”, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California.    
1993         “Power to the People: KURT WOLD”, Bell Plaza Gallery, SBC Plaza, Dallas, Texas.
    
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
1999         “Two Centuries on Two Wheels”, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California.
1998         “Ecotopias”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California.
                  “Surreal Wheels”, Bedford Gallery at the Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California.
                  “Wind Works”, Davis Art Center, Davis, California.
1995         “A Case for Art”, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California.
1994         "Locations", Fredrick Layton Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1992         “Installations”, Visual Arts Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas.
 
PERFORMANCES
2009         “Some of My Best Friends are Unbalanced”, San Francisco Critical Mass, San Francisco, California.
2006         "KURT WOLD: Perpetual Motion", Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, California.
2005         “KURT WOLD: Pedaling Into Art”, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California.
2002         “KURT WOLD: I Dreamt I Could Play the Bicycle”, Davis Art Center, Davis, California.
2001         “I Dreamt I Could Play the Bicycle”, Yountville Veteran’s Park, Yountville, California.
1998         “Ecotopias”, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, California.
 
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2007           Adolph & Esther Gottlieb Assistance Grant.
2006           Arts Orange County Grant Award.
2004           SFMOMA SECA  Artist Award Nominee.
2002           City of Davis Visual Arts Contract Award.
2001           California Arts Council Fellowship in New Genre.
1998           Pollock-Krasner International Artist’s Award.
1996           Ludwig Vogelstein National Award in Sculpture.
1995           NEA/WESTAF Fellowship Recipient in Sculpture.
 
MEDIA COVERAGE
Western County Times: Review of Richmond show entitled, “Human-Powered Whimsy”, July 17, 2009.
Rep Magazine: Review of Richmond show entitled, “Critics Choice”, July 5, 2009.
ArtWeek: Preview of Richmond Art Center show, May, 2009.
OC Weekly -Arts Section: Review of Huntington Beach show entitled, “Cards in Your Spokes”, August 3, 2006.
ArtWeek: Preview of Huntington Beach show, May, 2006.
The Fresno Bee Spotlight: Review of the Fresno show entitled "Uneasy Rider", February 6, 2005.
Channel 53 (KSTV Fresno): Public interest story on the Fresno show, February 12 & 19, 2005.
The Davis Enterprise: Review of Davis show entitled, “Pedal on Over to See Blend of Sound, Art”, September 25, 2002.
Contra Costa Times: Review of Oakland show, “Kinetic Sculpture by Kurt Wold,” April 26, 2002.
Outdoor Life Network: Television program covering performance at Yountville Veteran’s Park, aired throughout 2002.
Art in America: Annual Artist Exhibition Listings, January 1999.
Channel 7 News (ABC Redding/Shasta): Review of Redding show, aired February 12, 1999.
Channel 12 News (KHSL Chico): Review of Redding show, aired February 13, 1999.
San Francisco Chronicle: Review of Yerba Buena show, “Ecotopias”, November 21, 1998.
Sacramento Magazine: Review of Davis show, “Dada Rode a Bicycle... ”, November 1997.
The Davis Enterprise: Interview entitled, “Artist Brings Bicycles to Show”, September 24, 1997.
Mail Tribune’s Tempo -Arts & Entertainment Guide: Review of Ashland show entitled, “Art’s Wild Ride”, July 25, 1997.
Parallaxis -Fifty-five Points of View: NEA/WESTAF fellowship awards publication, 1997.
San Jose Mercury: Review of Palo Alto show, “Dada Rode a Bicycle... ”, August 12, 1996.
Bike Culture (British  Journal): Review of Palo Alto show, “Dada Rode a Bicycle... ”, July 1996.
A Creative Legacy: A History of the NEA Visual Artists Fellowship Program, Harry N. Abrams Inc., Publisher, 1996.
WEAA Channel 8 News (ABC Dallas): Review of Dallas show, aired July 1993.
Plano Texas Telecable Weekday Show: 30 minute interview entitled, “Kurt Wold: Artist/Sculptor,” aired January 1993.
BBC/National Film Board of Canada: 2 hour documentary entitled, “Wheels of Change”, featuring a machine of mine, aired 1992.
NPR/All Things Considered: Story titled, "Kurt Wold: Bicycle Artist," aired November 1990.