Recent Group/Solo/Juried Exhibitions/Recognition
Artrepreneur’s July Grant Winner
Excited to announce that I was selected as Artrepreneur’s July Artist Grant Winner! My work was selected from numerous applicants via their website. As part of the award I was featured in their “Artist Spotlight” which details some of my creative process as well as my inspiration and background.
You can view my full portfolio on their website. Artrepreneur is a global digital marketplace and membership platform that connects artists with art buyers.
Recently Completed Commission Reflects Japanese Heritage
My clients recently remodeled their home and were looking for art to inspire and accent their primary living space. Much of their interior elements and decor showcased a Japanese heritage and love of the shapes and cultural connectivity of bamboo. The sculpture I created is an abstract representation of bamboo stocks and leaves accentuated by a red sun. I chose to incorporate texture throughout the piece as a homage to traditional Japanese brush painting and calligraphy. Detail photos of the installation can be seen below. Additional photos of the piece can be found on the main sculpture page: AMY Commission
36”x 83”x 4” • Acrylic on Wood • LED Lighting
Zoot Art Gallery, Flow State: Sculptural Works by Kurt Palmquist
I’d like to thank Zoot Art Gallery for giving me the opportunity to share my work the local art community. My sculpture looked great in their space. The art community is lucky to have such a great space to exhibit and a local business to support them. Special thanks to all those who helped me install the show and organize the opening!
This exhibit explored the fluidity between mind and body during the creative process. Flow state, a period of energized focus, full involvement and enjoyment, occurs when we find ourselves “in the zone” during creative activity.
Sculpture Exhibited at Theory Hair Salon
Special thanks to Trevor and the gang at Theory Hair Salon for exhibiting my work. Their space provided an excellent backdrop and working environment for my sculpture. I hope everyone passing through enjoyed viewing my sculpture while it was there.
International Recognition from Circle Foundation
My sculpture work received some great international recognition recently from Circle Foundation for the Arts based in Athens Greece. They conduct a bimonthly artist of the month competition and select twelve finalists. My work was selected as one of the twelve finalists out of 472 entires for June/July, 2022. Learn more here: Circle Foundation Awards
Also included is a brief interview on their website: Kurt Palmquist Interview
As part of the feature I’m included in their Spotlight, Issue 29 magazine: Spotlight Magazine
Solo Exhibition EMERGENCE at the Emerson Center
My first solo exhibition, “Emergence”, was featured at the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture, in Bozeman, Montana. The exhibition ran March 1 through April 23rd, 2021 in the Lobby and Weaver Room Galleries.
While my primary focus is on dimensional wall sculptures, I have developed a visual language that extends beyond them and connects my paintings, digital prints and photography. This exhibition explored my work in this area over the past several years.
Flourish selected for Yellowstone Art Museum Exhibition & Live
Auction 53
Yellowstone Art Museum has selected Flourish for inclusion in their Exhibition and Live Auction 53. There were over 800 entries from around the nation and will run January 22-March 6, 2021. Flourish was one of only 50 pieces selected for the live auction out of 350 in the exhibition. This year the exhibition will culminate with a special online auction that will benefit the museum. Click here to see the virtual gallery tour
Click here to see the auction catalog.
Yellowstone Art Museum is located in Billings, Montana.
O-Motion Selected by Hopkins Center for the 25th Arts North International Art Exhibition, Minneapolis
‘O-Motion’ was chosen for inclusion in the 25th Arts North International juried art exhibition, Hopkins Center for the Arts. ‘O-Motion’ was one of only 170 selected from 900+ global entries representing a variety of media. The exhibition ran January 9-February 15, 2020.
Hopkins Center for the Arts is located in Hopkins MN, just outside of Minneapolis.
EMERGING Exhibition, ARC Gallery in Chicago
Levels-3 was selected to be a part of a juried exhibition called ‘Emerging.’
ARC Gallery show statement: Many artists ‘begin’ their careers as artists not only in the early twenties but in later decades and for a wide variety of reasons-rediscovery of a long suppressed drive, delayed ability to focus on creating, a return to art school later in life, or a moment of enlightenment. This exhibition includes EMERGING artists of all ages and features the diversity of work that they are currently creating. All media was considered by the juror, including film/video/new media, mixed media/multi-disciplinary, installation and performance.
This exhibition ran from October 3 - November 23, 2019. ARC Gallery is located in Chicago IL.
Juror: Laura Rudolph Cloud, Associate Professor, Michigan State University, Department of Art, Art History and Design, Sculpture Coordinator.
Levels-2 and Space + Time Selected for Fusion Art’s 2019 4th Annual Artist’s Choice International Juried Art Exhibition
Two sculptures were selected for this international exhibition that included entries from US, Canada, UK, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, China, Columbia, Hong Kong, Korea, New Zealand and Taiwan.
Levels-2 wall sculpture was awarded 4th place in the three-dimensional category and Space + Time hanging sculpture was selected for inclusion in the exhibition.
Fusion Art Gallery is located in Palm Springs CA.