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Currently resides in Vaughn, Washington

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
           B.F.A. 1986

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
          Certificate 1982
          William Emlen Cresson Scholarship 1983

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 George Billis Gallery, New York , NY

2007 Kurt Solmssen Paintings and works on Paper 1986-2006
        Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA

2006 George Billis Gallery, New York , NY

2005 Adler and Co. Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2003 Foster/ White Gallery, Seatte, WA

2002 Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA

2000 Tatistcheff & Co. , New York, NY

1998 Foster/ White Gallery, Seattle, WA

1996 Foster/ White Gallery, Seattle, WA

1995 Tatistcheff/ Rogers, Santa Monica, CA

1994 Tatistcheff/ Rogers, Santa Monica, CA

1991 Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1990 Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1987 Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1985 Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006-07 Building Tradition: Contemporary Northwest Art from Tacoma         Art Musuem, Watcom Musuem of History and Art,
        Bellingham, WA

2005 Go Figure, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY

        Northwest Landscape, Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
        
         Reflections in Art, Curator's Choice Gallery at the Tacoma Art           Musuem, Tacoma, WA

2004 George Nick Selects Realist Paintings, Concord Art Association,         Concord, MA

        National Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

2002 Treasure, Terrence Rogers Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA

2001 George Nick Selects, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
        Pleasure Craft, Tacoma Art Museum Beinnial Exhibition,          Tacoma,WA

2000 In the Eye of the Beholder, Terrence Rogers Fine Art,
        Santa Monica, CA

Summer Show Tatistcheff and Co. New York, NY

1999 Exhibition and Art Auction Eight, Long Beach Museum of Art,
          Long Beach, CA

Foster/ White Gallery, Kirkland, WA

1997 Viewpoints: The Landscape

Foster/ White Gallery, Kirkland, WA

1996 Tatistcheff/ Rogers, Santa Monica, CA

Contemporary American Realist Painters - 1996

Halls Gallery, Kansas City, MO

1995 Summer Tatischeff/ Rogers, Santa Monica, CA

1994 The Natural World, Foster White Gallery, Kirkland, WA

1993 Blue, Tatistcheff/ Rogers, Santa Monica, CA

1991 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA

1990 Linda Hodges Gallery, Seattle, WA

Contemporary Philadelphia Artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art,           Philadelphia, PA

1989 Philadelphia Group Show, The Governor's Mansion,           Harrisburg,PA

1988 Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA

1987 Fellowship Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
          Philadelphia, PA

1986 20th Juried Exhibition, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA

1984 New Talent Show, Marian Locks Gallery Philadelphia, PA

1983 The Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
           Philadelphia, PA

1982 The Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
           Philadelphia, PA

1981 The Cresson Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
           Philadelphia, PA

COLLECTIONS

ARA Services

Alantic Richfield

    Bakersfield Museum of Art

Coopers and Lybrand

Deloitte, Touche

Duane, Morris, Heckscher

EDS

Exxon Mobile Corporation

The Fairmount Institute

Federal Reserve Bank

First Fidelity Bank

Saul, Ewing, Remick and Saul

Gardner, Carton and Douglas

Glaxo Smith Kline

Greitzer and Locks

Harron Corporation

Kleahr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers

    Multicare

Perkins Coie

Provident Mutual Insurance Company

Rohne Poulenc Rorer

    Saul, Ewing, Remmick and Saul

    Smith Kline Beckman

Swedish Hospital

    Tacoma Art Museum

Wolf, Block, Schorr, Solis-Cohen

and private collections