Born in Fredericksburg Virginia, Will Kurucz spent his childhood years in the Chesapeake area exploring the outdoors, playing sports and doodling his way through school. In 2011 after graduating from high school, he headed south to East Carolina University where he would meet Michael Ehlbeck, and begin to study the art of Printmaking. Will would go on to graduate with his BFA in printmaking in 2015. He then went on to spend the next few years traveling, spending time working in Chicago and Alaska, and taking trips through Cuba, and Guatemala. In 2017 Will settled in Dekalb, Illinois to pursue his MFA in printmaking under Michael Barnes. Graduating in 2020 as the world was hit with COVID Will headed north to escape the the remote town Coldfoot, Alaska. He's currently bouncing back and fourth between Coldfoot and Chicago, enjoying the outdoors and making prints.