William Kurucz
www.willkurucz.com
(540)-226-0815
[email protected]
Coldfoot, AK
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2020 | Master of Fine Arts | Printmaking | Northern Illinois University | DeKalb, IL
2015 | Bachelor of Fine Arts | Printmaking | East Carolina University | Greenville, NC
Professional Experience
2021-22 | Screen Printer at POP!NK | Chicago, IL | https://www.popinked.com
2019 - 20 | Instructor of Record, Intro to Printmaking | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL
2019 - 20 | Graduate Research Assistant at Gallery 214 | Northern Illinois University | DeKalb, IL
2019 | Screen printing intern at POP!INK | Chicago, IL | https://www.popinked.com
2018 - 19 | Instructor of Record, Intro to Drawing | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL
2017 - 19 | Graduate Research Assistant in Printmaking | Northern Illinois University | DeKalb, IL
2017-18 | Graduate Research Assistant in Sculpture | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL
Exhibitions & Portfolio Exchanges
2021 | Fools Like Us | Solo Exhibition | University of North Georgia | Delonagha, GA
27th Parkside National Print Exhibition | National Juried Exhibition | University of Wisconsin Parkside| Kenosha, WI
Moving On | Portfolio Exchange and Group Exhibition | University of North Texas | Denton, TX
2020 | MFA Exhibtion | Group Exhibition | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL
Mid America Print Council Member’s Juried Exhibition | Kent State University | Kent, OH
Southern Printmaking Biennale IX | International Juried Exhibition | University of North Georgia | Dahlonega, GA
2019 | Bandolier Press Exhibition for Presidential Investiture | NIU School of Music | DeKalb, IL
Boston Printmakers Print Biennial | National Juried Exhibition | Jewett Art Gallery | Wellesley College | Wellesley, MA https://www.bostonprintmakers.org/biennials/biennial-2019
Innovations in Printmaking | National Juried Exhibition | Cade Art Gallery | Anne Arundel Community College | Arnold, MD
NIU Printmaking Exhibition | Group Exhibition | University of Louisiana Lafayette | Lafayette, LA
2018 | Stuck In The Middle With You: Second Year MFA Survey | Backspace Gallery | NIU School of Art | DeKalb, IL
Six Degrees of Separation | First Year MFA Group Exhibition | Gallery 215 | Northern Illinois University | DeKalb, IL
2016 | Flora Fauna | Group Exhibition | Side Show Gallery |Chicago, IL
Student International Small Print Show | Davidson Gallery | Seattle, WA
2015 | An Altruistic Attitude | BFA Solo Exhibition | Greenville Museum of Art | Greenville, NC
Rebel 58 Arts and Literary Magazine | Juried Exhibition | Emerge Gallery | Greenville, NC
Prints Charming | Group Exhibition | Art Ave | Greenville NC
It’s All In The Making: The Printmakers of North Carolina | Group Exhibition | Hines Gallery | Pinehurst, NC
Awards
2020 | Best in show | Southern Printmaking Biennale IX | Delonagha, GA
2019-2020 | Dorothea Bilder Scholarship | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL
Frances Gates Memorial Scholarship | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL
Olson Memorial Painting Scholarship | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL
2018-2019 Bates Memorial Scholarship | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL
A.Keefer Art Scholarship | Northern Illinois University | Dekalb, IL
Professional Affiliations
2018- | Member | Mid America Print Council
2018-19 | President | Bandolier Press | NIU Printmaking
2017-18 | Vice President | Bandolier Press | NIU Printmaking
2014-15 | President | East Carolina print guild
2013-14 | Vice President | East Carolina Print Guild
2014- | Member | South Graphics Council