Rawvision #28,
listing under shows in usa
two museum shows listed; here is the complete list:
june1999
Museum of Arts and History -Port Huron
october1999
Saginaw Art Museum
january2000
Ella Sharp Museum -Jackson
febuary2000
Ann Arbor Art Center
june2000
Lansing Art Gallery
october2000
Birmingham/Bloomfield Art Center
march2000
Krasl Art Center -St. Joseph
april2000
Midland Center for the
Arts.
Plus Third Place at The Polk Art Show '99 |
Artist Profile: Curtis Kohl
"Restlessly creative" may be the best way to describe Curtis
Kohl, a self-taught artist whose activities range from traditional work in
watercolor and pen and ink to cutting edge imagery on Internet magazines ("zines")
and original musical compositions.
Curtis started becoming involved with art a number of years
ago as an emotional retreat. "I'd have difficulty sleeping and so I'd draw," he
recalls. "My images are highly personal, like the work of Salvador Dali and
Marcel Duchamp."
Although Curtis started using traditional media, he has become
increasingly involved with computer-aided design. In part, this is a result of
difficulty he now has in holding a pen or pencil for periods of time to draw or
color. "The computer allows me to do things I wouldn't be able to do otherwise,"
he notes. "I can now draw an image and scan it into the computer and then work
on refining it. I can smooth out a line or color in an area easily - something I
couldn't otherwise do because of muscle fatigue."
The computer doesn't simply serve as an artistic tool for
Curtis, it also serves as a way of exhibiting his work. He has "shown" his work
in a number of on-line galleries and also served as artistic director for
numerous "zines." At this point, Curtis is involved with 27 websites and has
gotten responses to his work from as far away as Australia and the Netherlands.
Among the sites where you can see Curtis' work are
Deviant Arts , SITO, and
Myartinfo.
On a more terrestrial level, Curtis has shown his work in the
VSA arts of Michigan exhibit,
Art With a View I. This juried exhibition features
artwork by five Michigan artists, and includes colored pencil, gouache, ink, and
mixed media work by Curtis. "I've been involved with VSA since 1995," says
Curtis. "VSA has been very responsive to me."
Besides his sketching, Curtis creates original music on the
computer, using a synthesizer, tape deck, tape player and old turntable and also
works on animations and videos. With all this creative energy, it's easy to see
why Curtis Kohl is one of VSA arts of Michigan's featured artists.
from 'Very Special Arts of Michigan' newsletter "Expressions" winter
issue 2001
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