Michael Kurz

Michael Kurz is a painter whose work is about his relationship to place. He investigates the ways different environments impact autonomy, privacy, and state of mind. His paintings reflect and critique landscape, and are especially informed by travel.

Michael Kurz (b. 1984, Portland, OR) lives and works in Portland, the Columbia River Gorge (Oregon and Washington), and Baja. Kurz has had solo exhibitions in Portland at Guardino Gallery, East Bank, and The City Club of Portland. He has also exhibited his work in group exhibitions in the Pacific Northwest and Baja, Mexico. After graduating from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Kurz continued to study fine art at The Anderson Ranch Arts Center (Snowmass, CO).