Education:
BS Design, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Solo Exhibitions:
2012 Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North Carolina
2011 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2009 Tucson International Airport, Tucson, Arizona
2009 Kouros Gallery, New York, New York
2008 Downtown Main Library Plaza Monumental Installation, Tucson, Arizona
2008 The Gallery at Sixth and Sixth, Tucson, Arizona
2006 The Gallery at 6th & 6th, Tucson, Arizona
2005 Galleria Musou, Tucson, Arizona
2004 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2004 Bill Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2003 Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2003 MHB Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
2001 Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2000 Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1998 Raw Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1998 D C Harris, Tucson, Arizona
1996 Canyon Ranch Resort, Tucson, Arizona
1995 Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1993 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1992 Hondo Gallery, Kumamoto, Japan
1992 Diamar Department Store, Fukuoka, Japan
1992 Amakusa Community Center, Ooyano, Japan
1992 Machi Community Center, Sumoto, Japan
1991 Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1990 Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac, Arizona
1989 Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona
1989 Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1988 Wilhelm Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
1988 Oasis Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1988 Dinnerware Artist’s Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1987 Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, Arizona
1984 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1983 Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas
1981 Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona
1981 Lambert/Miller Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
1980 The Signature Shop, Atlanta, Georgia
1979 Confluence Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1979 Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona
1978 First National Bank, Tucson, Arizona
1977 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1974 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Invitational Exhibitions:
2015 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1999 Tohono Chul Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1998 Select Art Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1997 Select Art Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1992 Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1992 Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1991 Twenty-fifth Annual Invitational, Yuma, Arizona
1988 Masks and Costumes, Tucson, Arizona
1987 OK Harris South Gallery, Miami, Florida
1986 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1985 Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1984 Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1982 The Craftsman’s Gallery, Scarsdale, New York
1982 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1982 Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
1982 The Signature Shop, Atlanta, Georgia
1982 The Craftsman’s Gallery, Scarsdale, New York
1982 Springfield Illinois Art Association, Springfield, Illinois
1981 Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas
1981 The Artisan’s Gallery, Great Neck, New York
1981 Sedona Fine Art Center, Sedona, Arizona
Group Exhibitions:
2015 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden)
2014 60th Anniversary Exhibition: A Celebration of Valley House Artists, Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Dallas, Texas
2014 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden)
2012 Kouros Gallery, New York, New York
2011 Tucson Museum of Art Biennial, Tucson, Arizona
2010 Museum of Art, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
2010 24th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Boone, North Carolina
2006 Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2006 Palm Beach Sculpture Biennale, Wellington, Florida
2006 Karin Newby Gallery, Tubac, Arizona
2005 Skokie Sculpture Park, Chicago, Illinois
2005 Galleria Musou, Tucson, Arizona
2005 Sculpture Site, Napa Valley, California
2004 Sculptor’s Dominion, San Antonio, Texas
2003 New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, California
2003 Vanier Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2001 New Leaf Gallery, Berkeley, California
2000 Navy Pier Sculpture Show, Chicago, Illinois
2000 3D Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1999 New Leaf Gallery, Berkley, California
1999 D C Harris Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1998 Raw Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1998 Jewish Community Center, Tucson, Arizona
1997 Lumina Fine Art, Taos, New Mexico
1997 Select Art Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1996 Select Art Gallery, Sedona, Arizona
1993 Strokes of Genius ‘93, Scottsdale, Arizona
1993 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1992 Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1991 Art of the Nineties, Kumamoto, Japan
1991 Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1990 In Another Dimension, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona
1989 Rosequist Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1989 Roswell Fine Art National, juried exhibition, Roswell, New Mexico
1989 Contemporary Realism, Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona
1988 Santa Cruz Valley Arts Association, Santa Cruz, New Mexico
1988 Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona
1987 Tempe Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona
1987 In Celebration of Public Art
1987 Fine Art For Fine Causes, Tucson, Arizona
1987 Tucson Sculpture, Tucson, Arizona
1986 Sculptors of the Southwest, Tucson, Arizona
1986 Artists of the Southwest, Tucson, Arizona
1986 Southwest Sculpture Competition
1981 Bullock’s, Scottsdale, Arizona
1980 Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas
1980 The Artisan’s Gallery, Great Neck, New York
1980 Yuma Fine Arts Center, Yuma, Arizona
1980 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1979 Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
1979 Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
1979 Broadloom City Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1979 The Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
1977 Confluence Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
1977 University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Literature:
Curt Brill Sculpture: Expressions of the Human Spirit, edited and designed by Melina Lew, published by thisisfreshcutgrass.com, essay by Peter S. Briggs (August 2004), 2016. Raynie (arm over head—page 63), Raynie (standing with legs crossed—page 80), Dana (maquette—page 83), Dana (full size—page 103), and Dancer (page 109) reproduced.
Herb Stratford, “Curt Brill: Looking is Not Seeing,” Desert Leaf: The Catalina Foothills Magazine, Vol. 30, No. 8, September 2016, pages 68-70.
Helen Lee, Urban Landscape Street Sculpture, Hi Design International Publishing, Hong Kong, 2014.
At a Glance: Gestures of Curt Brill, exhibition catalogue, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, North
Carolina, 2012.
Teaching:
1988-1989 Pottery Instructor, Pima College, Tucson, Arizona
1978-1986 Artist in Education, National Endowment for the Arts
1978 Art Director, Southern Arizona Clay
1977 Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Ceramic Consultant, Tucson, Arizona
1976-1977 Multi-media Art Instructor
1976-1978 Pottery Instructor, Pima College, Tucson, Arizona
1974-1976 Pottery Instructor, Tucson Parks, Tucson, Arizona
1974-1974 Clay Instructor, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Professional Organizations:
Southern Arizona Clay and Glass
Tucson Museum of Art
Tucson Museum of Art Craft Guild
Arizona Designer Craftsmen
Long Island Craftman’s Guild
American Craft Council
Tucson Festival Society
Santa Cruz Valley Art Association
Dinnerware Cooperative Gallery
National Sculpture Society
International Sculpture Center
Awards:
Tucson Museum of Art 2015 Biennial
Tucson Museum of Art Purchase Award
Tucson Museum of Art Exhibition Award
Long Island Craftsman Honorable Mention
Artists of the Southwest Honorable Mention
Pima College Honorable Mention
Sculptors of the Southwest Honorable Mention
University of Arizona Award of Merit
Pima College Award of Merit
Santa Cruz Valley Art Award of Merit
Hicksville Hall of Fame
Roswell National Juried Best of Sculpture
“In Another Dimension” Juror’s Award
Kumamoto Japan Best of Show
Tucson Museum of Art Juror’s Award
Rosen Outdoor Competiton Finalist
Martin & Doris Rosen Award, 24th Outdoor Sculpture Competition
