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The Biography Page
Kurt
Joachim von Behrmann was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1962 to a German Father
and an American Mother. From that time to the present he has literally followed
in his father’s footsteps as an Artist, Art Professor and Art Writer. The
tradition of creating art and music was always a stong one on both sides of his
family. Mr. Von Behrmann has maintained that family interest in the fine arts
through teaching it, creating it and ultimately criticizing it.
Like
many visual artists, von Behrmann started out with small scale drawings as a
child. That interest in communicating visually remained consistent long after
childhood. This interest in the arts translated into a B.F.A in Painting with
honors from the Art Academy of Cincinnati and then an M.F.A. in Art from the
Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills Michigan.
After
the degrees were earned, he followed a path that moved him to North Carolina,
Kentucky and Arkansas as positions became available in the arts. During those
moves he continued to write art reviews for such publications as “The New Art
Examiner,” based in Chicago, “Art Papers,” based in Atlanta, Georgia and
“The Little Rock Free Press, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Reviews, poems and
short stories were written and published during that time as well.
Moving
along side the interest in Art Commentary, Mr. von Behrmann continued to paint,
draw and create multi media constructions. The works composed during his
appointment as a Professor of Visual Art at Morehead State University became the
corner stone for his first solo show in New York City at the Cinque Gallery.
Solo shows followed every year along with group shows.
During
the past Mr. von Behrmann’s work has earned a Pollock Krasner Foundation
Grant, A Kentucky Arts Council Award for contributions to the Visual Arts in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, A Faculty Grant from the University of Arkansas at
Little Rock, and a Black Scholars Grant from Penn State University and the
Phoenix Neighborhood Association Award for Artistic Excellence in the Phoenix
Hill section of the City of Louisville Kentucky.
Several
moves and shows later, Mr. von Behrmann now resides in the city of Phoenix,
Arizona and continues to create new work.
“Art is an autobiography. In
the illusions, dreams and nightmares of its creators, more truth can be found
here than in the world we call reality.”
Kurt .Joachim von Behrmann.
Phoenix, Arizona June 30, 2000
