---
title: Rudolf Kurz
description: Surrealist painter
url: "https://www.artsume.com/a/rudolf"
type: artist
createdAt: 2026-02-28
updatedAt: 2026-05-16
disciplines:
  - Painting
  - Printmaking
location: "Toronto, ON, Canada"
---

# Rudolf Kurz

*Surrealist painter | Painting, Printmaking | Based in Toronto, ON, Canada*

## Curriculum Vitae

### Education

- **1981** - none, in painting, Art Students' League of New York, New York

### Solo Exhibitions

- **2013** - "The Miracle of Flight," Graven Feather Toronto
- **2006** - "A Snail, Loose in the Press Room," The Porcupine's Quill Erina
- **2003** - Elizagoth Stratford
- **2002** - Lost Gallery Dunedin
- **2000** - "Walk on the Wild Side," Painted City Toronto

### Group Exhibitions

- **2026** - "Into Body," Varley Gallery Markham
- **2026** - "The Great Outdoors," Northern Contemporary Toronto
- **2026** - "Eureka," Propeller Toronto
- **2025** - "OSA 151st Juried Exhibition," Donna Child Fine Art Gallery Toronto
- **2025** - Northern Contemporary Toronto
- **2016** - "The Artists' Project," Exhibition Place Toronto
- **2012** - Lucia Douglas Gallery Bellingham
- **2008** - Pentimento Gallery Toronto
- **2007** - "Toronto Art Expo," Conference Centre Toronto
- **2006** - Frankfurt and Leipzig Book Fairs Frankfurt am Main
- **2004** - "Current 2004," Lieutenant Governor's Suite Toronto
- **2000** - "Into Body," Varley Gallery Markham
- **1997** - "OSA 125th Travelling Exhibition," several public art gallery venues Sévérac d'Aveyron

### Awards & Grants

- **2006** - Most Beautiful Books in the World - short list, Frankfurt and Leipzig Book Fair
- **1996** - Mr Christie's Book Award - finalist, Mr Christie's

### Bibliography

- **2022** - Rudolf, "25 Paintings," *self published book* pp. 32
- **1995** - Seidel / Kurz, "The Rats Came Back / Le Retour des Rats," *book* pp. 32

### Publications

- **2024** - "25 (25 paintings and murals)," *self published book* pp. 32
- **2020** - "Bizarre - 40 unusual drawings," *self published book* pp. 84
- **2008** - "Sound of Hungry Animals," *chapbook* ed. Agnes Czerhati pp. 40
- **2006** - "An Illustrated Alphabet for the Illiterate," *book* ed. Tim Inkster pp. 64
- **2004** - "Looking for Snails on a Sunday Afternoon," *book* ed. Tim Inkster pp. 160
- **1999** - "Die Ratten sind wieder da," *book* ed. Anne Millyard pp. 32

## Portfolio

### The Lost Samurai (2025)

*Oil on panel*

*15 1/2 x 24*

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### Arrangement of Shells in the Shape of a Woman (2025)

*11 x 24"*

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### Nighthawks (2025)

*Oil on panel*

*23 x 15"*

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### The Whip-poor-will (2025)

*Oil on panel*

*19 x 15 1/2*

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### Gambit (2024)

*Oil on panel*

*16 x 21"*

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### From the Sea of Cortez (2024)

*Oil on panel*

*18 x 24"*

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### Girls and Bays (2024)

*Oil on panel*

*25 x 16"*

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### Disagreement (2024)

*Oil on panel*

*13 x 11 1/2"*

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### Victory (2024)

*Oil on panel*

*21 x 14"*

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### Bohemian Rhapsody (2024)

*Oil on panel*

*19 x 16"*

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### Tango (2024)

*20 x 18 "*

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### Arrival (2023)

*23 x 20"*

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### Zero Gravity Snails (2023)

*Acrylic on panel*

*16 x 20"*

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### A Midsummer Day's Dream (2023)

*Oil on panel*

*16 x 20"*

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### Springtime (2023)

*Oil on panel*

*15 x 24"*

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### Tango (2023)

*20 x 18 "*