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B I O
Alpharetta, GA 1966
After graduating from the University of Texas in Austin, Lorra worked for years in the financial services industry. She felt a creative void and once she moved to Georgia, she decided to make a change and enrolled in interior design courses at The Atlanta College of Arts. Exposure and interest in interior design led to painting. She is self taught but has taken painting classes in Africa, France and in the U.S. She is represented by two Georgia galleries, dk Gallery and High Country Art, and in Florida, The Studio Gallery 30a. She has exhibited at the Swan House, Atlanta Botanical Garden and the Southeastern Designer Showhouse. Her work has been featured on Tamara Day’s HGTV / Magnolia Network show “Bargain Mansions.” Her mixed media work has been featured in solo and juried shows.
R E P R E S E N T A T I O N
dk Contemporary Gallery
25 West Park Square NE, Marietta, GA 30060, (770) 427-5377
https://dkgallery.us/artist/lorra-kurtz
Growing Days Home by Tamara Day
Online store based in Prairie Village, KS
High Country Arts and Antiques
715 East Main Street, Blue Ridge, GA 30513, (706) 632.6882
The Studio Gallery
26 Logan Lane # D, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459, (850) 231-3331
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Selected Exhibitions
2023 Curated by Design(er) IV, Smile at dk Gallery
2023-2022 Little Things, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta Georgia
2023-2022 Meet Me In the Garden Room, The Gardenhouse Gallery in the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta Georgia
2022 Solo show, Art Pop Up at The Hotel at Avalon, Alpharetta Georgia
2022 Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles Southeastern Designer Showhouse. painting selection by Theresa Ory Interiors, Atlanta Georgia
2022 All Creatures Great and Small, Potluck, Inspired, Oh the Places You’ll Go, Abstraction, Bloom, Warm Up / Cool Down shows at dk Gallery
2022-2019 Artwork selected by Tamara Day for HGTV’s / Magnolia Network show, Bargain Mansions. Selected artwork in her licensed print collection.
2021 Squared Away, Birds of a Feather, Squared Away, Curated by Designer, Home for the Holidays shows at dk Gallery
2020 Holiday Hop, Wonder and Whimsy, Hope is the Thing With Feathers, By Land & By Sea shows at dk Gallery
2019 Small Gems, Unseen, Vivid, Small Works, Buckhead Pop-up shows at dk Gallery
2019 ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) Georgia Chapter’s Art Gala, Atlanta Georgia
2019 Fresh Start, East End Gallery, Inlet Beach Florida
2019 Solo show, City of Alpharetta, Atlanta Georgia
2018 Solo show, Roots and Wings, dk Gallery
2018 Moments and Memories, East End Gallery, Inlet Beach Florida
2018 Atlanta Magazine's HOME Modern Showhouse, painting selection by J. Witzel Interior Design, Atlanta Georgia
2018 Best of dk Gallery, Grits and Glory, Kaleidoscope Explosion shows at dk Gallery
2017 Solo show, From Land to Sky, Jane Sandelin Gallery at Art Works, Inc., Richmond Virginia
2017 New Year, New Artists, New Work, Pin-up Show at dk2 Gallery and dk Gallery
2016 A Square Christmas, Photo Abstraction, I've Got the Blues, Smile, On The Sur- face, New Year, New Art, New Work shows at dk2 Gallery and dk Gallery
2016-2012 Spotlight on Art shows, Trinity School, Atlanta Georgia
2015 Pretty in Pink, Farm to Table, Breaking the Rules, White Christmas, dk Gallery
Corporate Collection
2021 Permanent Collection, JLL Atlanta, Atlanta Georgia
Artist in Residency
2020 COVID-19 Artist Residency, Creativity In Place, throughout the pandemic
Interview with Kate Osmond about the program.
Education
2023-2008 Various workshops in the U.S. and abroad to learn new techniques.
2023-2020 Art2Life Academy
2020 Art2Life’s Creative Visionary Program with Nicholas Wilton
2016 Member of Fountainhead’s Atelier Program, Roswell Georgia
2015 9th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown Maine
2013-2009 Founded “Domicile In Style”, an interior decorating firm, Alpharetta Georgia
2000-1998 Interior Design classes at the Atlanta College of Arts, Atlanta Georgia
1988-1984 University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Business Administration: Marketing and Finance
Presentations
2022 Artist talk about flora inspiration, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta Georgia
2022-2017 Encaustic demonstrations at High Country Arts, dk Gallery, and The Hotel at Avalon in Alpharetta
2020 Instagram Live Artist Chat with Tamara Day
2017 “Paper Please” Panelist, dk Gallery
2017 Art talk on exhibition, “From Land to Sky”, Art Works, Inc., Richmond Virginia
Press
2022 Stroll Historical Brookhaven, “Town and Culture” by Denise Jackson
2022 Modern Luxury Atlanta, dk Gallery’s featured art page
2022 Canvas Rebel, “Meet Lorra Kurtz”
2022 House and Garden, “The Art Edit”
2022 Marietta Daily Journal, “All Creatures Great and Small”
2020 KCTV’s Morning Show ,“HGTV star shows three ways to style a buffet table,” Tamara Day
2019 American Art Collector, dk Gallery Artists
2019 American Society of Interior Designer’s Art Gala featured painting for marketing materials
2019 Art Guide, "Artist Process”
2018 Marietta Daily Journal, “dk Gallery's Roots & Wings”
2018 Voyage ATL Magazine, “Art and Life with Lorra Kurtz”
2017 North Fulton Family Life, "Mixed Media Artist Lorra Kurtz, The Whole Ball of Wax” by Brandi Price
2017 Art Guide featured painting for Art Works Studio and Galleries
2016 Birmingham Home and Garden, "Deck Your Walls”