Kurt Sorensen is a photographic artist who describes his work as ‘dark Folk art’. In capturing ordinary places with a wide focus area and the absence of human figures, Sorensen utilises the natural/available light, shade and vivid colour sources to create scenes with a great air of expectation, filled with uncertainty, intensity and an atmosphere of emotional potentiality. His photos are printed directly from negative and have not been enhanced digitally.

Education
University of Sydney (Sydney College of the Arts)
2002-2005 Bachelor Visual Arts Hons. (Photo media)

Solo Exhibitions
September-October 2009 ‘Anon’, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
October 2008 ‘Untitled (that could be canon fire)’, At The Vanishing Point Contemporary Art, Sydney

Selected Group Exhibitions
January 2010 - ‘Photography 10’ Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
September-October 2009 - ‘Breathing Space’ group show, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery.
August-October 2009 - ‘Southerly Buster’ group show, Hazelhurst Gallery, Sydney.
August 2009 - ‘Big Aussie Icons’ group show Hardware Gallery, Sydney.
July 2009 - ‘Reality Cheque’ group show At The Vanishing Point, Sydney.
March 2009 - ‘Stargazing’ group show, Hardware Gallery, Sydney.
March 2007 - Newtown Short Film Festival, Pact Theatre Sydney Director/Writer/Editor Screened work: Music Video for the track ‘I’m Crazy’ by Baby Bees.
September 2006 - ‘The good, The Bad and the TEE VEE’, DON’T LOOK GALLERY, Sydney Director/Writer/Editor, ‘the jesus ninja’ photographic/video installation, 2005.

Prizes and Awards
October-November 2009 - Festival of Fisher’s Ghost Art Award. Open category Finalist, Art on paper category Finalist Campbelltown City Art Centre.
September 2009 - Marrickville Art Prize Finalist At The Vanishing Point Contemporary Art.
August-September 2009 - Outback Art Award Finalist Broken Hill Regional Gallery.
June-August 2009 - Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award Finalist Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, Sydney.