was
born in Rapid City, SD, October 6, 1942, and now lives
and works in Anchorage, AK. He received his Bachelors
of Fine Art and Masters of Fine Art degree in 1965 from
the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester New
York. After graduation he taught high school art and
was an adjunct instructor at the Rochester Institute
of Technology until he took a position as area head
of printmaking at the Louisville School of Art in 1968;
a position he held until 1982. From 1982 until 1993
he was owner and master printer at Kaulitz Press, specializing
in Fine Art printing, while also doing adjunct teaching
at the University of Louisville and the University of
Indiana Southeast. In 1993 he took a teaching position
at the University of Alaska Anchorage as area head of
printmaking which he still holds. Since the 1960's Kaulitz's work in painting,
printmaking, drawing and constructions has been represented
in over 250 international ( CAF 2003, World Print Competition,
International Miniature print exhibition , Polish International
Print exhibition), national (Colorprint USA, Harpers
National, Emporia State National Invitational) and regional
exhibitions. He has had over 45 one-person exhibitions.. Kaulitz's work is in many public and private collections
including The Art Academy of China, Anchorage Museum
of History and Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Kentucky
Arts Commission, University of Kansas, J B Speed Art
Museum, Louisville, KY and The University of Alaska
Anchorage. The Al Smith Fellowship in Painting was awarded
to Kaulitz in 1991by the Kentucky Arts Commission. He
was one of the artists included in the book "Icebreakers:
Alaska's Most Innovative Artists" by Julie Decker, published
1999, as well as "Found and Assembled in Alaska" by
Julie Decker, published 2001. In2003 he was awarded
the University of Alaska Anchorage Chancellor's award
for Excellence in Creative or Scholastic Research.
His work deals
with the enigmatic, visual and autobiographical nature of existence utilizing the juxtaposition
of figurative, landscape and object elements with mind fictions and frictions.
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