Kent Ullberg

Born in Sweden in 1945, he became a resident of Corpus Christi, Texas from where he became one of the most recognized American wildlife sculptors in the late 20th century. He has done numerous public commissions.In 1998, he won the top award at the Prix de West show in Oklahoma City for his bronze “Ocean’s Cradle.” The work depicts a mother otter cradling her pup and resulted from a three-day trip in the Pacific Ocean sketching and photographing sea otters and their pups cavorting in the waters off California’s Monterey Peninsula.

His twelve-foot high bronze of whooping cranes, “Rites of Spring,” is located near the entrance to the Margaret Woodson Fisher Sculpture Gallery at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin.

MEMBERSHIPS

National Academy, N.Y.C. – Full Academician
National Sculpture Society, N.Y.C. – Fellow
Society of Animal Artists, N.Y.C.
Allied Artists of America, N.Y.C.
Society for Wildlife Art of the Nations, Great Britain
American Society of Marine Artists, CT
National Arts Club, N.Y.C.
Artist’s Fellowship, N.Y.C.
The Explorers Club, N.Y.C.
National Academy of Western Art, OK

AWARDS and HONORS

Allied Artists of America
• 1990 – Marguerite M. Hexter Award
• 1989 – Silver Medal for Sculpture

American Society of Marine Artists
• 1991 – Elected to Fellow

Artists of America, Denver, CO
• 1992 – Designated AOA Master

City of Corpus Christi, TX
• 1990 – Proclamation – October 4th: Kent Ullberg Day

Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO
• 1976 – Merit Award-Colo. Celebration of the Arts

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
• 1987 – Received “Master Wildlife Artist” Award

National Academy, New York, NY
• 1995 – Awarded: Ellin P. Speyer Prize for Sculpture
• 1990 – Elected to Full Academician
• 1985 – Awarded: Ellin P. Speyer Prize for Sculpture
• 1980 – Elected Associate Member
• 1975 – Awarded: Barnett Prize for Sculpture

National Academy of Western Art, Oklahoma City, OK
• 1990 – Gold Medal for Sculpture
• 1988 – Gold Medal for Sculpture
• 1982 – Gold Medal for Sculpture
• 1981 – Gold Medal for Sculpture

National Arts Club, New York City, NY
• 1991 – The Presidents Award

The National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, WY
• 1996 – Rungius Award

National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
• 2002 – Silver Medal & Cavanaugh Memorial Prize
• 1993 – Henry Hering Medal Award
• 1989 – John Springer Art Founder Award
• 1988 – Elected to Fellow
• 1983 – Gold Medal
• 1981 – Joel Meisner Award
• 1979 – Percival Dietsch Award
• 1978 – Elected Member

Prix de West Invitational, Oklahoma City, OK
• 1998 – Prix de West Award
• 1995 – Frederic Remington Award

Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History
• 1992 – Moderator – International Forum
Citataqua Institute, NY

Society of Animal Artists, New York, NY
• 2002 – Sponsor Award
• 2001 – Haller Award
• 2000 – Hiram Blauvelt Purchase Award
• 1996 – Award of Excellence
• 1987 – Award of Excellence
• 1984 – Dr. Bard Cosman Award
• 1982 – Award of Excellence
• 1980 – Award of Excellence
• 1979 – Award of Excellence

The State of Texas, Austin, TX
• 1991-92 – Texas State Artist
Texas Ranger Hall of Fame, Waco, TX
• 1980 – Gold Medal for Sculpture
• 1980 – Best of Show

FILMS

“CAPTURING LIFE IN BRONZE”, 1981
A 30 minute program by the Metropolitan Library Systems, Oklahoma City, OK

“FROM CLAY TO BRONZE”, 1981
A 30 minute program by the Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City, OK

“KENT ULLBERG – SCULPTOR”, 1984
A 28 minute production for PBS

One Man & Group Exhibitions
Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK
Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM
Alexander Konig Museum, Bonn, Germany
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
American Society of Marine Artists, Grand Central Galleries, New York, NY
Art Museum of South Texas (S. Texas Institute for the Arts), Corpus Christi, TX
Artists of America, Colorado History Museum, Denver, CO. participated annually since 1980
Arvada Fine Arts Center, CO
Autry Museum, Masters of the American West, Los Angeles, CA
Bell Museum of Natural History, Wildlife Art in America, Minneapolis, MN
Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI
Biologiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Canadian Museum of Nature, Images of Vanishing Nature, Ottawa, Canada
Everard Reed Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Explorers’ Hall, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.
Flagler Museum, Palm Beach, FL
Fleischer Museum, National Sculpture Society, Masterworks of American Sculpture, Scottsdale, AZ
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Helsingborg Art Museum, Sweden
Houston Museum of Natural History, Houston, TX
J.L.B. Smith Institute for Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa
Joslyn Art Musuem, Omaha, NE
Los Angeles County Museum, CA
Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, KS
Municipal Art Gallery, D’Apres Nature, Luxembourg, (Gr. Duchy of Luxembourg)
Museum on Natural History, Gothenburg, Sweden
National Museum of Natural History, Birds in Art, Beijing, China
National Museum of Natural History- China, Birds in Art, National Tour of Japan
National Art Gallery, Botswana, Africa
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, PA
Rochester Museum and Science Center, Rochester, NY
Rockport Art Center, Rockport, TX
Salon d’Automne, Paris, France, 1978
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, CA
Smalands Museum, Vaxo, Sweden
Society for Wildlife Art of the Nations, Guildhall, London, Great Britain
Stora Kopparbergs Museum, Falun, Sweden
Swedish National Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
The Beijing Exhibit of American Western Art, Beijing, China
Thomas Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, AK
Vetlanda Art Museum, Sweden
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, The Bronze Age, Salisbury, MD
Whitte Museum, Animal Artists, San Antonio, TX

PUBLICATIONS

• Academy News, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, Spring 1987.
• American Artists of Renown, 1981 – 1982.
• American Artist Magazine, Cover Feature, November 1987.
• Art Museum of South Texas “Kent Ullberg Sculptures, An Overview”, 1985.
• Art of the West, Feature Article, April 1997.
• Art Review, “Artists of America”, July/August 1999.
• Artist of the Rockies and the Golden West, Feature Article, Winter 1983.
• Colorado Outdoors, July/August 1977.
• Colorado Homes & Lifestyles, November/December 1982.
• Contemporary Western Artists, Feature Article, 1982.
• Fishing World Magazine, NY, December 1983.
• Gilcrease Museum, “Gilcrease Rendezvous 1991″, catalog of retrospective exhibition, June 1991.
• Gulf Tide Magazine, TX, September/October 1983.
• Indulge, “Wildlife Artists to Collect”, Volume VII, Issue IV.
• Informart Magazine, “Birds – Theirs’ is a World of Humor, Romance and Beauty”, August 1992.
• Journal of Urban History, “Public Sculpture in Corpus Christi”, January 2000.
• Kent Ullberg – Monuments to Nature, Biography by Todd Wilkinson, 1998
• Marlin Magazine, January 1987, January 1992.
• Millionaire Magazine, “Capturing The Spirit of Nature”, December 1997.
• National Wildlife Magazine, June/July 1988.
• Northland Press, “Leading The West,” 1997.
• Persimmon Hill, “1998 Prix de West Review”, Summer 1998.
• Revue Magazine, Feature Article “Kent Ullberg”, August 1991.
• Saltwater Sportsman Magazine, Feature Article, February 1993.
• Santa Fe Magazine, Feature Article, March 1995.
• Southwest Art Magazine, Feature Article, May 1976, November 1980, May 1991,
June 1992, and May 1993.
• Southwest Art Magazine, “Public Art: The Abstract/Representational Debate” by Kent
Ullberg for VIEWPOINT, July 1985.
• Southern Boating Magazine, FL, November 1983.
• Sporting Classics, Feature Article, July/August 1991.
• Sporting Classics, Feature Article, “The Artful Fish”, January/February 1992.
• Taxidermy Review, Feature Article, February 1977.
• Texas Brushstrokes, “Kent Ullberg” by Ray Sasser, 1999.
• Texas Highways, “Kent Ullberg’s Sea-Born Sculpture”, May 1998.
• Texas Hunters’ Directory, 1982-83.
• The New York Art Review, 1988.
• The Chicago Art Review, 1989.
• The Virginian, July/August 1989.
• Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, “Birds in Art – The Masters”, Wausau, WI, 1990.
• The Texas Aggie, “Class of ‘91 Victory Eagle to Dominate Cain Park”, April 1993.
• U.S. Art Magazine, “Wildlife Art As A Contemporary Expression”, March 1989.
• UT Press, “A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas”, by Carrol
Morris Little, 1997.
• Wayne Stark Gallery, Texas A & M, “Kent Ullberg Sculpture”, Catalog, September 1993.
• Who’s Who in America.
• Who’s Who in American Art.
• Who’s Who in the West.
• Who’s Who in the Southwest.
• Wildlife and Art Conference at the University of Minnesota, “Wildlife Sculpture as a
• Contemporary Expression” – abstract from lecture by Kent Ullberg, November 1988.
• Wildlife Art News, Feature Article “Speaking The Universal Tongue: Kent Ullberg
Builds Monuments to Nature”, May/June 1991.