David Hildebrand Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Museum of Jurassic Technology |
David Hildebrand Wilson is the co-founder, along with his wife, Diana Wilson,[1] of the enigmatic Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California.[2]
After high school, Wilson enrolled at Kalamazoo College where he majored in urban entomology with a minor in art.[3] He received an MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts in 1976.
He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship[4] and the Creative Capital Moving Image Award in 2001.[5][6] Wilson and his museum are the subject of the book, Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder, published in 1995.[7]
References
- ↑ "The Museum That Proudly Defies Understanding". 30 January 2014.
- ↑ "Wilson and Wilson: A Dialogue on Museums". USC Fisher Museum of Art. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ↑ "Inhaling the Spore". September 1994. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
- ↑ "David Wilson - MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
- ↑ "Artist Projects - Levsha (The Art of the Microminiature)". Retrieved 2023-10-12.
- ↑ "Jurassic Genius David Wilson – Offbeat Museum Curator Wins Prestigious 'Genius Grant'". NPR. 27 October 2001. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ↑ Lesser, Wendy (29 October 1995). "True Lies". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
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