Kurt Lightner is an artist working in various media including graphic as well as performance art. He is originally from
Des Moines
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IA and currently resides in
Gothenburg
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,
Sweden
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He did the front cover picture for the album, ''
Making God Smile: An Artists' Tribute to the Songs of Beach Boy Brian Wilson'', as well as contributing cover and interior illustrations to the
Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies project on the Standard Recording Company label.
Kurt appears as the background dancer in an
Ian Eskelin
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video. (Ian and Kurt met while attending
Wheaton College (Illinois)
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in the early 1990s).
External links
Kurt Lightner official websiteAltpick.comYouTube user home page
(under the username of soapytiger)
Wheaton College (Illinois) alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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