David Hildebrand Wilson

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David Hildebrand Wilson
OccupationBusinessman
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

  1. ↑ "The Museum That Proudly Defies Understanding". 30 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Wilson and Wilson: A Dialogue on Museums". USC Fisher Museum of Art. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Inhaling the Spore". September 1994. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "David Wilson - MacArthur Foundation". www.macfound.org. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
  5. ↑ "Artist Projects - Levsha (The Art of the Microminiature)" . Retrieved 2023-10-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "Jurassic Genius David Wilson – Offbeat Museum Curator Wins Prestigious 'Genius Grant'". NPR. 27 October 2001. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  7. ↑ Lesser, Wendy (29 October 1995). "True Lies". The New York Times . Retrieved 15 November 2010.


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