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David Hildebrand Wilson

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David Hildebrand Wilson
OccupationBusinessman
Known forMuseum 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

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  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.
  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.