2022: Jackie L. Coles Buyers’ Choice Award, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Inexorable Shiprock, oil on canvas, 30 x 48 (plate 126).
2019: Jackie L. Coles Buyers’ Choice Award, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. A Chasm Sublime: Plateau Point, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 (plate 146).
2017: Jackie L. Coles Buyers’ Choice Award, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Compilation of the Gods, oil on canvas, 70 x 60 (plate 195).
2014: Lifetime Achievement Award, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, Wickenburg, Arizona.
2013: Frederic Remington Award for Artistic Merit, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. First Touch of Winter, oil on canvas, 28 x 54 (plate 114).
2013: Jackie L. Coles Buyers’ Choice Award, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. First Touch of Winter, oil on canvas, 28 x 54 (plate 114).
2012: Buyers’ Choice Award, Quest for the West Art Show and Sale, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. Crystal Rain, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 (plate 111).
2012: Henry Farny Award for Best Painting, Quest for the West Art Show and Sale, Indianapolis, Indiana. Temple Bar: Lake Mead, oil on canvas, 28 x 28 (pl.139).
2011: Nona Jean Hulsey Rumsey Buyers’ Choice Award, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Enigmatic Long House, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 (plate 5).
2011: Best Oil Painting, The West Select, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona. Sun Shadow Wind, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 (plate 109).
2011: Kieckhefer Best of Show Award, The West Select, Phoenix, Arizona. Sun Shadow Wind, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 (plate109).
2010: Patrons’ Choice Award, American Masters, Salmagundi Club, New York City. Overture to Twilight, oil on canvas, 28 x 22 (plate 104).
2010: Henry Farny Award for Best Painting, Quest for the West Art Show and Sale, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. The Arborists’ Reward, oil on canvas, 28 x 28 (plate 105).
2008: James R. Parks Trustee’s Purchase Award, Masters of the American West, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, California. Splendid Turmoil, oil on canvas, 54 x 84 (plate 99).
2008: Artist of Distinction Award, Quest for the West Art Show and Sale, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. Winter’s Dance of Light, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 (plate 100).
2007: Chosen as one of Eight True Masters, Art of the West magazine, November/December issue.
2007: Victor Higgins Work of Distinction Award, Quest for the West Show and Sale, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. September Afternoon: Lake O’Hara, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 (plate 98).
2007: Buyers’ Choice Award, Quest for the West Art Show and Sale, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. September Afternoon: Lake O’Hara, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 (plate 98).
2007: Prix de West Purchase Award, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Spring’s Caprice, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 (plate 96).
2007: Nona Jean Hulsey Rumsey Buyers’ Choice Award, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ra’s Domain, oil on canvas, 60 x 90 (plate 97).
2006: Best Overall Presentation Award, Quest for the West Art Show and Sale, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. A Diviner Air, oil on canvas, 36 x 28 (plate 93); La Plata Thunder, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 (plate 3); West from Lipan Point, oil on canvas, 8 x 16; and Calf Creek Gorge oil on canvas, 10 x 8.
2006: Purchase Award, Small Works, Great Wonders, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Snow Flurries Over North Rim, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 (plate 95).
2005: Frederic Remington Award for Artistic Merit, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Rio Grande Reflections, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 (plate 92).
2004: Frederic Remington Award for Artistic Merit, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Apache Walls, oil on Canvas 48 x 72 (plate 137).
2003: Chosen to paint Powell Award, given by Grand Canyon Trust to Hon. Bruce Babbitt, Former Secretary of the Interior, Phoenix, Arizona. Winter’s Warmth, oil on canvas, 8 x 10.
2002: Nona Jean Hulsey Rumsey Buyers’ Choice Award, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Grandeur Besieged, oil on canvas, 50 x 80 (plate 85).
2001: Named Honorary Board Member of the Grand Canyon Foundation, Flagstaff, Arizona.
1999: Patrons’ Choice Award, Masters of the American West, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, California. Canyon Sinuosity, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 (plate 77).
1998: Patrons’ Choice Award, Denver Rotary Club’s Artists of America, Denver, Colorado. Ethereal Magic of Lauterbrunnen, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 (plate 75).
1998: Nona Jean Hulsey Rumsey Buyers’ Choice Award, Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale, National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Winter Grandeur Revealed, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 (plate 76).
1996: Certificate of Honor: Southwest Impressionist Artist, gifted by the Board of Supervisors City and County of San Francisco.
1995: Certificate of Award presented by Kachina Chapter and the Southwestern Division of National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
1994: Chosen to paint the Grand Canyon for 75th Rededication ceremonies for the Grand Canyon Trust, Grand Canyon National Park. National Treasure, 30 x 60, oil on canvas (plate 61).
1987: Recognition for contribution to the Arts in New Mexico: Curt Walters Avenue named in the Nor Este Subdivision, Albuquerque (fig. 72).
1978: Honorable Mention, Taos Festival of the Arts, Taos, New Mexico.
1977: John F. and Anna Lee Stacey Scholarship Award, Private Scholarship, Arizona.
1977: Second Place, New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Golden Throne, oil on canvas, 24 x 30.
1976: New Mexico State Fair Purchase Award and Poplar Vote Award, New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Winter Light on Taos Mountain, oil on canvas, 20 x 30 (plate 16).
1976: Second Place, New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Canyon Symphony, oil on canvas, 36 x 48.
1972: First Place Award, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mountain Road, oil on gessoed hardboard, 36 x 48.
1972: First Place Award, Art Instruction Schools of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Molas Peak, oil on canvas, 20 x 30.
1971: Most Popular Vote, Four Corners Art Association, Farmington, New Mexico. Sunshine Mountain, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 (plate 9).
1971: Second Place, Community Art Show, Farmington, New Mexico. Shiprock, oil on canvas, 24 x 30.
1971: Third Place Vote, Four Corners Art Association, Farmington, New Mexico. Mountain Road, oil on canvas, 18 x 24.
1971: Second Place Oil Painting and Second Most Popular, Four Corners Art Association Spring Show, Farmington, New Mexico. High Lonesome, oil on canvas, 16 x 20.
1970: Best of Art Show San Juan County Fair, Farmington, New Mexico. Road of my Dreams, oil on canvas, 48 x 24.
1970: Third Award East Gallery, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Painting unknown.
1969: Second Place Drawing, San Juan County Fair, Farmington, New Mexico. Jesus, conte on paper, 24 x 18.
1964: First Place, Student, San Juan County Fair, Farmington, New Mexico. Mountain Grandeur after Washburne Forster, oil on canvas, 32 x 40 (plate 8).
1963: Second Place, Student, San Juan County Fair, Farmington, New Mexico. El Capitan after Washburne Forster, oil on canvas, 24 x 30.
Exhibitions
Retrospective Exhibitions
2016: Curt Walters: A Retrospective, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona. Exhibition catalog, with foreword by Alan Peterson.
2012: Gilcrease Rendezvous Retrospective Exhibition, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Exhibition catalog.
2009: Moments and Monuments: The Plein Air and Studio Paintings of Curt Walters, Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana. Exhibition catalog by James Nottage.
