Michael Schultheis in his Seattle studio
Likening his canvas to a chalkboard, Michael Schultheis creates paintings consisting of layers of mathematical notations and drawings that describe the form and motion of three-dimensional geometric shapes.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA (September)
 Forre and Company, Aspen, CO (December)
2009Wings of Apollonius, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
 Loci of Apollonius, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
 Conic Symmetries, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
 Apollonius Blossoms, The PEW Charitable Trusts, Washington, D.C.
2008Conics of Apollonius, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2007Villarceau Series, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
 Interior Toroids, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA, color catalog
 Villarceau Circles, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
 Toroids of Ganymede, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2006Toroid Glissettes, Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY
 Equilateral Toroids, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
 Spherical Lunes, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
 Limaçons, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2005Cardioids, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
 Cycloids, Rotunda Gallery, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
 Cycloids, Keck Center Gallery, National Academies, Washington, D.C.
 Cycloids Preview, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
 Cycloids Preview, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
 Harmonic Oscillations, Fairbanks Gallery, Oregon State University, OR
2004Writing on the Wall, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
 Harmonic Quadrants, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
 Parabolic Symmetries, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
 Harmonic Oscillations, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
 Geometric Progressions, Soren Christensen Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2003Correlations, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
 Elasticity, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
2002Equilibria, Soren Christensen, New Orleans, LA
 Open Systems, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
 White Math, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
2001White Matrix, Patricia Cameron Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2000Outliers, Patricia Cameron Fine Art, Seattle, WA
1999Griot, Patricia Cameron Fine Art, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010Abstract Expressionism, Forre and Company, Aspen, CO
2009Up On The Wall, 6 Painters From The West, University of Idaho Prichard Art Gallery, Moscow, ID
 Summer Selections, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
 Gallery Artists, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
 Gallery Artists, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
 Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
 Introductions, Forre and Company, Aspen, CO
2008Gallery Artists, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
 Gallery Artists, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
 Washington Project for the Arts, Katzen Center, Washington, D.C.
 Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2007Gallery Artists, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
 Focus: Winston Wachter Fine Art, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM Gallery, Seattle, WA
 Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
 Gallery Artists, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2006Aesthetics/Analytics, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM Gallery, Seattle, WA
 Building Tradition: Contemporary Northwest Art from Tacoma Art Museum
 Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Bellingham, WA
 Gallery Artists, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
 Please Do Not Touch, Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY
 Two Person Show, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
 Spring Highlights, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
 Parabolic Urns, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY
 Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2005Gallery Artists, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
 Gallery Artists, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
 Ballard Artists, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
 Dialog Between Space, Shenzhen, China
 Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2004Blue Waters, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
 Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
 Gallery Artists, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003Invitational Group Show, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
 Grand Opening, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
 Group Show, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA
2002Gallery Artists, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
 Best of Show, Benefit Auction, BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM, Bellevue, WA
 Northwest Print Council Exhibit, PORTLAND ART MUSEUM, Portland, OR
2001Gallery Artists, Patricia Cameron Fine Art, Seattle, WA
1995Pacific Northwest Annual, BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM, Bellevue, WA
CORPORATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington, D.C.
 Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, WA
 Novo Nordisk, Seattle, WA
 Ritz Carlton, New York, NY
 The United States Embassy, Athens, Greece
 Citigroup, Seattle, WA
 City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Seattle, WA
 Four Seasons Olympic Hotel, Seattle, WA
 M Financial Holdings Inc., Portland, OR
 Madison Development, Seattle, WA
 Martin Smith Corporation, Seattle, WA
 The Mathematical Association of America, Washington D.C.
 Maybelle Clarke MacDonald Fund, Portland, OR
 Meriwether Group, Portland, OR
 National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
 Portable Works Collection, City of Portland, OR
 Portland Community College, Portland, OR
 Rainier Pacific Bank, Tacoma, WA
 Seattle Athletic Club, Seattle, WA
 Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, OR
 Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
 University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)
 Audio Slideshow for Science Friday, National Public Radio, New York, 2010
 Northwest Review, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 2010
 *Brad Smith, “Curator’s Eye: Layered Equations” City Arts Magazine, November 2009
 *Cate McQuaid, “Light, Depth, Atmosphere,” Boston Globe, May 20, 2009.
 Crystal Chan, “Artist-mathematicians and Mathematician-artists: The Two-way Street Between
 Visual Art and Science,” The McGill Tribune, October 21, 2008.
 *Sue Peters, "Torridly Sensual Acrylics at Winston Wachter," Seattle Weekly, January 24, 2007.
 *Hannelore Sudermann, "An Equation for Beauty," Washington State Magazine, January, 2007.
 *Regina Hackett "Schultheis' Latest Shows Rhythm and Lushness," The Seattle Post-
 Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, December 2, 2005.
 "NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES - Cycloids: Paintings by Michael Schultheis,"
 Washingtonian, Museum Guide, Washington, D.C., November, 2005. p. 26.
 *Sue Peters, "Visual Arts Pick: Michael Schultheis," Seattle Weekly, November 23, 2005.
 Issues In Science and Technology, The National Academies The University of Texas at Dallas
 VOLUME XXII NUMBER 2 WINTER 2006. Featured Artist.
 "Cycloids," Exhibition catalog published by the Office of Exhibitions and Cultural Programs
 of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., May 19, 2005.
 *Maysa Jarudi, "Freedom Being," The Catalyst, Brown University, Providence, RI, 2005.
 * Regina Hackett, "In the Galleries," The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, 2005.
 The Seattle Review, Volume XXVII, Number 2, Seattle, WA, 2005.
 *The Entertainer, "The Art of Numbers," Gazette-Times, Corvallis, OR, 2005.
 Big Spoon, Spectrum Studios; Images reproduced on CD cover and booklet. 2001.
 *Emily Hall, "Bio: Art," The Stranger, Seattle, WA, December, 2000.
 *Regina Hackett, "Art Invitational," The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, 2000.
 Cornish Music Student Composition Cover, Seattle, WA, January, 1999.
 *"New Works Exhibited," The Jefferson County Leader, Port Townsend 1997.
 Allyson A. Goldin, CutBank 46, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, Summer, 1996.
EDUCATION
1993M.S., Labor Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1990B.A., Honors Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1989History and Italian, Scuola Per Stranieri, Siena, Italy
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