Likening his canvas to a chalkboard, Michael
Schultheis creates paintings consisting of
layers of mathematical notations and
illustrations that describe the form and motion
of three-dimensional geometric shapes.
AWARDS
2004
Artist Trust Gap Grant, Seattle, WA
2004
Carnegie Library Project Finalist, Seattle, WA
CORPORATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
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)
*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
1993
M.S., Labor Economics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1990
B.A., Honors Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1989
History and Italian, Scuola Per Stranieri, Siena, Italy