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.
MICHAEL SCHULTHEIS
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Analytical Expressionism, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS, New York, NY
Coherence in Chaos, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Parallel Perspectives, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2025 Paintings and Sculpture, J.Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Fragments of Time, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2024 The Flowers of Fibonacci, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Daydreams, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2023 Art in Embassies Exhibition, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Mission to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium
New Paintings and Sculpture, J.Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
The Space Between, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
Venn Diagrams in Painting and Sculpture, Winston Wächter Fine Art,
New York, NY
2022 Cycloids of Ceva, J.Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Meditating on Vitruvius, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2021 Vitruvian Breath, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Blackboards Whiteboards, J.Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Elsewhere, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
Dürer Moments in Breathing, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2020 Venn Pirouettes, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS, New York, NY
New Paintings and Sculpture, J.Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2019 Venn Pirouettes, JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART,
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Luscious Ecstasies of Ceva, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
All Our Infinite Senses in the Cycloids of Ceva, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Venn Luminosity, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
Venn Couplings, J.Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2018 Venn Pirouettes, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Venn Euphorias, J.Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Venn Relationships, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2017 Venn Constellations, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Songs of Pythagoras, J.Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2016 Stories Told in Calculus, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Pythagorean Gems, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
Integrating on Celadon, J. Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2015 Pythagorean Interludes, Forré and Company, Aspen, CO
Pythagorean Eyes, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Dance of the Limacons, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2014 Dreams of Pythagoras, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
The Geometry of Archimedes, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
Summit of Pythagoras, J.Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
2013 Universal Couplings of Archimedes, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Isosceles Cones of Archimedes, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
Archimedes Sphaerica, Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Archimedes Ellipses, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
2012 Seas of Archimedes, Forré and Company, Aspen, CO
Gardens of Archimedes, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2011 Spherical Triangles of Menelaus, David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Winds of Menelaus, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Sails of Euclid, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
Spheres of Menelaus, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
2010 Lotus of Euclid, Forré and Company, Aspen, CO
Optics of Euclid, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Eccentricities of Apollo, Howard Hughes Institute, Chevy Chase, MD
2009 Wings 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.
2008 Conics of Apollonius, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2007 Villarçeau Series, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Interior Toroids, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA, color catalog
Villarçeau Circles, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
Toroids of Ganymede, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2006 Toroid Glissettes, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY, color catalog
Equilateral Toroids, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
Spherical Lunes, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Limaçons, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Cardioids, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
Cycloids, Rotunda Gallery, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, WA, 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
2004 Writing 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
2003 Correlations, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
Elasticity, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 Equilibria, Soren Christensen, New Orleans, LA
Open Systems, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
White Math, Margo Jacobsen Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 White Matrix, Patricia Cameron Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2000 Outliers, Patricia Cameron Fine Art, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Eleven, Anniversary Group Exhibition, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2023 Decade, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
Grande Fete, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2022 Gravity & Levity, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
Spring Group Show, G2 Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Group Show, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2021 Order and Chaos, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Water Works, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Geometry of Breathing, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2020 Digital Exhibition: New Works, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
New from the Northwest, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Seattle Deconstructed Art Fair, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
New Works, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Anniversary Exhibition, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2019 New Works, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Anniversary Exhibition, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2018 New Works, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Anniversary Exhibition, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2016 Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Anniversary Exhibition, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2014 Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2012 Large Works, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Tandem, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
Gallery Artists, J. Willott Gallery, Palm Desert, CA
Let Me Wander In Your Garden, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Gallery Artists, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2010 Abstract Expressionism, Forré and Company, Aspen, CO
Group Show, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 Up On The Wall, University of Idaho Prichard Art Gallery, Moscow, ID
Summer Selections, Winston Wächter 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, Forré and Company, Aspen, CO
2008 Gallery 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
2007 Gallery Artists, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
Focus: Winston Wächter Fine Art, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Gallery Artists, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 Aesthetics/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 Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
Two Person Show, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Spring Highlights, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Parabolic Urns, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY
Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 Gallery Artists, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
Gallery Artists, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
Ballard Artists, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM Gallery, Seattle, WA
Two Person Show, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
Dialog Between Space, Shenzhen, China
Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
2004 New Work, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR
Blue Waters, Ballard Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gallery Artists, Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR
Gallery Artists, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2003 Invitational Group Show, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Grand Opening, SEATTLE ART MUSEUM Gallery, Seattle, WA
Group Show, Washington State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA
2002 Gallery 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
1995 Pacific Northwest Annual, BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM, Bellevue, WA
CORPORATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
BBVA Compass Bancshares, Inc., Houston, TX
Blue Nile, Seattle, WA
Boston Consulting Group, Seattle, WA
Citigroup, Seattle, WA
City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Seattle, WA
Dendreon Corporation, Bridgewater, NJ
Four Seasons Olympic Hotel, Seattle, WA
Honors College, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington, DC
Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, WA
M Financial Holdings Inc., Portland, OR
Madison Development, Seattle, WA
Martin Smith Corporation, Seattle, WA
MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, Washington DC
Maybelle Clarke MacDonald Fund, Portland, OR
Meriwether Group, Portland, OR
Museum Tower, Dallas, TX
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Washington, DC
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS, New York, NY
Novo Nordisk, Seattle, WA
Olive 8, Seattle, WA
ONNI Group, Seattle, WA
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
Pacific Source, Springfield, OR
Portable Works Collection, City of Portland, OR
Portland Community College, Portland, OR
Rainier Pacific Bank, Tacoma, WA
Ritz Carlton, New York, NY
Seattle University, Seattle WA
Seattle Athletic Club, Seattle, WA
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, OR
Summit Cardiology, Seattle, WA
Suncadia Resort, Cle Elum, WA
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
TACOMA ART MUSEUM, Tacoma, WA
The United States Embassy, Athens, Greece
The United States Embassy, Bern, Switzerland
The United States Embassy, European Union, Brussels, Belgium
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Weber State University, Ogden, UT
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
Westin, Seattle WA
BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)
Dailey, Jessica. “Math Is Just Part of What Makes This Artist’s Work Add Up.” Luxe Interiors + Design, 30 Jan. 2023
*Cheryl Aarnio, “Art Exhibition Features Concepts Drawn from Math, Philosophy,”
The Daily Evergreen, January 15, 2019
Art Collector World, ArtcoWo Press, December 26, 2018
*Carson Holland, Evergreen Reporter, “Art Museum to Host Michael Schultheis” The Daily
Evergreen, January 24, 2019
* Emma Ledbetter, Evergreen Mint Editor, “New Exhibit Displays Must-see Art for Variety of
Viewers,” The Daily Evergreen, January 17, 2019
*”Review of Reviews: Art,” THE WEEK, August 19-26, 2011, Vol. 11, p. 26 Arts & Life
*Bob Hicks, Visual Arts Top Story, The Oregonian, August 3, 2011
*Suzanne Beal, “Artist Profile: Michael Schultheis,” Art Ltd., November 2010
*Luke Whelen, “A Torrid of Toroids,” Magnolia News, Seattle WA, July 2010
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, Bellevue, WA, November 2009
*Cate McQuaid, “Light, Depth, Atmosphere,” Boston Globe, May 20, 2009
*Yesenia Amaro, “Creating Art by Inspiration,” Moscow-Pullman Daily News, November 2009
*Omie Drawhorn, “A New Perspective,” Moscow-Pullman Daily News, November 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 Wächter,” 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
*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
LECTURES
2026 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS, New York, NY
2023 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Mission to the European Union,
Brussels, Belgium
Commencement Address, Honors College, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2020 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MATHEMATICS, New York, NY
2019 JORDAN SCHNITZER MUSEUM OF ART,
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2019 Downtown School, Seattle WA
2018 Honors College, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2018 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2017 Amazon, Inc., Seattle WA
2016 Joint Mathematics Meeting, Seattle, WA
2015 12th Annual Bhatia Lecture, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2014 Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
2014 Honors College Alumni, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2014 Seattle University, Seattle, WA
2011 The Karl Jonske Memorial Lecture Series, Catlin Gabel, Portland, OR
2005 George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2005 Keck Center, NATIONAL ACADEMIES, Washington, D.C.
2005 Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2003 Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, Seattle, WA
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
CORPORATE & PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Citigroup, Seattle, WA
City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Seattle, WA
Four Seasons Olympic Hotel, Seattle, WA
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington, D.C.
Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, 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.
Novo Nordisk, Seattle, WA
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
Portable Works Collection, City of Portland, OR
Portland Community College, Portland, OR
Rainier Pacific Bank, Tacoma, WA
Ritz Carlton, New York, NY
Seattle Athletic Club, Seattle, WA
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, OR
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
The United States Embassy, Athens, Greece
University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, WA
BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)
*”Review of Reviews: Art,” THE WEEK, August 19-26, 2011, Vol. 11, p. 26 Arts & Life
*Bob Hicks, Visual Arts Top Story, The Oregonian, August 3, 2011
*Suzanne Beal, “Artist Profile: Michael Schultheis,” Art Ltd., November 2010
*Luke Whelen, “A Torrid of Toroids,” Magnolia News, Seattle WA, July 2010
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.
