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Born and raised in rural southeastern Colorado, Michael Ome Untiedt maintains a studio in Denver. Traveling extensively, he is known as a painter of the world who sees with a westerner’s eye. Through the color, brush strokes, and symbolic subject matter of his paintings, he attempts to examine the human predicament and its connections to the landscape.
Untiedt has participated in numerous shows including the Colorado Governor’s Invitational, Representing the West, Art for the Sangres, PanHandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show and Sale, Art of the American West, Master’s of Montana, CM Russell Art Show and Auction, and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction. He received the 2005 Ralph Tuffy Berg Award at the Cm Russell Auction of Original Western Art. He is represented by Chaparral Fine Art, Bozeman, MT, Dana Gallery, Missoula, MT, and Ernest Fuller Fine Art of Denver.
Education/Professional Affiliations
1970 Graduate, Granada Union High School, Granada, CO
1975 Scholarship; magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, BA University of Denver
1981 Scholarship; summa cum laude, BS Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO
1986 Post Graduate Studies, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
1987-90 Art Students League of Denver
1991-94 Board of Directors, Aurora Arts & Humanities Council, Aurora, CO
1991-97 Colorado Artists Guild
1991-97 Citizens Advisory Board, Aurora Fox Arts Center, Aurora, CO Executive Board Chairperson
2003- 2004 Member, National Association of Independent Artists, NAIA
1996-2006 Member of the Gatherers, national fund raising group for the cultural arts Austin, TX
Publications
2001 SouthWest Art Magazine, Painting the Landscape, Telling Stories, Feb./01, feature article and cover
2001 Artist’s Magazine, Living Your Landscapes, Dec./01 feature article and cover
2002 Artist’s Sketchbook, Open Book, An American Painter in Ireland, Spring 2002, feature article
2004 Colorado Expressions, Art Scene, Winter 2004, feature article
2006 Aristos, an Online Review of the Arts, January 2006 aristos.org
2006 Cultural Times, November 2006, feature article and cover
Awards
2006 Poster Artist, Rocky Mountain PBS, Denver
2005 Tuffy Berg Award, CM Russell Auction, Great Falls, Montana
2004 Collector’s Choice Award, Master’s in Montana, Bozeman, MT
2004 Finalist Winner, Artist’s Magazine 20th Annual Art Competition
2003 Finalist Winner, Artist’s Magazine 20th Annual Art Competition
2002 Collector’s Choice, Best of Show, Master’s in Montana, Bozeman, MT
2002 Sullivan Award, Master’s in Montana, Bozeman, MT
2002 Merit Award, Lubbock Art Festival, Lubbock, TX
2001 Poster Artist, Mountain Art Gathering, Keystone, CO
Select Exhibitions
2008 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY
2008 Montana Invitational Plein Aire Paint Out, Dana Gallery, Missoula, MT
2008 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO
2008 CM Russell Art Auction, Great Falls, Montana
2008 Invitational Masters in Miniatures Show, CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
2008 Representing the West, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO
2008 Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO
2008 Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas
2007 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY
2007 Collector’s Pool Party Show, Denver, CO
2007 Atelier, one man show, Brain Matters Foundation, Denver, CO
2007 “Purgatory” one man show, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO
2007 Montana Invitational Plein Aire Paint Out, Dana Gallery, Missoula, MT
2007 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO
2007 “Purgatory” one man show, Ernest Fuller Fine Art, Denver, CO
2007 CM Russell Art Auction, Great Falls, Montana
2007 Rocky Mountain PBS Anniversary Collection, Denver, Colorado
2007 Invitational Masters in Miniatures Show, CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
2007 Representing the West, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO
2007 Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas
2007 Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO
2006 Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY
2006 Invitational Miniatures Show, WhistlePik Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
2006 CM Russell Art Auction, Great Falls, Montana
2006 Masters in Mountana Plein Air Invitational, Bozeman, MT
2006 Phippen Show of Western Art,Phippen Art Museum, Prescott,AZ
2006 Mountain Art Gathering, Keystone, CO
2006 Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO
2006 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO
2006 Rocky Mountain PBS Anniversary Collection, Denver, Colorado
2006 Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum, Canyon, Texas
2006 Austin Art Festival, Austin,Texas
2005 CM Russell Art Auction, Great Falls, Montana
2005 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO
2005 Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale, Cody, WY
2005 Rocky Mountain PBS Anniversary Collection, Denver, Colorado
2005 Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson, TX
2005 Invitational Miniatures Show, WhistlePik Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
2005 Representing the West, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO
2005 Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO
2005 one man Studio Show, Denver, CO
2005 St. John’s, one person show, Denver, CO
2005 one man Collector Show, Denver, CO
2005 one man Collector Show, Denver, CO
2005 Collector’s Pool Party Show, Denver, CO
2004 Invitational Miniatures Show, WhistlePik Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
2004 Giving Back, two man show, Anderson/Brase Gallery, Denver. CO
2004 Art Under the Kimah Moon, group show, Houston, TX
2004 Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2004 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO
2004 Masters in Mountana Plein Air Invitational, Bozeman, MT
2004 Representing the West, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO
2004 Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO
2004 Mountain Art Gathering, Keystone, CO
2004 one man Collector Show, Denver, CO
2004 one man Collector Show, Denver, CO
2004 one man Collector Show, Denver, CO
2004 Tears MacFarlane, one man show, Denver, CO
2004 Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO
2004 Copper Mountain Celebration of the Arts, Copper Mountain, CO
2004 Southeastern Wildlife Art Invitational, Charleston, SC
2004 Lubbock Art Festival, Lubbock, TX
2004 St. John’s, one person show, Denver, CO
2004 Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson, TX
2004 Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2003 Representing the West, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO
2003 Down from the Hills, one man show, Austin, TX
2003 Dora Moore, two person show, Denver, CO
2003 Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO
2003 Collector’s Pool Party Show, Denver, CO
2003 Sense of Place, one man show, Tears McFarlane, Denver, CO
2003 Landscape, three man show, Anderson Brase Gallery, Denver, CO
2003 Invitational Miniatures Show, WhistlePik Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
2003 Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2003 Copper Mountain Celebration of the Arts, Copper Mountain, CO
2003 Mountain Art Gathering, Keystone, CO
2003 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO
2003 Sense of Place, Denver Kent School, Denver, CO
2003 Plein Aire, group show, Abend gallery, Denver, CO
2003 Tears MacFarlane, one man show, Denver, CO
2003 El Presidio Gallery, group show, Tucson, AZ
2003 Des Moines Art Festival, Des Moines, IA
2003 Lubbock Art Festival, Lubbock, TX
2003 Collector’s Pool Party Show, Denver, CO
2003 Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO
2002 An American Painter in Ireland, Anam Cara Artist’s Retreat, Eyeries, Ireland
2002 Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO
2002 Invitational Miniatures Show, WhistlePik gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
2002 Heritage Gallery, three man show, Scottsdale, AZ
2002 Third Canyon Gallery, three man show, Denver, CO
2002 Mountain Gathering, group show, Keystone, CO
2002 Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO
2002 Masters in Montana, invitational group show, Bozeman, MT
2002 Durham Museum, group show, Omaha, NE
2002 Lubbock Art Festival, Lubbock, TX
2002 Collector’s Pool Party Show, Denver, CO
2002 Channel Six Anniversary Collection, Denver, CO