PUTNEY-On Thursday, October 9, at 6:30 p.m., Putney Public Library presents visual artist Owen Schuh, of Westminster, who will discuss his work collaborating directly with mathematician professor Satyan Devadoss of the University of San Diego for more than a decade.
Schuh is a painter who specializes in visual research of mathematics. His paintings are structured with mathematical functions, data sets, and iterations. Schuh works in notebooks, and accomplishes his work by hand, using pencils, paint, a compass, and the occasional aid of a pocket calculator.
He earned his bachelor's from Haverford College in 2004 and his master of fine arts from The Tyler School of Art in 2007. He has exhibited throughout the United States and Europe. His work is included in the collections of the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin, and the Flaten Art Museum in Northfield, Minnesota.
Since 2014, Schuh has been collaborating directly with Satyan Devadoss, who holds a doctorate in mathematics from Johns Hopkins University. This has significantly shifted the artist's studio focus in recent years.
Their 2015 project titled "Cartography of Treespace" culminated in an international exhibition in Berlin and Pasadena, California, and an article published in the journal Leonardo.
Schuh's writing and painting have also appeared in the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. He was the recipient of a 2025 Creation Grant from the Vermont Arts Council, with which he produced a serigraph edition as part of his most recent collaboration.
He currently resides in Westminster with his wife, Candace Jensen. Together in 2021, they founded and continue to run the nonprofit arts residency In Situ Polyculture Commons.
Putney Public Library is located at 55 Main St. This event is free.
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