About the Artist

Vitae

Michael Ome Untiedt

born: Lamar, Colorado, April 26, 1952

Married; wife, Donna Marie Montgomery Untiedt

two children; Zachariah Ome Untiedt, age 25

Hannah Faye Untiedt, age 13

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

1997 Poster Artist, Rotary Boot’s and Spurs Invitational Show, Boulder, CO.

1995 Best of Show, Rotary Boot’s and Spurs Invitational Show, Boulder, CO.

1994 Director's Choice Award, Southwest Arts Festival, Albuquerque, NM

1993 National Greeley Art Mart, Meritorious Painting Award, Greeley, CO

1993 Colorado Artist's Guild, Annual Watermedia Painting Award, Denver, CO

1992 Meritorious Award, Colorado State Fair Art Show, Pueblo, CO

1992 Picture Perfect Award, Oil and Acrylic Painters Show, Osage Beach, MO

1992 Fountain Hills National Art Show, 1st Place, Acrylic, Fountain Hills, AZ

1992 Colorado Artists' Guild, Annual Water media Painting Award, Denver, CO

1991 National Greeley Art Mart, 1st Place, Painting, Greeley, CO

1991 United Bank ART Classic, Best of Show, Denver, CO

1988 Best of Show, Fountain Hills National Art Show, Fountain Hill, AZ

1987 Jurist Award, Winfield Art in the Park, Winfield, KS

1986 Colorado Artist's Association State Show, 1st Place Watercolor, Denver, CO

1985 Aurora Library Show, Best of Show, Aurora, CO

1984 Colorado Artist's Association State Show, Jurist's Award, Denver, CO

Select Exhibitions

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 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 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 Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

2002 Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2001 Sloan Jordan Gallery, group show, Austin, TX

2001 Canyon Rythyms, Pan Handle Plains Museum, Canyon, TX

2001 Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO

2001 Mountain Gathering, group show, Keystone, CO

2001 Durham Museum, group show, Omaha, NE

2001 Third Canyon Gallery, two man show, Denver, CO

2001 El Presidio Gallery, four man show, Tucson, AZ

2001 Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

2001 Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2000 Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2000 Grace Museum, group show, Abilene, TX

2000 Canyon Rythyms, Pan Handle Plains Museum, Canyon, TX

2000 Durham Museum, group show, Omaha, NE

2000 Masters in Mountana Plein Air Invitational, Bozeman, MT

2000 Mountain Gathering, group show, Keystone, CO

2000 Chapparal Gallery, Masters in Montana, group show, Bozeman, MT

2000 El Presidio Gallery, four man show, Tucson, AZ

2000 Third Canyon Gallery, two man show, Denver, CO

2000 Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2000 Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson, TX

2000 Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

1999 Naturally Yours Gallery, one man show, Lipscomb, TX

1999 The Gathering, Group Show, Dripping Springs, TX

1999 Ray Tracey Gallery, The Landscape, three person show, Santa Fe, NM

1999 Act I Gallery, one man show, Taos, NM

1999 Canyon Rythyms, Pan Handle Plains Museum, Canyon, TX

1999 The Mountain Gathering, Group Show, Keystone, CO

1999 Third Canyon Gallery, two man show, Denver, CO

1999 El Presidio Gallery, four person show, Tucson, AZ

1999 Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

1999 Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

1998 Third Canyon Gallery, one man show, Denver, CO

1998 Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

1998 Ray Tracey Gallery, group show, Santa Fe, NM

1998 Panhandle Plains Cultural Center, Museum Group Show, Canyon, TX

1998 The Gathering, Group Show, Dripping Springs, TX

1998 Act I Gallery, one man show, Taos, NM

1998 Landscapes of the SW, El Presidio Gallery, four man show, Tucson, AZ

1998 Indian Market, Ray Tracey Gallery, group show, Santa FE, NM

1998 Diamonds and Spurs, Boulder, CO

1998 Third Canyon Gallery, two man show, Denver,CO

1998 El Presidio Gallery, four man show, Tucson, AZ

1998 Park City Arts Festival, Park City, UT

1998 Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI

1998 Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

1998 Ruidoso Art Festival, Ruidoso, NM

1997 Evening with the Artist, one man show, Third Canyon Gallery, Denver, CO

1997 The Gathering, Group Show, Dripping Springs, TX

1997 Emerging Artists of the West, Mountain Trails Gallery, Jackson, WY

1997 Third Canyon Gallery , two man show, Denver,CO

1997 Diamonds and Spurs, Boulder, CO

1997 Ruidoso Art Festival, Ruidoso, NM

1997 Park City Arts Festival, Park City, UT

1997 Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

1997 Diamonds and Spurs, Boulder, CO

1997 Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

1996 Abend Gallery, group show. Denver, CO

1996 Act I Gallery, one-man show, Taos, NM

1996 Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO

1996 Diamonds and Spurs, Boulder, CO

1996 Park City Arts Festival, Park City, UT

1996 Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

1995 Act I Gallery, two-man show, Taos, NM

1995 Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

1995 An Artistic Taste of Taos, Longview Art Museum, Longview, TX

1994 Curtis Art Center, three man show, Denver, CO

1994 Southwest Arts & and Crafts Festival, Albuquerque, NM

1994 Masten Fine Art, one-man show, Denver, CO

1994 Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO

1993 Masten Fine Art, two-man show, Denver, CO

1993 Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO

1993 Hangin' At the Fox, three-man show, Aurora, CO

1993 National Oil & Acrylic Painter's Society Show, Osage Beach, MO

1993 National Greeley Art Mart, Greeley, CO

1992 Durfees Gallery, two-man show, Scottsdale, AZ

1992 City Lights, two-man show, Denver, CO

1992 Colorado State Fair Show, Pueblo, CO

1992 Studio Lights, two-man invitational show, Aurora, CO

1991 Fountain Hills National All Media Show, Fountain Hills, AZ

1991 Aurora Fox Arts Center, one-man show, Aurora, CO

1991 Gallery West, 4x4, four-man show, Lakewood, CO

1989 Laguna Gloria Art Festival, Austin, TX

1989 Mountain Shadow Gallery, one-man show, Boulder, CO

1988 Scottsdale Art Festival, Scottsdale, AZ

1988 Wichita Art & Book Fair, Wichita, KS

1988 Grassland Rendezvous National Art Show, Greeley, CO

1988 Greeley Collectors Mart, Greeley, CO

1987 Colorado Springs National All Media Show, Colorado Springs, CO

1987 Grasslands Rendezvous, selected jurists one-man show, Greeley, CO

1980 Jewish Community Center Art Show, Denver, CO