Biography
Mark Schultz has been working for the past 14 years expanding the possibilities of paper collage. He was originally inspired by the materials and techniques of printmaking and the energy of the pop artists with whom he collaborated as a fine art printer.

Schultz is attracted to the immediacy of waste paper as a raw material, like an outsider artist, he crafts detailed and accomplished art objects from discarded, cultural ephemera. Reworking iconic and classic artistic themes, with thoroughly modern materials, the pieces are made possible only because of the proliferation of inexpensive and high quality commercial printing that is ubiquitous to our contemporary way of life. As a result the materials themselves are imbued with incidental editorial content.

Mark's current series is made entirely from hardware store paint swatches. Using these as his sole material, He has constructed a group of small, precious feeling works inspired by the purity of Zen painting.

A Graduate of CalArts, and a printer at Gemini G.E.L. for several years, where he collaborated with artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney and Richard Diebenkorn, Mark is now based in his home state of Washington. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout California and Washington, and is regularly commissioned to create collaged portraits for private collectors.

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Education:
1990 B.F.A. Fine Art, California Institute of the Arts

Grants and Scholarships:
1987 to 1989 Lew and Edie Wasserman Scholarship

Solo Exhibitions: 2006 Fortified With Zebra, Milo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Works in paper, Olympia Little Theater, Olympia, Washington
2006 Current Work, the Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, Washington
2005 Current Work, Gallery D'Aniello, Seattle, Washington
2004 Pulp Portraits, The Palm Room, Seattle, Washington
2003 Portraits and Commissions, The Powell residence, Palm Springs, California
2003 Works in paper, Olympia Women's Auxiliary, Olympia, Washington
2000 New Collage, 18th Street Art Annex, Santa Monica, California
1999 New collage, Lucile Ave. co-op, Los Angeles, California
1997 Drawings and paintings, Lucile Ave. co-op, Los Angeles, California
1995 New work, New Grounds, Los Angeles, California
1994 New Collage, Gallery Chemel, Los Angeles, California

Group Shows:
2010 The Fool's Journey: The History and Symbolism of the Tarot Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2008 The Art of Vision, The Zimmer Museum, Los Angeles, California
2008 Treading lightly, Waterfall Arts Center, Belfast, Maine
2007 Anniversary, Milo Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1998 Found: finding truth in trash, Los Angeles, California
1992 The Pusan Biennial, Seoul, Korea

Printmaking:
1988-1992 Co-founder and printmaker, Freeman Editions, Los Angeles, California
1989-1993 Printmaker, Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles, California

Art Direction:
1994-2000 Co-director Thunk! Inc., Graphic design, promotional design, packaging and Art direction for film, commercial and music production

Music:
1992-2000 lyricist, songwriter and musician, for the band "The Forest for the Trees" (Dream works Records ltd, Geffen Records inc.)

Illustration:
1990 "Cat Nowhere", Children's book by author, June Kurlander
1998 "The Tree Gnomes Tale" Children's book by author, Carl Stevenson

Commissions and independent sales:
1993-present, - List Available upon request -