Michael with daughter Hannah and wife Donna

Wine break, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah

“Old fields may always be revisited!”

“A battle against ignorance and the tyranny of time;  my best weapons:  family, friends, and the powers of stories!”

Blacksmithing, Cimarron History Museum, Boise City, OK

Grey Hair, near Athens, Greece

Quick Draw, Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ

Buffalo Bill Art Auction,  Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, WY

Quick Draw, CM Russell Art Auction,

Great Falls, MT

“The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.” (Mark Twain)

A Stone Throne

Tongue work, West County Cork, Ireland

OmeArt LLC

Michael Ome Untiedt Studio

2200 High Street

Denver CO    80205   USA

1 303  388-3481     mike@michaelomeuntiedt.com

VITAE

Michael Ome Untiedt

born: Lamar, Colorado,  April 26, 1952

Married; wife, Donna Marie Montgomery Untiedt

   two children; Zachariah Ome Untiedt

               Hannah Faye Untiedt

Education/Professional Affiliations

1970Graduate, Granada Union High School, Granada, CO

1975   Scholarship;  magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, BA University of Denver, Denver, CO

1981   Scholarship;  summa cum laude, BS Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO

1984-88Colorado Artist’s Association, State Board of Directors, President State Board

1986  Post Graduate Studies, Art History 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

2003-4Member, National Association of Independent Artists, NAIA

1996-2006Member of the Gatherers, national fund raising group for the cultural arts, Austin, TX, secretary, National Board of Directors

2001-2013Director, OmeArt LLC, producer of artist workshops, demonstrations, lectures, and Studio Nights, Denver, CO

Gallery Represention

Evergreen Fine Arts, Evergreen, CO

Mary Williams Fine Art, Boulder, CO

Sanders Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Whistle Pik Gslleries, Fredercicksburg, TX

Publications

2001SouthWest Art Magazine, Painting the Landscape, Telling Stories, Feb./01,  feature article and cover

2001Artist’s Magazine, Living Your Landscapes  , Dec./01 feature article and cover

2002Artist’s Sketchbook,  Open Book, An American Painter in Ireland, Spring 2002 feature article

2004Colorado Expressions,  Art Scene,  Winter 2004, feature article

2006Aristos, an Online Review of the Arts,  January 2006   aristos.org

2006Cultural Times, An Artist That Almost Didn’t H,appen, Nov/06,  feature article and cover

2012SouthWest Art Magazine, Governor’s Invitational Art Show, April 2012

Awards

2006Poster Artist, Rocky Mountain PBS, Denver

2005Tuffy Berg Award, CM Russell Auction, Great Falls, Montana

2004Collector’s Choice Award, Master’s in Montana, Bozeman, MT

2004Finalist Winner, Artist’s Magazine  20th Annual Art Competition

2003Finalist Winner, Artist’s Magazine  20th Annual Art Competition

2002Collector’s Choice, Best of Show, Master’s in Montana, Bozeman, MT

2002Sullivan Award, Master’s in Montana, Bozeman, MT

2002Merit Award, Lubbock Art Festival, Lubbock, TX

2001Poster Artist, Mountain Art Gathering,   Keystone, CO

1997Poster 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

1992Meritorious 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

1987Jurist 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

2013American Miniatures, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2013A Cowboy’s World, Caribou Gallery, two man show, Denver, CO

2012The American West, Settler’s WEst Gallery, Tucson

2012Western Masters Miniature Show, Trailside Gallery, Jackson, WY

2012Western Masters Art Show and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana

2012Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX

2012Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO

2012Art of the Ranch, AR Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO

2012Settler’s West Miniatures Show, Tucson, AZ

2012Greeley Stampede Invitational Western Art Show, Greely, CO

2012Western Art Show and Quick Draw, AR Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO

2012Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY

2012Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, CO

2011Western Art South Of The Sweet Tea Line, Booth Museum of Western Art,  Cartersville, GA

2011Western Masters Miniature Show, Trailside Gallery, Jackson, WY

201140th Anniversary Invitational Art Show, Settler’s West Gallery, Tucson, AZ

2011The Russell Art Auction, CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, Montana

2011Western Masters Art Show and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana

2011Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX

2011Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO

2011Settler’s West Miniatures Show, Tucson, AZ

2011Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas

2011Mary Williams Invitational Quick Draw, Denver, CO

2011Greeley Stampede Invitational Western Art Show, Greely, CO

2011Western Art Show and Quick Draw, AR Mitchell Museum, Trinidad, CO

2011Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY

2011Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, CO

2011Masters of the West Miniatures Art Show, Trailside Galleries, Jackson, WY

2011High Desert Rendevous, High Desert Museum, Bend, OR

2010CM Russell Art Auction and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana

2010Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum of Western Art, San Antonio, TX

2010The Russell, CM Ruasell Museum, Great Falls, Montana

2010Greeley Stampede Invitational Western Art Show, Greely, CO

2010Settler’s West Miniatures Show, Tucson, AZ

2010Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO

2010Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas

2010Holter Museum of Art, Helena, Montana, “the Landscape, Eye of the Beholder”

2010Montana Paint Out, Missoula, Montana

2010Mary Williams Invitational Quick Draw, Denver, CO

2010Representing the West,  Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO

2010Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY

2010Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, CO

2009CM Russell Art Auction and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana

2009Night of the Artists, Brisco Museum, SAn Antonio, TX

2009Settler’s West Miniatures Show, Tucson, AZ

2009Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland, CO

2009Mary Williams Invitational Quick Draw, Denver, CO

2009Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas

2009Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY

2009Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, CO

2009Representing the West,  Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO

2008Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas

2008CM Russell Art Auction and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana

2008Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY

2008Montana Paint Out, Missoula, Montana

2008Legacy Show, regional fundrraiser, Invesco Field, Denver

2008Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO

2008Representing the West,  Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO

2008Rocky Mountain PBS Anniversary Collection, Denver, Colorado

2008Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas

2008Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, CO

2007Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY

2007CM Russell Art Auction and Quick Draw Great Falls, Montana

2007Phippen Show of Western Art, Quick Draw, Phippen Art Museum, Prescott,AZ

2007Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO

2007Representing the West,  Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO

2007Purgatory, one man show, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO

2007Rocky Mountain PBS Anniversary Collection, Denver, Colorado

2007Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas

2007Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, CO

2006Buffalo Bill Historical Center Art Auction and Quick Draw, Cody, WY

2006Invitational Miniatures Show, WhistlePik Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX

2006CM Russell Art Auction and Quick Draw, Great Falls, Montana

2006Masters in Mountana Plein Air Invitational, Bozeman, MT

2006Phippen Show of Western Art,Phippen Art Museum, Prescott,AZ

2006Mountain Art Gathering, Keystone,  CO

2006Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO

2006Representing the West,  Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO

2006Rocky Mountain PBS Anniversary Collection, Denver, Colorado

2006Panhandle Plains Invitational Western Art Show & Sale, Panhandle Plains Historical Museum Canyon, Texas

2006Austin Art Festival,  Austin,Texas

2006Art for the Sangres, Westcliffe, CO

2005CM Russell Art Auction, Great Falls, Montana

2005Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO

2005Buffalo Bill Art Show and Sale and Quick Draw, Cody, WY

2005Rocky Mountain PBS Anniversary Collection, Denver, Colorado

2005Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson, TX

2005Invitational Miniatures Show, WhistlePik Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX

2005Representing the West,  Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO

2005 Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO

2005one man Studio Show, Denver, CO

2005St. John’s, one person show, Denver, CO

2005one man Collector Show, Denver, CO

2005one man Collector Show, Denver, CO

2005Collector’s Pool Party Show, Denver, CO

2004Invitational Miniatures Show, WhistlePik Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX

2004Giving Back, two man show, Anderson/Brase Gallery,  Denver. CO

2004Art Under the Kimah Moon, group show, Houston, TX

2004Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2004Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO

2004Masters in Mountana Plein Air Invitational, Bozeman, MT

2004Representing the West,  Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO

2004 Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO

2004Mountain Art Gathering, Keystone,  CO

2004one man Collector Show, Denver, CO

2004one man Collector Show, Denver, CO

2004one man Collector Show, Denver, CO

2004Tears MacFarlane, one man show, Denver, CO

2004Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

2004Copper Mountain Celebration of the Arts, Copper Mountain, CO

2004Southeastern Wildlife Art Invitational, Charleston, SC

2004Lubbock Art Festival, Lubbock, TX

2004St. John’s, one person show, Denver, CO

2004Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson, TX

2004Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2003Representing the West, Sangre de Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, CO

2003Down from the Hills, one man show, Austin, TX

2003Dora Moore, two person show, Denver, CO

2003 Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO

2003Collector’s Pool Party Show, Denver, CO

2003Sense of Place, one man show, Tears McFarlane, Denver, CO

2003Landscape, three man show, Anderson Brase Gallery, Denver, CO

2003Invitational Miniatures Show, WhistlePik Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX

2003Annual Invitational Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2003Copper Mountain Celebration of the Arts, Copper Mountain, CO

2003Mountain Art Gathering, Keystone,  CO

2003Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO

2003Sense of Place, Denver Kent School, Denver, CO

2003Plein Aire, group show, Abend gallery, Denver, CO

2003Tears MacFarlane, one man show, Denver, CO

2003El Presidio Gallery, group show, Tucson, AZ

2003Des Moines Art Festival, Des Moines, IA

2003Lubbock Art Festival, Lubbock, TX

2003Collector’s Pool Party Show, Denver, CO

2003Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

2002An American Painter in Ireland, Anam Cara Artist’s Retreat, Eyeries, Ireland

2002 Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO

2002Invitational Miniatures Show, WhistlePik gallery, Fredericksburg, TX

2002Heritage Gallery, three man  show, Scottsdale, AZ

2002Third Canyon Gallery, three man show, Denver, CO

2002Mountain Gathering,  group show, Keystone, CO

2002Colorado Governor’s Invitational Art Show, Loveland,CO

2002Masters in Montana, invitational group show, Bozeman, MT

2002Durham Museum, group show, Omaha, NE

2002Lubbock Art Festival, Lubbock, TX

2002Collector’s Pool Party Show, Denver, CO

2002Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

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

2001Sloan Jordan Gallery, group show, Austin, TX

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

2001Art for the Sangres, Invitational, Westcliffe, CO

2001Mountain Gathering,  group show, Keystone, CO

2001Durham Museum, group show, Omaha, NE

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

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

2001Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

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

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

2000Grace Museum, group show, Abilene, TX

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

2000Durham Museum, group show, Omaha, NE

2000Masters in Mountana Plein Air Invitational, Bozeman, MT

2000Mountain Gathering,  group show, Keystone, CO

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

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

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

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

2000Cottonwood Art Festival, Richardson, TX

2000Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

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

1999The Gathering, Group Show, Dripping Springs, TX

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

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

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

1999The Mountain Gathering, Group Show, Keystone, CO

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

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

1999Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

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

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

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

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

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

1998The Gathering, Group Show, Dripping Springs, TX

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

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

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

1998Diamonds and Spurs, Boulder, CO

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

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

1998Park City Arts Festival, Park City, UT

1998Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI

1998Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

1998Ruidoso Art Festival, Ruidoso, NM

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

1997The Gathering, Group Show, Dripping Springs, TX

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

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

1997Diamonds and Spurs, Boulder, CO

1997Ruidoso Art Festival, Ruidoso, NM

1997Park City Arts Festival, Park City, UT

1997Channel Six Anniversay Collection, Denver, CO

1997Diamonds and Spurs, Boulder, CO

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

1996Abend Gallery, group show. Denver, CO1996 Act I Gallery, one-man show, Taos, NM

1996Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO

1996Diamonds and Spurs, Boulder, CO

1996Park City Arts Festival, Park City, UT

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

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

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

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

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

1994Southwest Arts & and Crafts Festival, Albuquerque, NM                                                                         

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

1994Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO

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

1993Cherry Creek Art Festival, Denver, CO

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

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

1993National Greeley Art Mart, Greeley, CO

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

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

1992Colorado State Fair Show, Pueblo, CO

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

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

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

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

1989Laguna Gloria Art Festival, Austin, TX

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

1988Scottsdale Art Festival, Scottsdale, AZ

1988Wichita Art & Book Fair, Wichita, KS

1988Grassland Rendezvous National Art Show, Greeley, CO

1988Greeley Collectors Mart, Greeley, CO

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

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

1980Jewish Community Center Art Show, Denver, CO

                   VITAE FINIS