Intersections
A Public Art Exhibition
Mathematics and art have the power to reveal truths—about the universe, and about what it means to be human.
In Spring 2025, Seattle Universal Math Museum (SUMM) is celebrating this theme with a public art exhibition.
For this show, we sought works that provide viewers with mathematical “aha” moments, use mathematics to illuminate facts about individuals or societies, or otherwise emphasize the humanistic aspects of mathematics: that is, the “aesthetic, cultural, historical, literary, pedagogical, philosophical [or] sociological aspects of mathematics as a human endeavour.” [source]
We particularly welcomed pieces that have the potential for accompanying activities that are suitable for a general audience of all ages.
This show is being jointly produced by SUMM (Seattle Universal Math Museum) and MIVAL (Mercer Island Visual Arts League), with support from the City of Mercer Island.
March 3, 2025 — April 25, 2025
Gallery Hours:
Monday–Thursday: 9am–7pm
Friday–Saturday: 9am–5pm
Location:
Mercer Island Community and Events Center (MICEC)
8236 SE 24th Street
Mercer Island, WA 98040 (map)
Opening Reception
March 5th, 5pm–7pm
Artists’ Reception
April 4th, 5pm–7pm
Artists
Gallery
"Dürer's Cat", QED Arts, LLC
"Negatively curved crystals", Curtis McMullen
"Gradient of Grain, 1 of 17", Edmund Harriss
"Harmonic Mandala", Mathscapers
"Unity of Opposites", Joseph Yudovsky
"The Secret Lives of Gaussian Integers", Katherine E. Stange
"Matrix III", Timea Tihanyi
"Matrix IV", Timea Tihanyi
"Matrix V", Timea Tihanyi
"Six of Pentacles", Alex Kreitzberg
"Embracing the Angles", Alice Finch
"Orion", Caroline Bowen
"Dan's Prime Logs", Dan Bach
"Mean Curvature Bloom", David Bachman
"Mathematics is Universal", David Reimann
"Homage to Hilda", Ellen Hochberg
"The Mirror Symme-tree", Elliot Kienzle
"Boundary Line #5 (detail from Retable des Dominicains by Martin Schongauer c. 1480)", Chi Essary + Satyan Devadoss
"Mother and Child", Eve Torrence
"melon shell and snail", Gabriele Meyer
"murex florifer and angelwing", Gabriele Meyer
"Unintended Consequences", Jenny Quinn
"Ikkat-Functions", Jayadev Athreya
"Doo-dah", John Winston Garth
"Unity of Opposites", Joseph Yudovsky
"The Story of How We Met, and Look! Pretty Buttons!", Laurel Shastri
"Sieve Ἐρατοσθένους 900 (aka Prime Numbers 01 on image)", Juliet Fiss
"A Breeze Over Gwalior", Margaret Kepner
"Matryoshka-like Compound of Two Cubes with Convex Hull and Common Solid", Paula Krieg
"Hope Springs Eternal", Onye Ndika
"Jaali Diamonds 2", Phil Webster
"infinity figure", Peter Millett
"Crochet Squiggle", Rashmi Sunder-Raj
"Dandelion Sphere No. 15", Phillip C. Reiner
"Manipulation: collage", Rashmi Sunder-Raj
"4 Views of the 4-Cube", Richard Hammack
"Three Crossings", Robert Fathauer
"Rambler I", Rona Gurkewitz
"Solomon's Knot Rings", Shiying Dong
"Roman Seniuk Woven Bands", Susan Jones
"The Problem of Apollonius: A Rhapsody on Tangency", Frank Farris
"Faces of Discovery: Honoring Mathematical Pioneers", Anna Hugo + Tim Chartier
"Matryoshka-like Compound of Two Cubes with Convex Hull and Common Solid", Paula Krieg
"Spiraling", Rebecca Lin
"Full Circles", Yana Mohanty
"Faces of Discovery: Honoring Mathematical Pioneers", Anna Hugo + Tim Chartier