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.
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 and levels of math interest.
Join us for SUMM fun bringing math to life!
This show is jointly produced by SUMM and the Mercer Island Visual Arts League (MIVAL), 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
April Reception
April 4th, 5pm–7pm
Gallery
"Two Squares," Anton Bakker
"Dandelion Sphere No. 15," Phillip C. Reiner
"Manipulation: Collage Re-examined," Rashmi Sunder-Raj
"Dürer's Cat," QED Arts, LLC
"Paint with Prime Numbers 1-100," Juliet Fiss
"The Story of How We Met, and Look! Pretty Buttons!," Laurel Shastri
"Faces of Discovery: Honoring Mathematical Pioneers," Anna Hugo + Tim Chartier
"Negatively curved crystals," Curtis McMullen
"Harmonic Mandala," Mathscaper
"The Secret Lives of Gaussian Integers," Katherine E. Stange
"Six of Pentacles," Alex Kreitzberg
"Orion," Caroline Bowen
"Dan's Prime Logs," Dan Bach
"Mean Curvature Bloom," David Bachman
"Mathematics is Universal," David Reimann
"Roman Seniuk Woven Bands," Susan Jones
"Homage to Hilma," Ellen Hochberg
"The Mirror Symme-tree," Elliot Kienzle
"Mother and Child," Eve Torrence
"Unintended Consequences," Jenny Quinn
"Doo-dah," John Winston Garth
"A Breeze Over Gwalior," Margaret Kepner
"Jaali Diamonds 2," Phil Webster
"infinity figure," Peter Millett
"Matrix III, IV and V," Timea Tihanyi
"Full Circles," Yana Mohanty
"4 Views of the 4-Cube," Richard Hammack
"Three Crossings," Robert Fathauer
"Spherical structure," Mircea Draghicescu
"Unity of Opposites," Joseph Yudovsky
"Geared Cube Net," Sabetta Matsumoto + Henry Segerman
"Solomon's Knot Rings," Shiying Dong
"Boundary Line #5," Chi Essary with Satyan Devadoss
"Hope Springs Eternal," Onye Ndika
"The Problem of Apollonius: A Rhapsody on Tangency," Frank Farris
"Gradient of Grain, 1 of 17," Edmund Harriss
"Rambler I," Rona Gurkewitz
"Matryoshka-like Compound of Two Cubes with Convex Hull and Common Solid," Paula Krieg
"Spiraling," Rebecca Lin
"melon shell and snail," Gabriele Meyer
"Ikkat-Functions," Jayadev Athreya
"Embracing the Angles," Alice Finch