Stephen Schultz

Stephen Schultz has been a professional artist for 59 years. With constant dedication, he has produced an average of 10-12 completed works per year. Scaling in the range of 60-90” x 60-144,” his large scale work creates a dramatic impact in a space.

He holds a rich cache of experience and work in the world of art. He earned a BFA from San Fransisco Art Institute in 1971. He then moved to Stanford University on a teaching fellowship and received his MFA in 1974. He later worked as a tenured professor of Art at University of Iowa , Iowa City, where he retired after 19 years.

Stephen spent several years living and working in Europe, including notable artist residencies. These residencies included Rockefeller Foundation at Lake Como, Italy; Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France; and Fullbright Foundation in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.

His work has been published in Art News, Art in America and The New York Times, just to mention a few. He has a long history of exhibitions in such venues as the Smithsonian Institute, Equitable Gallery of the Whitney, as well as galleries nationwide from Los Angeles to New York.

From 2006 to 2018, Stephen has had regular exhibits in galleries in Paris, France; Hydra, Greece; Milan, Italy; and London, England. He still paints every day, spending the majority of his day in his studio where he is currently working on a new body of work .

To learn about Stephen and his lifetime of work, follow his instagram page @stephenschultzart and stay posted, as his chronological biography is posted every weekday. From his earliest beginnings to present day, the Instagram project is telling his vast story as a lifelong artist.

SOURCE - https://www.stephenschultz.art/about (Oct 2025)