Art is an uncontrollable passion and obsession… Andrew schoultz Art is an uncontrollable passion and obsession…

…After many travels around the United States for such things as skateboarding and graffiti art, I found a home in San Francisco in 1997, and among other things, a great community to exist in and make art. The past 9 years have brought me the development of a repertoire of iconic images. Through murals, paintings, installations and drawings, I have used these images to tell stories about everyday life in America, filtering political commentary through the forms of graffiti art and underground comics, fused with clipart from the early 1900s and medieval renderings that chart the history of man and nature. The relationship between man and nature has been a re-occurring theme in my work, and also the effects of globalism and capitalism on the world. Although heavily interested in showing work and doing large multi-media installations in the gallery and museum setting, I have spent a tremendous amount of time doing murals and various work in the streets of America and abroad. I have an intense interest in painting large scale imagery on walls in the public space, that address and inform the very diverse audience of the general public, including children, about current social and political issues.

BFA, Academy of Art University San Francisco Hosfelt Gallery, Jerome Zodo Contemporary, Mark Moore Gallery, V1 Gallery Large scale mixed media paper works, paintings and drawings, collage, printmaking, large scale installations, sculptures German map-making, Nuremberg Chronicles, underground comics, graffiti War, globalisation, environmental issues

“German maps have been tools in attempts to strategize and conquer new frontiers and towns” “I am incredibly captivated to this obsessive-compulsive degree of interest to depth. I am interested in addressing 'war' in my operate and, more importantly, war's spot in history.” All Viewing Ship (Altering Lands Plaza), 2013, acrylic and collage on wooden panel, 40x52"

“I grew to become fascinated in the Nuremberg Chronicle - a large book that fundamentally compiled a lot of the very first tries at mapping Western Europe” “Aesthetically I was attracted to the drawing method in which perspective and scale look to be thrown out the window” Repetition, Repetition (spinning drinking water), 2013, acrylic, collage and gouache on linen, 77x84"

City through Clouds 2, Acrylic on Wood 12 x 16 inches

Meditation with Trojan Horse, Acrylic on Wood, 48 x 36 1/2 inches

What do you want your work to do… Have impact Reach out to people Interact Inspire http://inthemake.com/andrew-schoultz/

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“Not everybody has to have these burning issues or burning angers, but I feel like art serves its best purpose is when it is questioning something that has been accepted. That’s sort of the underlying theme of all the work that I make”

“Everything that I love about my country is what fuels me to criticize my country – to criticize it in a way that you are trying to change it, that you have hope, that you take pride in your country and want to see better things in your country, and you want to see the way they act in the world is better too”

Made In China, 2012, Acrylic And Gold Leaf On American Flag, 18h x 30w in

Para-Trooping Skull Ship, 2013, Acrylic, Collage, String, and approximately $7000 shredded US currency, on Canvas stretched over Panel, 72h x 48w in

Floating Ship In A Storm (2013) Acrylic, Collage, And Currency On Canvas 48h x 48w in (121.92h x 121.92w cm)

Meditation under Stress (2013) Acrylic, Collage, Gold Leaf, and approximately $5000 Shredded Currency On Dyed American Flag Stretched Over Panel 30h x 52w in (76.2h x 132.08w cm)