Saunders Schultz

Saunders Schultz received a Batchelor of Fine Arts Degree from Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, in 1950. He was the recipient of a fellowship to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he received his Master of Fine Arts Degree in 1952. He co-founded Scopia, a unique sculpture studio in 1960.

Saunders Schultz, sculptor, painter, educator, innovator and author, has gained international acclaim for his sculpture and fountains and is one of the founding fathers of architectural art in an environmental context. His sculpture varies in size from small to 27 stories tall, and all relate to the architectural surroundings in which they are placed. His smaller works have been shown here and abroad in numerous exhibitions including Plastics, USA, and the United States Information Agency European Exhibit. His public sculptures are located throughout this country, and the world, in prominent and diverse places such as : Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Moscow and Washington, D.C.

Many of the country’s leading architects and landscape architects such as Euro Sardine, Minoru Yamasaki, EDAM, Philip Johnson, Paul Friedberg, Mitchell/Gurgle, Eric Mendelssohn, Hideo Sasaki, TRILL, Ellerbe Becket, Arthur Gentler, Arthur Odell, Jr., Johnson, Johnson & Roy, Edward D. Stone, Jr., Roy Mann, HOOK, Thomas Ventilate III, Noland Blass, SOME, Theodore Woodford, Richard Cummings, Geoffrey Rausch have been collaborators on completed projects. Additionally, Saunders Schultz has collaborated with Robert Venturi, Pietro Belluschi, Benjamin Thompson and Architects Collaborative on proposed projects throughout the country.

In addition to his pioneering work in architectural/environmental sculpture, Schultz has taught over two hundred master classes and symposia at various universities including Harvard University School of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Design, and Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He has presented at national conferences as well.

For the last fifteen years, Schultz has dedicated a significant portion of his time to developing visionary projects with a social consciousness. These multi-million dollar efforts have taken years to develop and may require many more to complete. The most significant of these projects are the EcoArch, proposed for the East St. Lois riverfront and the Testament to Human Rights, site to be determined.

His sculpture has been published in ARTnews, Architectural Record (article appeared in France, Spain and several other countries), Progressive Architecture, Architectural Forum, AIA Architect, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Times’ Insight, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and many others.

Nationally and internationally recognized for his work, Schultz’s awards include, but are not limited to :

Carnegie Institute Achievement AwardFirst prize at the Invitational Competition, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay”Finite/Infinite”, first public art project awarded by Civilian Facilities Administration (forerunner of HUD). Later selected by jury from 1,700 international entries for publication in HUD’s National Community Arts ProgramThe Florida AIA Award for ExcellenceFirst Prize, Highland Garden, Broward County Florida Housing Authority, HUD Invitational CompetitionThe National Association of Counties Award, Oppenstein Park, Kansas City, Missouri