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Morning, 2000 Morning 2000, Oil on panel. Private Collection. The Song of the Water (closed), 1999 The Song of the Water 1999, Oil on panel. Price upon request. The Song of the Water (open), 1999 The Song of the Water 1999, Oil on panel. Price upon request. the song of the water (detail), 1999 The Song of the Water 1999, Oil on panel. Price upon request. the fall of the evening star (closed), 1996 The Fall of the Evening Star 1996, 4" x 24 1/4". Oil on panel. Private Collection. the fall of the evening star (open), 1996 The Fall of the Evening Star 1996, 4" x 24 1/4". Oil on panel. Private Collection. the secret (closed), 1994 The Secret 1994, Oil on panel, mixed media. Private Collection. The Secret (open), 1994 The Secret 1994, Oil on panel, mixed media. Private Collection. The Vigil, 1994 The Vigil 1994, 27 1/2" x 26". Oil on panel, thistle. Private Collection. The Different Kinds of Fire, 1994 The Different Kinds of Fire 1994, 16" x 8 1/4". Oil on panel, mixed media. Price upon request. The Tower of Babel, 1994 The Tower of Babel 1994, 17" x 8". Oil on panel, lead. Private Collection. The Annunciation, 1994 The Annunciation 1994, 12" x 11". Oil on panel. Private Collection. Terebinth (Cover illustration for “In the Shade of the Terebinth,” by Gabriel Meyer), 1994 Terebinth Cover illustration for In the Shade of the Terebinth, by Gabriel Meyer.
1994, 12" x 11". Oil and Graphite on panel. Altarpiece (closed), 1989-1992 Altarpiece 1989-1992, 39 3/4" x 27 1/4" (closed), 39 3/4" x 50"(open).
Oil emulsion on panel, gold, graphite, acrylic. Altarpiece (open), 1989-1992 Altarpiece 1989-1992, 39 3/4" x 27 1/4" (closed), 39 3/4" x 50"(open).
Oil emulsion on panel, gold, graphite, acrylic. Altarpiece (detail), 1989-1992 Altarpiece 1989-1992, 39 3/4" x 27 1/4" (closed), 39 3/4" x 50"(open).
Oil emulsion on panel, gold, graphite, acrylic. Altarpiece (detail), 1989-1992 Altarpiece 1989-1992, 39 3/4" x 27 1/4" (closed), 39 3/4" x 50"(open).
Oil emulsion on panel, gold, graphite, acrylic. Eve, 1991 Eve 1991, ??" x ??". Oil on panel, graphite. Private collection. Grace and Causality, 1991 Grace and Causality 1991, 25 5/8" x 23 3/4". Oil on panel, sulfur, egg shell. Price upon request. View, 1990 View I 1990, 7.375" x 9.5". Oil on panel. Price upon request. View, 1990 View II 1990, 7.375" x 9.5". Oil on panel. Price upon request. View, 1990 View III 1990, 7.375" x 9.5". Oil on panel. Price upon request. The Dark Wood/Annunciation (closed), 1989-90 The Dark Wood/Annunciation 1989-1990, 46 1/2" x 30 1/2" x 3 1/4". Oil on panel, graphite, gold. Price upon request. The Dark Wood/Annunciation (open), 1989-90 The Dark Wood/Annunciation 1989-1990, 46 1/2" x 30 1/2" x 3 1/4". Oil on panel, graphite, gold. Price upon request. The Dark Wood/Annunciation (detail), 1989-90 The Dark Wood/Annunciation 1989-1990, 46 1/2" x 30 1/2" x 3 1/4". Oil on panel, graphite, gold. Price upon request. The Expulsion, 1989-90 The Expulsion 1989-1990, 27 1/2" x 31". Oil on panel, copper. Price upon request. The Expulsion, 1989-90 The Expulsion 1989-1990, 27 1/2" x 31". Oil on panel, copper. Price upon request. The Expulsion, 1989-90 The Expulsion 1989-1990, 27 1/2" x 31". Oil on panel, copper. Price upon request. Triptych (To Be Opened on the Last Day), 1990 Triptych (To Be Opened on the Last Day) 1990, 15 3/8" x 9". Oil on panel. Private Collection. Tree, 1990 Tree 1990, 17" x 6 3/4". Oil on panel. Private Collection. Tree, 1990 Tree 1990, 17" x 6 3/4". Oil on panel. Private Collection. Sacred Wood, 1990 Sacred Wood 1990, 7" x 7 3/4". Oil on panel, graphite. Private Collection. The Divine Calculus, 1990 The Divine Calculus 1990, 17 7/8" x 14". Oil on panel, concrete. Private Collection. The Last Judgment, 1988 The Last Judgment 1988, 26" x 48". Alkyd on panel, concrete. Price upon request. The Last Judgment, 1988 The Last Judgment 1988, 26" x 48". Alkyd on panel, concrete. Price upon request. The Last Judgment, 1988 The Last Judgment 1988, 26" x 48". Alkyd on panel, concrete. Price upon request. St. Stephen, 1988 St. Stephen 1988, 30 1/2" x 32 3/4". Oil on panel, concrete. Madonna and Child, 1988 Madonna and Child 1988, 25.75 x 36". Alkyd on panel. Private Collection. Madonna and Child, 1988 Madonna and Child 1988, 25.75 x 36". Alkyd on panel. Private Collection. The Object of our Inquiry, 1988 The Object of Our Inquiry 1988, 18" x 14". Alkyd on panel. The Promise, 1988 The Promise 1988, 12" x 12". Oil on panel, gold leaf. Private Collection. The Fundamental Option, 1987-88 The Fundamental Option 1987-1988, 40" x 52 3/4". Alkyd, dirt, gold leaf. Price upon request. Naturae Pondus, 1987 Spem in alium (numquam habui praeter in te) 1987, 28" x 52.75". Acrylic on canvas and panel, gold leaf. Naturae Pondus, 1987 Naturæ Pondus 1987, 24" x 24". Oil, alkyd, lead, steel on panel. Naturae Pondus, 1987 Naturæ Pondus (detail) 1987, 24" x 24". Oil, alkyd, lead, steel on panel. The Substance of Things Hoped For, 1987 The Substance of Things Hoped For 1987, 4 3/4" x 48". Acrylic on panel. The Substance of Things Hoped For, 1987 The Substance of Things Hoped For (detail) 1987, 4 3/4" x 48". Acrylic on panel. The Transfiguration, 1985-87 The Transfiguration 1985-1987, 68" x 108". Acrylic on canvas and panel, graphite, gold. The Personal God, 1986-87 The Personal God 1986-1987, 34"1/2" x 54 3/4". Acrylic on linen. The Personal God (detail), 1986-87 The Personal God 1986-1987, 34"1/2" x 54 3/4". Acrylic on linen. The Fruit of the Spirit, 1986-87 The Fruit of the Spirit 1986-1987, 34 1/2" x 46 3/4". Acrylic on linen. The Annuciation, 1986 The Annunciation 1986?, 12" x 12". Acrylic on panel.
UCC Mural, 1985 UCC Mural 1985 (destroyed). University Catholic Center, Los Angeles. UCC Mural, 1985 UCC Mural 1985 (destroyed). University Catholic Center, Los Angeles. UCC Mural, 1985 UCC Mural 1985 (destroyed). University Catholic Center, Los Angeles. UCC Mural, 1985 UCC Mural 1985 (destroyed). University Catholic Center, Los Angeles. UCC Mural, 1985 UCC Mural 1985 (destroyed). University Catholic Center, Los Angeles. UCC Mural, 1985 UCC Mural 1985 (destroyed). University Catholic Center, Los Angeles. Landscape: “Although I Do Not Hope to Turn Again”, 1982 Landscape: “Although I Do Not Hope to Turn Again” 1984?, 17" x 16.5". Acrylic on panel. Price upon request. Landscape, 1983 Untitled Landscape 1983?, Acrylic on panel. Landscape, 1983 Untitled Landscape 1983?, Acrylic on panel. Landscape, 1983 Untitled Landscape 1983?, Acrylic on canvas. Near: the Earth, 1980 Near: The Earth 1980, 6" x 8". Acrylic on panel. Landscape: Melancholia, 1980 Landscape: Melancholia 1980?, 5' x 7". Acrylic on panel.
EXHIBITIONS AND REVIEWS
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Faculty Exhibition Keller Art Gallery, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California
2000
Sacred Arts Festival Group show, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, California “Desire” Two-person show (with Annabeth Cargill), Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, California
1999
“Desire” Two-person show (with Annabeth Cargill), Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona
1997
Annual Auction Orange County Museum of Art
1996
“Seeking Balance: An Artistic Journey” Group show, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California “Spirit and Ritual” Lizardi/Harp Gallery, West Hollywood, California. “Burning Lights” Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, California.
1995
“Nature Re(Contained)” Group show, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California. “Burning Lights” Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California. “Burning Lights” Biola University, La Mirada, California.
1994
“Burning Lights” Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California
Exhibition Catalog, L.A. Times Review, Luke Dysinger article. “The Sacred and the Profane” Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1993
“Fruit of the Spirit: an Exhibit by Members of Crosshatch” Group show, Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, California.
L.A. Times Review
1992
Valyermo Fall Festival Artists’ Exhibition Group show, St. Andrew’s Abbey, Valyermo, California. “How Green Was My Valley” Louis Stern Galleries, Beverly Hills, California. “Energy: Interaction of Contrast” LA Artcore, Los Angeles, California.
1991
“Twisted Tales and Quirky Narratives” John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, California. Group Show Conference Gallery, First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. “Summer Show” John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, California. “Duncan Simcoe & Michael Schrauzer” John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, California.
L.A. Times Review
1990
“Of the Spirit” Artspace Gallery, Woodland Hills, California.
L.A.Times Review. “Return to the Fringe” DA Gallery, Pomona, California. Valyermo Fall Festival Artists’ Exhibition Group show, St. Andrew’s Priory, Valyermo, California. Group Show Westlake College, Santa Barbara, California. “Real Vision” Citrus College Art Gallery, Glendora, California.
1989
CIVA National Conference Exhibition Juried show, Biola University, La Mirada, California. Solo Exhibition Galerie Villa Kayser, Stuttgart, West Germany.
1988
Solo Exhibition West Gallery, The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California.
1987
“Tenth Anniversary Show” Century Gallery, Sylmar, California. “Visual Exchange” Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California. “Second Fall” The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California. “Crosshatch” Biola University, La Mirada, California.
REVIEWS & TEXTS
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“What Did You Go Out into the Desert to See?” Michael Schrauzer, Valerymo Chronicle, Number 231, Summer, 2011. “Mending the Breach Between Art and Faith” Celia Clay, Our Sunday Visitor, Vol. 91, No. 46, (March 16, 2003) pp. 10–11. “Image Artist of the Month” Anon, Image website, November 2001 “Incarnate Beauty: Maritain and the Aesthetic Experience of Contemporary Icons” by Katherine Anne Osenga, in Beauty, Art, and the Polis, by Alice Ramos, 2000, American Maritain Assn., pp. 203–204. "Birth Announcement" Karen L. Mulder, Christianity Today, Vol. 40, No. 13, (November 11, 1997) pp. 46–47. “To Paint the Things of Christ,
One Must Live as Christ Lived:
Michael Schrauzer’s Catholic Vision” Christopher Zehnder, San Diego News Notes, November, 1996
Los Angeles Lay Catholic Mission, October, 1996. ”The Revealed and the Concealed:
The Art of Michael Schrauzer” Gordon Fuglie, Image, Number 12, Winter 95–96, pp. 83–90. “Allegories and Icons fill ’Angels’ Show” Anita Amirrezvani, Contra Costa Times, no date. (Jan. 1996?) “Finely crafted explorations of spirituality” Devorah L. Knaff, The Press Enterprise, October 22, 1995. Nature Re(Contained) Exhibition Catalog, Irvine Fine Arts Center, 1995. (Cover image: “Tree”.) Burning Lights: Sprituality, Tradition, and Craft
in Recent Art from the City of Angels Exhibition Catalog, Laband Art Gallery, 1994. Article by Fr. Luke Dysinger, O.S.B., M.D. “Christian, Millenial Hopes in ’Lights’” William Wilson, Los Angeles Times, November 12, 1994, p. F11. “Burning Lights, Inward Bound” Peter Frank, Art Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, November 25, 1994, p. 132. (Illustration: Altarpiece.) “Framing Their Faith: Works by members of Crosshatch” Nancy Kapitanoff, Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1993. “Michael Schrauzer” Marge Bulmer, Visions, Fall 1991. (Illustration: Grace and Causality.) “Trains and Higher Planes” Lisbet Nilson, Los Angeles Times, Westside Edition, March 24, 1991.
COLLECTIONS
  • Bernadeane Carr
  • Janice DeLoof
  • Bobbi DeHaven
  • Robert High & Harold McClosky
  • Barbara Schuppe
  • Rosa Needleman
  • Gerhard Schrauzer
  • Harriet Selna
  • Ron Steen
  • Lydia Takeshita
  • Don Witscher
ABOUT
EDUCATION
1986–1988 M.F.A., The Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, California
Awarded: Emily Ann Horowitz Memorial Fellowship, 1986–1987
Awarded: Claremont Graduate School Scholarship, 1986–87, 1987–1988 1978–1982 B.A., Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego
Degree awarded summa cum laude.
Elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
WRITING “Eyes to See” 2007–2011, column appearing monthly in This Rock magazine, published by Catholic Answers. TEACHING Catholic Diocese of San Diego 2012–, Christian Signs and Symbols (Online Course) Point Loma Nazarene University 2000–2011, Adjunct Professor of Art.
Introduction to Art, Drawing I, Drawing II, Life Drawing, 2-D Design Biola University 1992–1993, Advanced Drawing, Beginning Figure Drawing TALKS AND LECTURES “On Beauty” May 15, 2008, Saint Michael’s Abbey, El Toro, California. “The Vocation of the Artist” June, 2000, Sacred Arts Festival, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, California. “The Cult of Cute and the Maze of Modernity:
Creating a Christian Culture” March, 1996, Crosshatch Conference, Biola University “Blessed are Your Eyes: Art and the Spirituality of Vision” February, 1996, San Diego Mission YA Group “Christianity and Art” June, 1997, Laguna Niguel Presbyterian Church Art Lecture September, 1997, Private Art Salon, Laguna Niguel, California
OTHER
  BORN: Munich, Germany, May 30, 1960.
Current residence: Coronado, California.
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