Romey Stuckart

Romey Stuckart
Born	(1955-08-29)August 29, 1955 Sublimity, Oregon,U.S.
Died	November 24, 2020(2020-11-24)(aged 65)
Alma mater	Gonzaga University University of Iowa
Occupation	Painter
Spouse	Stephen Schultz ​ ​ (m.1984; died 2020)​
Awards	Guggenheim Fellow(1992)

Romey Stuckart(August 29, 1955 – November 24, 2020) was an American painter. AGuggenheim Fellow,she painted expressionist landscapes of the forests of her resident state Idaho and exhibited at theBoise Art Museum,theUtah Museum of Contemporary Art,and theNorthwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

Biography

Rosemary Stuckart was born on August 29, 1955, inSublimity, Oregon,She was the fifth of the six children of Cecilia Ann (néeSmith) and Robert Stuckart, the latter of whom ran a sawmill where all of their children, including Rosemary herself, worked at.After graduating from a Catholic school,she received her BA atGonzaga University,during which she spent a year studying abroad as part of their Gonzaga-in-Florence program, and both her MA and MFA at theUniversity of Iowa(UI).After working as a visiting teacher atSimpson College(1982) and theBellagio Center(1984), and as an Adjunct Instructor in Drawing and Painting at UI, she worked there as Adjunct Assistant Professor from 1985 to 1988.She was aMillay Colony for the Artsfellow in 1983, aVirginia Center for the Creative Artsfellow (1984), andIberê Camargo Foundationfellow (1985).

She worked on landscape paintings, focusing on the forests of Idaho, starting with "the wilderness around the towns of Hope andSandpoint".Later, she later began painting art "concerned with energy and the natural world".She also painted alongside her husband during their vacations abroad.TheMissoula Art Museumdescribed her style as "unconventional" and "abstract expressionist".She said in a 2002 interview withThe Spokesman-Review:"My process involves a listening inward, a dance of faith and anxiety coa xing into view this visual reference for what we almost know."In addition to painting, she also did drawing and self-portraits and practiced healing techniques.

In 1992, she exhibited during the 7th Idaho Biennial at theBoise Art Museum.In 2003, she had a solo exhibition titled "Romey Stuckart: Paintings" at Salt Lake Art Center (now theUtah Museum of Contemporary Art).Another solo exhibition of her paintings, "Energy, Change, Movement", was held at theNorthwest Museum of Arts and Culturein 2007.In addition to the rest of theIntermountain Westand thePacific Northwest,she also exhibited in New York City and in Germany.

She was awarded aGuggenheim Fellowshipin 1992.She was awarded a 1993National Endowment for the ArtsVisual Artists' Fellowship in painting for $20,000,"in spite of being under 40, female and from the West".

In 1984, she married Stephen Schultz, whom she met as a student at UI where Schultz worked as a professor;The two were both artists and started their own art studios inHope, Idaho,where they lived from 1987 until her death.

Stuckart died on November 24, 2020 of brain cancer.From February to June 2022, theMissoula Art MuseumheldRomey Stuckart: Within And Without,an exhibition of her works in her memory which was in development at the time of her death.