Mathematical Art Exhibition Award

The Mathematical Art Exhibition Award recognizes "aesthetically pleasing works that combine mathematics and art." In 2008, an anonymous donor provided an endowment to acknowledge those whose works demonstrate the beauty and elegance of mathematics expressed in a visual art form.

About this Award

For further information about this award, email the AMS Programs Department.

The exhibition takes place every January at the Joint Mathematics Meetings.  Three awards are made annually:  One for best photograph, painting, or print (\$400); one for best textile, sculpture, or other medium (\$400); and one honorable mention (\$200).  Starting in 2014, artists who have won a Mathematical Art Exhibition Award at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in year N will not be eligible for the \$400 awards until the Joint Mathematics Meetings in year N+5. They may, however, display artwork in the intervening years. Honorable Mention awardees are eligible for award consideration in subsequent years.

Most Recent Award: 2022

Best photograph, painting, or print: David Reimann for Septenary Circles.
Best textile, sculpture, or other media: Laura Nica for Scherk Minimal Surfaces.
Co-Honorable Mention: Public Math for Is It Complete? Children's Solutions to The Hexagon Challenge and the University of Kentucky Math Lab (Nathan Fieldsteel, et al.) for Symmetric group on 4 Letters.

Award announcement as seen in the news release.

See previous winners

Next Award:  January 2023

Nomination Procedure: 

Art Exhibit Submission Instructions