Mathematical Imagery
Mathematical artists create strong, stunning works in all media and explore the visualization of mathematics
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The JMM 2025 Mathematical Art Exhibition was held at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Seattle from January 8-11, 2025. This annual exhibition, curated by Robert Fathauer and Bruce Torrence, was established in 2008 thanks to an endowment given to the American Mathematical Society by an anonymous donor. The donor aimed to honor those whose works reflect the beauty and elegance of mathematics through visual art. Participants in the exhibition submit their photographs, paintings, prints, sculptures, digital art, and more, all inspired by mathematical concepts, principles, or structures. The artwork often reflects mathematical patterns, symmetries, fractals, geometric shapes, or abstract mathematical ideas. Awards were given at the JMM 2025 Mathematical Art Exhibition "for aesthetically pleasing works that combine mathematics and art." The award winners' art will be included in the 2026 Calendar of Mathematical Imagery, printed and distributed by the AMS.
2025 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
2024 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
2023 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
2022 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
2021 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
2020 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
ICERM Illustrating Mathematics
Multiple Artists
Mathscapes, Complex Flows & More
Anne M. Burns
Patterns in Islamic Ornamentation
B Lynn Bodner
Art Inspired by Mathematics and Nature
Robert Fathauer
2019 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
2018 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
Seeing Symmetry
Frank A. Farris
2017 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
Fractal Experiments
Stephen Ren
Mathematically-Inspired Images
Kerry Mitchell
2016 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
Origami
Robert J. Lang
Vizzie Winners
Multiple Artists
2015 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
Digital Works
Daniel Gries
Fractal Pancakes
Nathan Shields
2014 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
Mathematical Concepts
Hamid Naderi Yeganeh
2013 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
Hyperbolic Crochet
Daina Taimina
Snow and Sand Patterns
Simon Beck
Lego® Sculptures
Andrew Lipson
Glass Works
Erica Rollings
2012 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
2010 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
Shapes and Tilings
Edmund Harriss
2011 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
2009 Mathematical Art Exhibition
Multiple Artists
Crocheted Lorenz Manifolds
Hinke Osinga & Bernd Krauskopf
Simulated Snowflakes
David Griffeath & Janko Gravner
Hyper Symmetries
Dejenie A. Lakew
Woven Beads
Gwen L. Fisher
A Gateway Between Art and Science
Jean-François Colonna
Mathematical Images
Carlo Séquin
Symmetries
Chaim Goodman-Strauss
Algorithmic Artwork
Nathan Selikoff
Fractal Art: Beauty and Mathematics
Multiple Artists
Geometric Sculptures
George W. Hart
Quilts
Multiple Artists
Toroids and Plaids
Robert Straight
Seifert Surfaces
Jarke J. van Wijk
Knots
Multiple Artists
Wholemovement
Bradford Hansen-Smith
Realizations
Mike Field
Notices of the AMS Cover Art
Multiple Artists
The Mathematics of Origami
Thomas Hull
3D-XplorMath
Richard Palais & 3D-Xplore Math Consortium
Museums
- MOMATH - New York, NY
- The Mathema Gallery - Ocean View QLD, Australia
- MIT Museum - Cambridge, MA
- Mathematikum Gießen - Giessen, Germany
- Goudreau Museum of Mathematics - New Hyde Park, NY
- The Science Museum - London, UK
- Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie - Paris, France
- Imaginario Matemático - Mexico City, Mexico
- The Institute for Figuring - Los Angeles, CA
Articles & Resources
- Bridges: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science
- Smithsonian: Where Art Meets Math
- Complex Beauties: Mathematical Calendar
- M.C. Escher: the Official Website
- Mathematical Imagery by Jos Leys
- The KnotPlot Site
- Printing mathematics in 3 dimensions, by Scott Hershberger (AMS)
- Harmony and Proportion, by John Boyd-Brent
- Making Patterns: Pushing the Envelope
- Maths and Art: the whistlestop tour, by Lewis Dartnell
- Visual Insight, blog by John Baez