Wendi Schneider
Schneider writes “My work in the States of Grace series illuminates transformative moments of spiritual connection to nature, rooted in the serenity I find in the sinuous elegance of organic forms. I photograph intuitively to make the intangible tangible, creating impressions of fleeting moments of vanishing beauty in our vulnerable environment to honor the ephemeral. . .”
“On Christmas, I love to share a project or a practice that celebrates beauty. I didn’t have to think long and hard to consider an artist who has a legacy of creating work that unabashedly reinterprets the natural world in ways that make us slow down, take a deep breath, and relax into wonderment. Wendi Schneider’s photographs are sanctuaries for the soul, respites from the strife and turmoil that the world presents us with. Her photographs remind us that the natural world is waiting for us, to bask in it’s magic…and yes, beauty.”
Aline Smithson
Catherine Couturier Gallery is delighted to present its annual group exhibition Deck the Walls. Deck the Walls is an exhibition of vintage and contemporary pieces that allows Catherine Couturier Gallery to showcase a variety of artists, prices, styles, and photographic mediums. Deck the Walls will feature works by Max Yavno, Horst P. Horst, and Robert Doisneau. Other exhibited artists will include Maggie Taylor, Kate Breakey, Kenny Braun, Susan Burnstine, Mabry Campbell, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mitch Dobrowner, Weegee, Rachel Phillips, Brett Weston, and Jerry Uelsmann just to name a few. There will be something for everyone’s budget and taste.
Exhibition on View: December 4th, 2021 – January 8th, 2022
Passion Flower II – pigment ink on kozo over white gold leaf – is included in Arnika Dawkins Gallery Holiday Gift Guide among works by Aline Smithson, Regis and Kahran Bethencourt, Tokie Rome Taylor, Ervin A. Johnson, Allen Cooley, Michael James O’Brien, Eleanor McNair, Marlene Hawthrone, Najee Dorsey, Builder Levy, Barbara Dumetz, and Max Hirshfeld.
One hundred images were chosen anonymously from over 8000 entries, exploring themes of identity, cultural heritage, global societal issues, gender politics, mental health, the natural world, and the human condition for the 163rd edition of the world’s oldest photography exhibition, where such artists as Eduard Steichen, Alvin Langdon Coburn and Julia Margaret Cameron exhibited.
The 57 international photographers will exhibit at the Royal Photographic Society at RPS Gallery, Bristol, UK April 16 – July 3, 2022 before the exhibition travels.
Schneider says “I create illuminated illusions – tender, gilded offerings of fleeting moments of beauty in our vulnerable environment . . . My process creates a surface that shimmers as the viewer’s position and ambient light transition, reflecting the mercurial light at capture. Elevating the ephemeral, I follow instinctively where each image and print takes me, often altering the color, texture or gold, and honoring the variations within the edition. Each of these unique framed prints is a one-of-a-kind object of reverence.”
The Print Center’s 2021 Benefit Auction directly supports its critically-acclaimed programs. The Print Center welcomes exceptional photography gallerist Catherine Edelman as Honorary Benefit Curator. The Benefit Auction offers outstanding pieces by the most compelling artists working in photography and print today.
Since 1915 The Print Center has celebrated the power of print. The mission of The Print Center, a nonprofit organization, is to encourage the growth and understanding of photography and printmaking as vital contemporary arts through exhibitions, publications and educational programs. Learn about The Print Center and its vibrant history here.
Online bidding closes on Monday, December 6th at 3:00pm EST.
Landscape photography shows spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on man-made features or disturbances of landscapes. Many landscape photographs show little or no human activity and are created in the pursuit of a pure, unsullied depiction of nature, devoid of human influence—instead featuring subjects such as strongly defined landforms, weather, ambient light and other sublime elements. Beyond purely aesthetic considerations, landscapes often contain intensely personal and emotional subjectivities; evidence of secret histories of fondness, love, and nurturing – or of past emotional turbulence, loss, longing and regret.
Entry Deadline: October 31st, 2021
Wendi Schneider’s portfolio The Patina Collection was chosen as Work of Merit in the 2020 Rfotofolio Call.
The Patina Collection is an assemblage of gilded prints in the ‘States of Grace’ series paired with antique frames – the synthesis of 40 years of collecting turn-of-the-twentieth-century art and objects and creating images inspired by the sinuous elegance of organic forms.
In order to introduce you to the work of some of the auction artists, LACP will be hosting a series of online artist talks which will begin on September 21st.
These talks are free and open to the public via Zoom.
Schedule:
Tuesday, September 21, 5 pm PST – Josephine Sacabo, Wendi Schneider, Hiroshi Watanabe
Thursday, September 23, 5 pm PST – Fran Forman, Michael Kenna, Shawn Theodore
Tuesday, September 28, 5 pm PST – Joanne Dugan, David Hume Kennerly, Miranda Penn Turin
Thursday, September 30, 5 pm PST – Richard Renaldi, Bootsy Holler, Sam Abell (yet to confirm)
With over 4000 submissions received to the IPE 163 open call in early 2021, we are delighted to announce the 279 shortlisted photographers. The guest selection panel shortlisted 848 images from international photographers in 50 countries.
The International Photography Exhibition has been held almost every year since 1854 and is the longest running exhibition of its kind in the world. In the early years, the exhibition included work from some of the world’s most eminent photographers including Julia Margaret Cameron, Roger Fenton, Edward Steichen and Paul Strand.”
“Schneider has perfected a gilding process in which her images seemingly dance on the paper’s surface amidst reflections of light on precious metals, creating a synthesis of technique and subject.”
Read the article: Lens Magazine, Issue #82: Summertime HOT, July 2021
Flamingo was recently honored by the Independent Photographer Awards, judged by Brandei Estes, Head of Photographs at Sotheby’s London. Flamingo will be presented at the Independent Photographer magazine’s annual International Gallery Exhibitions in Milan and Berlin in Fall 2021.
OPR Gallery
Viale Corsica, 99– Milano, IT
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On view September 9-12, 2021
CLB BERLIN GALLERY
Aufbau Haus at Moritzplatz
Prinzenstraße 84.2, Berlin-Kreuzberg
clb-berlin.de/en/
On view October 6-10, 2021
Learn more about the award and view the full list of winners and finalists
Co-curated by Mary Shah and Rick Wester, Love Devotion Surrender Dedication is a group exhibition inspired by and dedicated to Carlos Santana and Mahavishnu John McLaughlin’s 1973 album Love Devotion Surrender.
Love Devotion Surrender Dedication
Rick Wester Fine Art
526 W 26th St #417, New York, NY
rickwesterfineart.com/
On view July 15 – September 11, 2021
View the exhibition on Artsy.
Wendi Schneider appeared in today’s Daily Inspiration for Voyage Denver, a community-oriented magazine whose mission is to “build a platform that fosters collaboration and support for small businesses, independent artists and entrepreneurs, local institutions and those that make our city interesting.”
Read the interview: Voyage Denver, Daily Inspiration, July 7, 2021
Wendi Schneider was a featured artist in the July issue of Beta Developments in Photography Magazine, a publication dedicated to presenting the portfolios of artists whose work displays the many varied disciplines and styles of fresh contemporary photography.
Read the issue: Beta Developments in Photography Magazine, Issue 40, July 2021
Wendi appeared alongside a host of illustrious participants in the Center for Creative Photography’s (CCP) video “Why Photography,” as part of a virtual fundraising event supporting initiatives at CCP. At 19:05, Wendi discusses her experience working with CCP and the center’s important work preserving the history of photography.
Watch the video: Center for Creative Photography, Why Photography? June 30, 2021
Wendi Schneider will be jurying and curating PhotoPlace’s 2021 exhibition Essential Water. This exhibition seeks photographs that capture the unique qualities of water—the way it catches light, cuts through the earth, falls from the sky, sustains or threatens life, and changes its forms.
Deadline for submissions is August 09, 2021
“In ‘Evenings with the Moon’ I contemplate the power of universal experiences to unify and find transcendence. My images of the night draw on the moon as muse and the juxtaposition of darkness and light to express our shared longing for freedom, peace, love, and harmony amidst the chaos of the world. The gilded prints echo the luminosity of their celestial inspiration. This synthesis of form and content, paired with poetry and music, encourages the viewer to consider the commonalities in our collective consciousness.”
— Wendi Schneider
Read the article: Nancy McCrary, South x Southeast Photo Magazine, June 6, 2021
Virtual Artist Reception via Facebook Live
June 26, 2021 4PM CDT
Botanical
A Smith Gallery
103 N Nugent Ave
Johnson City, TX
On view June 4 – July 18, 2021
