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Wendi Schneider’s Ethereal Illusions in Shadow & Light Magazine

Wendi’s images are featured in the Language of the Land edition of Shadow & Light Magazine.

“I create illuminated impressions of glimpses of grace in our vulnerable natural world. My work is a celebration of the senses anchored in the visual – an exploration of my spiritual connection to sinuous organic forms and the transcendence I find in their beauty. I preserve mystical moments that still time for me. Viewing the world in vignettes, I am calmed by the visual balance of a compelling composition. Subtle variations of rich hues move me, and I find magic in the mist and mystery of the obscured . . .”
–– Wendi Schneider

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View the article: Shadow & Light Magazine, Issue 49, September/October 2022

Wendi Schneider’s “Into the Mist” Featured in ArtDoc Magazine “Voices of Nature” Issue

The images were printed with archival pigment inks on Japanese kozo paper – made from the inner bark of mulberry trees. White gold leaf was then applied on the verso, infusing the artist’s hand and suffusing the images with the implied spirituality of the precious metal. The filtered, dappled light that glimmered through the branches is echoed in the shimmer of the gilded prints. 

Read the article: ArtDoc Magazine, Issue #3: Voices of Nature, 2022

Wendi Schneider Exhibition at Catherine Couturier Gallery

Into the Mist
Catherine Couturier Gallery

On view June 4 – August 31
Opening Reception: 
June 4, 11am – 4pm CT
2635 Colquitt St, Houston, TX

Catherine Couturier Gallery is delighted to present Into the Mist, an exhibition of new work by gallery artist Wendi Schneider.

In her latest series, Schneider offers glimpses of respite amidst the vague unknowing that has defined living in the time of COVID. She ventured into the mountains of North Carolina at the end of Summer 2020 to find a reprieve in shinrin-yoku, the Japanese term for the practice of forest bathing. The photographs captured on a drive amongst the trees and fog inspired Into the Mist.

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Wendi Schneider Exhibition at Galeria Photographic

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Galeria Photographic

On view May 7 – June 18
Opening Reception:
May 7, 11am – 3pm CT
Mesones #57, San Miguel de Allende

An exhibition of gilded photographs by artists Wendi Schneider and Lori Pond, featuring selections from Schneider’s illuminated impressions of grace in the natural world in “States of Grace” and Pond’s reflections on life and death in “Learning to Walk in the Dark.”

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States of Grace to Open at Arnika Dawkins Gallery

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Wendi Schneider’s first solo exhibition at Arnika Dawkins Gallery

On view March 26 – May 7
Opening Reception:
March 26, 11 – 3 EST
4600 Cascade, Atlanta

“Grace is defined as unmerited divine assistance given to humans for their regeneration or sanctification; Wendi Schneider’s work provides a reprieve in these turbulent times.” –– Arnika Dawkins

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Wendi Schneider to Jury Botanical for the Southeast Center of Photography

“In times of turmoil we often turn to nature for solace and centering. Whether bringing light and focus to what we are losing or celebrating rebirth, from broad landscapes to close up or microscopic forms.

Artists throughout the ages have been drawn to the vast and varied world of botanicals. What moves you? Do you celebrate the essence of beauty or strive to heighten recognition of the perilous path of our environment? Are you inspired by a single bloom or a profusion of blossoms in a lush bouquet, enchanted gardens manicured or messy, plants endangered or invasive, carefully cultivated or sown by nature, bursting forth or shriveling on a vine?”


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States of Grace at A Gallery For Fine Photography

Wendi Schneider’s solo exhibition at A Gallery For Fine Photography

On view March 10 – August 1, 2022
Opening Reception & Zoom Artist Talk:
March 12, 1PM CST
241 Chartres St., New Orleans

The exhibition includes a selection of gilded pigment prints from the States of Grace series, including works from Evenings with the Moon and the Patina Collection.

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Wendi Schneider’s “States of Grace” Featured on Landscape Stories

Wendi Schneider - The Gossamer Threads of Dreams

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. . .”

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Wendi Schneider’s Gilded Photographs Featured in Catherine Couturier Gallery’s “Deck the Walls” Exhibition

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

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Wendi Schneider’s Gilded Photographs in The 163rd Royal Photographic Society Exhibition

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.

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Wendi Schneider’s “Patina Collection” Featured on All About Photo

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.”

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Wendi Schneider Featured on “Mother F Stop”

Wendi Schneider - Withdrawal to Tranquility

“Her work is influenced by the lush landscapes of Memphis and New Orleans, her collection of art and antiques from the turn of the twentieth century, and a background in painting and art history – in particular the work of Steichen, Whistler, and other Pictorialists and Tonalists. She turned to photography in the early 1980s to create references for her paintings, then combined the mediums…”

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Introducing: “The Patina Collection”

Wendi Schneider is thrilled to announce her latest project, The Patina Collection. Each print from the States of Grace series in The Patina Collection is paired with a specially selected antique frame, making these inherently unique gilded prints truly one-of-a-kind works of art. This collection is the synthesis of nearly 40 years of collecting and creating, fused with a lifetime of love for the natural world and all its mysterious beauty.

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Wendi Schneider featured in Catherine Couturier Gallery’s “Safe in the Studio” Series

“My practice has not shifted measurably in the time of Covid-19. I turn to nature to dwell in serenity amidst the chaos, for it is there I find sanctuary and respite. I am transfixed and transformed when I capture impressions of fleeting grace in the natural world. Calmed by fluid, organic shapes reminiscent of the elegant whiplash lines of art nouveau botanicals, I photograph intuitively.“

Wendi contributed a post to Safe in the Studio, a weekly series created in response to the pandemic, where artists offer insight into their work and artist practice.

Read the article: Wendi Schneider, Safe in the Studio, April 9, 2020

Wendi Schneider Juries “Trees” Exhibition at PhotoPlace Gallery

In this exhibit we honor trees in all their states: majestic specimens or struggling seedlings, in summer plumage or winter austerity, grown in nature or nurtured by man. Where do you find inspiration in trees? What is it about trees that moves you? All capture methods and processes are welcome. Deadline for submissions is February 10, 2020.

Trees
PhotoPlace Gallery
3 Park Street, Middlebury VT 05753
On view April 2 – April 25, 2020

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