Wendi Schneider
Six small gilded vellum prints by Wendi Schneider are included in the beautiful selection of fine art photographs curated by Arnika Dawkins and Rebecca Morgan of the Arnika Dawkins Gallery in their charming Holiday Gift Guide.
“Process as a Search for Serenity”
Los Angeles Center of Photography
Online Learning Series
Saturday, March 27, 10:00 am – 11:30 am PST
In this webinar, Wendi will discuss her artistic process, which fuses digital techniques with hand-gilding. Schneider’s process is heart-driven by a search for grace and the elusive ‘glow of flow,’ when the awareness of time and space disappear. Using her own work as reference, Wendi will showcase a series of images at several points in the production process to tell the story of an image from capture to completion. Rather than a tutorial on her image-making techniques, Wendi will discuss the path that has led her to her chosen form photography and print-making, and share how she uses her process to find serenity.
We are thrilled to share that Wendi’s image “Refuge” is featured in Our Magnificent Planet, the latest publication by Brooks Jensen and Maureen Gallagher. The book contains 300 stunning color and black and white photographs celebrating our planet.
Purchase the book: Our Magnificent Planet, edited by Brooks Jensen and Maureen Gallagher, October 2020
In hectic times, nature always has a positive effect on the human mind. Nature brings reflection and tranquility. After experiencing nature, we can look at life from a different perspective. In our Japanese Garden exhibition, art photographers show the natural world with their sense of serenity.
— Artdoc
“Wendi is widely known for her ongoing series of hand-gilded photographs, States of Grace –– illuminated impressions of grace in the natural world. Drawn to the serenity she finds in the sinuous elegance of organic forms; she embraces photography to preserve vanishing moments of beauty in our vulnerable environment. She 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.”
—Denver Women Magazine
Read the interview: Denver Women Magazine, November 2021
Wendi Schneider was a Featured Photographer in the 158th Issue of Visual Art, the magazine published by England’s Royal Photographic Society Visual Art Group. Many thanks to the Royal Photographic Society for this wonderful feature.
“I was in New Orleans last year and found ‘A Gallery for Fine Photography’ and it was here, among a fantastic selection of images, that I discovered the work of Denver-based artist Wendi Schneider. Her work literally shone out, by the use of precious metals to gild the reverse of her work, she creates other-worldly representations of the environment around us. I admire the way she has produced a beautiful body of work in a unique and magical way.“
– Ray Higginbottom, Editor, ARPS
Read the article: Visual Art Magazine, No. 158 Issue 2, 2020
Honored to share that Photos de Femme’s Directors Renee Jacobs and Wendy Hicks chose to include Wendi’s image “Hidden Within” in the Grace category of the seeingWOMEN 2020 Awards Exhibition.
While the exhibition was scheduled to be held in October 2020 at Chateau de Lomenie, a 16th century chateau in the French countryside, it has been postponed in observance of COVID-19 regulations. More details to follow.
Have you been thinking about making your first art purchase or expanding your collection? The CPAC 2020 Virtual Benefit Auction is a great opportunity!
Wendi Schneider’s “Little Black Angel” — a framed pigment print on translucent vellum over white gold leaf from the States of Grace series — is one of 28 prints that could be yours.
Benefit Auction Pop-Up Exhibit
Colorado Photographic Arts Center
1070 Bannock Street Denver, CO
cpacphoto.org
On view September 29 – October 1, 2020
“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…”
“These images capture the subdued quality of this worrisome time, when we are newly awakened to our immediate surroundings and the quiet moments of beauty and grace in our busy lives.”
— Kate Ware, Exhibition Curator
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.
Thanks to Elin Spring and Suzanne Revy for including “Little Black Angel” in the “Solace” installment of Viewfinder, a series of themed virtual exhibitions.
View the article: Elin Spring and Suzanne Révy, What Will You Remember? May 6, 2020
“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
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
Many thanks to Dodho Magazine for featuring images from the States of Grace portfolio on their website!
Read the article: “Stillness,” Wendi Schneider, Dodho Magazine, January 2020
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 14
The Center for Creative Photography
1030 N. Olive Rd. Tucson, AZ 85721
Artist Reception: Saturday, October 19, 6-8pm
Catherine Couturier Gallery
2635 Colquitt Street, Houston, TX 77098
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 10, 5-8pm
Art Gym Denver
1460 Leyden St, Denver, CO 80220
Exhibition on view October 10 – November 1, 2019
Lenscratch, the internet’s premier daily photography journal, highlighted Wendi Schneider’s newest exhibition at the Southeast Center for Photography: Evenings with the Moon.
“Artist Wendi Schneider is unabashedly unafraid of beauty. Her images are timeless, romantic, and filled with poetry and grace.”
Read the article: Aline Smithson, Lenscratch, October 3, 2019
Artist Reception
Friday, October 4, 6-8pm EST
Southeast Center for Photography
116 East Broad Street, Greenville, SC 29601
On view September 6 – October 26, 2019