Artist Statement:
My desire to paint comes from looking at paintings and identifying with the actual material process. You must feel that the “self” is capable of being expressed through paint. Moreover, a good painting should have an immediate impact and then reward the viewer for coming back. The longer you look at it, the more you discover, and the better it becomes.
I’ve always tried to make visible what’s underneath an image, to discover the hidden system that determines how something is seen. In retrospect, music, poetry, and photography have always been starting points for my work. These serve as reference points that provide a mixture of visual cues to understand the rhythm, gesture, and depth within the work.
I believe painting is the perfect way to critique work you already admire, because you can take the most interesting elements in that work and then push your work as the new way forward; to make it become the next important step.
For me, it's the tradition in art and in creative thought, to build on what you're seeing or even love, and then try and take it to a new and original place.
JEFF SCHNEIDER
Was born in Bethesda, Maryland and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Miami University and his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati.
After moving to New York, Schneider worked as a studio assistant for many of New York's most recognized artists, notably Moira Dryer, Ron Gorchov, Dorothea Rockburne, Janet Fish, Chuck Close and David Salle. By taking advantage of their generational perspectives, Schneider soon learned first-hand the inner workings of not only their studios but also the gallery system that these artists worked in.
Schneider has lectured at Hunter College in New York and The Dun Loaghaire Institute of Art in Dublin and has taught at the college level as an adjunct professor. Working with the NYC Department of Education, he has created an after-school program for Middle School Visual Arts Departments, inspiring and exposing students to art history and art techniques. His after-school program “ART SMART” has working partnerships with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, The Morgan Library, The Jewish Museum and The Museum of Modern Art, offering students wider exposer to the arts outside of their local communities and boroughs.
Accomplishments
Nominated for the 2016-2017 Rome Prize
Exhibited select works in Miami, Chicago, London, Madrid, and Cologne
Adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati and Hunter College
Represented by The Oliver Sears Gallery in Dublin, Ireland
Invited artist to the Royal Hibernian Academy 182nd Annual Exhibition
Exhibited at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Annual Benefit Auction
Selected Exhibition:
2025 Mosaic Art Space “Reflections on Disintegration”
Long Island City, NY
2023 Oliver Sears Gallery “In Residence III”
London, UK
2022 Ursa Gallery “Spring Tulips”
Bridgeport, CT
2021 9/11 20th Anniversary “Ground Zero 360" Museum of Biblical Art
Dallas, Texas
2019 Mosaic Art Space “Permanent Record”
Long Island City. NY
2017 Oliver Sears Gallery “In Residence III”
London, UK
2016 Oliver Sears Gallery “In Residence II”
London, UK
2015 One Art Space “Williamsburg on Warren”
New York, NY
2015 Oliver Sears Gallery “Jeff Schneider & Nest Design”
Dublin, Ireland
2011 Hillsboro Fine Art “Jeff Schneider & Ross Bleckner”
Dublin, Ireland
2009 Hillsboro Fine Art “New York Contemporary”
Julian Schnabel, Jeff Schneider, Donald Baechlor, Rose Bleckner
Dublin, Ireland
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Artist Statement:
My desire to paint comes from looking at paintings and identifying with the actual material process. You must feel that the “self” is capable of being expressed through paint. Moreover, a good painting should have an immediate impact and then reward the viewer for coming back. The longer you look at it, the more you discover, and the better it becomes.
I’ve always tried to make visible what’s underneath an image, to discover the hidden system that determines how something is seen. In retrospect, music, poetry, and photography have always been starting points for my work. These serve as reference points that provide a mixture of visual cues to understand the rhythm, gesture, and depth within the work.
I believe painting is the perfect way to critique work you already admire, because you can take the most interesting elements in that work and then push your work as the new way forward; to make it become the next important step.
For me, it's the tradition in art and in creative thought, to build on what you're seeing or even love, and then try and take it to a new and original place.
JEFF SCHNEIDER
Was born in Bethesda, Maryland and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Miami University and his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Cincinnati.
After moving to New York, Schneider worked as a studio assistant for many of New York's most recognized artists, notably Moira Dryer, Ron Gorchov, Dorothea Rockburne, Janet Fish, Chuck Close and David Salle. By taking advantage of their generational perspectives, Schneider soon learned first-hand the inner workings of not only their studios but also the gallery system that these artists worked in.
Schneider has lectured at Hunter College in New York and The Dun Loaghaire Institute of Art in Dublin and has taught at the college level as an adjunct professor. Working with the NYC Department of Education, he has created an after-school program for Middle School Visual Arts Departments, inspiring and exposing students to art history and art techniques. His after-school program “ART SMART” has working partnerships with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, The Morgan Library, The Jewish Museum and The Museum of Modern Art, offering students wider exposer to the arts outside of their local communities and boroughs.
Accomplishments
Nominated for the 2016-2017 Rome Prize
Exhibited select works in Miami, Chicago, London, Madrid, and Cologne
Adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati and Hunter College
Represented by The Oliver Sears Gallery in Dublin, Ireland
Invited artist to the Royal Hibernian Academy 182nd Annual Exhibition
Exhibited at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Annual Benefit Auction
Selected Exhibition:
2025 Mosaic Art Space “Reflections on Disintegration”
Long Island City, NY
2023 Oliver Sears Gallery “In Residence III”
London, UK
2022 Ursa Gallery “Spring Tulips”
Bridgeport, CT
2021 9/11 20th Anniversary “Ground Zero 360" Museum of Biblical Art
Dallas, Texas
2019 Mosaic Art Space “Permanent Record”
Long Island City. NY
2017 Oliver Sears Gallery “In Residence III”
London, UK
2016 Oliver Sears Gallery “In Residence II”
London, UK
2015 One Art Space “Williamsburg on Warren”
New York, NY
2015 Oliver Sears Gallery “Jeff Schneider & Nest Design”
Dublin, Ireland
2011 Hillsboro Fine Art “Jeff Schneider & Ross Bleckner”
Dublin, Ireland
2009 Hillsboro Fine Art “New York Contemporary”
Julian Schnabel, Jeff Schneider, Donald Baechlor, Rose Bleckner
Dublin, Ireland
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