Stefanie Schneider lives and works in Los Angeles and Berlin
Schneider works with the largely uncontrollable chemical mutations of expired polaroid film stock. Chemical explosions of color spreading across the surfaces undermine the photograph's commitment to reality and induce her characters into trance-like dreamscapes. Like flickering sequences of old road movies Schneider's images seem to evaporate before conclusions can be made - their ephemeral reality manifesting in subtle gestures and mysterious motives. Schneider's images refuse to succumb to reality, they keep alive the confusions of dream, desire, fact, and fiction.
Stefanie Schneider received her MFA in Communication Design at the Folkwang Schule Essen, Germany. Her work has been shown at the Museum for Photography, Braunschweig, Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt, the Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Museum für Moderne Kunst Passau, Les Rencontres d'Arles.
Exhibitions
2010
Treibsand in der kalifornischen Wüste, Künstleratelier Kaufhaus Klein, Burgau, Germany, curated by Adi Hösle (S), (Sept.21-Oct.30)
29 Palms, CA, 30 Works, Cologne, Germany, (S) (upcoming)
Mapping Worlds: Welten verstehen – Aufbruch in die Gegenwart, 8. Internationale Foto -Triennale Esslingen 2010, Germany, curated by Andreas Baur (G) (catalog) (June 27 – September 19) >>
Bruce Silverstein Gallery, NYC, USA (G) (upcoming)
2009
29 Palms, CA, Galerie Koestlin, Artbar 71, Berlin, Germany >>
Till Death Do Us Part, Filmpremiere, Babylon, Berlin >>
Landscapes and Icons, Galerie Thierry Librati, Paris, France (S) >>
True Lies, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen, Germany (G), curated by Uwe Schramm >>
29 Palms, CA, Moravian Gallery, (Museum of Applied Arts), Brno,
Czech Republic (S) >>
Arthaus 02, Los Angeles, USA, (G) >>
2008
Einblicke, Galerie Supper, Karlsruhe, Germany (G) >>
Sidewinder / 29 Palms, CA, c.art-Galerie, Dornbirn, Austria (S) >>
Love, Städt. Galerie im Palazzo Ducale, Pavullo, Italy (G) (catalog)
29 Palms, CA, International Filmfestival Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands >>
Sidewinder, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany (S) >>
Sidewinder, Galerie Thierry Librati, Paris, France (S)
Les Rencontres d'Arles - Photo Festival South of France, curated by Christian Lacroix (G), nominated for the Discovery Award >>
Sidewinder, Städtische Galerie am Mozartplatz, Salzburg, Austria (S) >>
("Frenzy", Image Presentation Salzburger Festspiele 2008)
29 Palms, CA, Galerie Spesshardt-Klein, Berlin (S) >>
>> download 29 Palms, CA show pdf
2007
29 Palms, CA, Polanoid, Vienna, Austria (S) (catalog) >>
Stefanie Schneider, Galerie Thierry Librati, Paris, France (S)
Wastelands, Kunstverein Recklinghausen, Germany (S) >>
Breaking The Waves, Arthaus, Los Angeles, USA, (G), curated by Tim Wride (LACMA)
Infinite Polar Bear Party, Galerie Amber Abbas former kunstbuero,
Vienna, Austria, curated by Julie Ryan (G)
Sidewinder, Scalo | Guye, Los Angeles, USA (S)
2006
Artists for Tichy - Tichy for Artists, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Passau, Germany (G) (catalog) >>
Stay, nd-projects, Zurich, Switzerland (S) >>
Artists for Tichy - Tichy for Artists, curated by Adi Hösle and Roman Buxbaum, The East Bohemian Gallery in Pardubice, Czech Republic (G)
Sidewinder, Artwalk Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, curated
by Frans Oomen (G) >>
Out of the Camera: Analoge Fotografie im digitalen Zeitalter, curated by Lars Mextorf, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany (G), (catalog) >>
Artists for Tichy - Tichy for Artists, curated by Adi Hösle and RomanBuxbaum, Moravská Galerie (Haus Der Kunst), Brno, Czech Republic,Salon Lessing, Zürich, Switzerland, (G) (catalog)
Stefanie Schneider, c.art-Galerie, Bregenz, Austria (S)
Stranger Than Paradise, Galerie Drees, Hannover, Germany (S) (catalog) >>
Wastelands, Städtische Galerie, Waldkraiburg, Germany (S)
Wastelands, Zephyr, Mannheim, Germany (S) (catalog) >>
Land in Translation, Riverside Museum, Riverside,CA, USA (G)
2005
Zaunwelten, Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, Germany (G)
Stefanie Schneider, nd-projects, Zurich, Switzerland (S)
Last Picture Show, Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin, Germany (S)
Stefanie Schneider, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR, USA (S)
29 Palms, CA., Schloß Ritzebüttel, Cuxhaven, Germany (S)
Polaroid als Geste, Museum for Photography, Braunschweig,
Germany (G) (catalog) >>
A Warlike People: Victims or Perpetrators? curated by Lara Taubman, Monorchid Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, USA (G)
2004
Stefanie Schneider, Colectivo Fotográfico UFCA, Algecira, Spain (S)
29 Palms, CA. Brotfabrik, Berlin, curated by Andrea Domesle, Wien (S)
Stefanie Schneider, Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany (S) >>
Suburbia, Galerie KuttnerSiebert, Berlin, Germany (S) >>
American Dreams, Gallery Zelda Cheatle, London, England (S)
Schöne Aussichten, Galerie KuttnerSiebert, Berlin, Germany (G) >>
Endstation Sehnsucht, Galerie Greulich, Frankfurt, Germany (S)
OilFields, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, LA, USA (S)
DreamGirl, Marvelli Gallery, NY, USA (S)
Armory Show NY with Susanne Vielmetter LA Projects, LA, USA (G)
29 Palms, CA, Galerie Kaempf, Basel, Switzerland (S) (catalog) >>
Stefanie Schneider - L'usine Galerie, Brussels (S)
2003
Paris Photo with TZR Galerie für Bildende Künste, Bochum, Germany (S)
Stefanie Schneider, Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany (G) >>
First Glance, Galerie kuttnersiebert, Berlin, Germany (G) >>
California Dreaming, TZR Galerie, Bochum, Germany (S)
Armory Show NY with LA Projects, Los Angeles, USA (G)
YOU - Galerie Fiebach & Minninger, Cologne (G)
2002
1 Site 2 Places II, KUNST+PROJEKTE Sindelfingen e.V.,
Germany (G) >>
Realities and Histoires d´amour, Kunstverein Ulm, Germany (G) withGabriele Basch, Tracey Moffatt, Mathilde ter Heijne >>
I love you so much, Winter und Winter, Munich, Germany (S) (cd) >>
Stefanie Schneider, Galerie Michael Zink, München (S) >>
Projekte mit Fotografie - Kunststiftung Poll, Berlin (G)
2001
Night On Earth, Städtische Ausstellungshalle Am Hawerkamp, Münster, Germany curated by Ralf Christofori, (catalog) (G) >>
LISTE 01, Basel, Switzerland, with Susanne Vielmetter, LA Projects (G)
Rough Cuts, Susanne Vielmetter LA Projects, Los Angeles (S) >>
Entweder? Oder!, Kunstallianz, Treptowers, Berlin, Germany, curated by
Tobias Kuttner und Mattias Siebert, (catalog) (G)
Loosely Landscapes, Cerro College, Ridgcrest, CA, USA (G)
2000
Stefanie Schneider, Kunststiftung Poll, Berlin, Germany (S)
Instant Dreams, Susanne Vielmetter LA Projects, LA, USA (S)
Insight from Outside USA, TZR Galerie, Bochum, Germany (G)
Neue Fotografie, Galerie Schedler, Zürich, Switzerland (S)
1999
Film und Fotografie im Dialog-Sehnsucht und Utopie, Nassauischer Kunst-verein; Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany, (G) (catalog) >>
Gasoline, Galerie Michael Zink, Regensburg, Germany (S)
Stefanie Schneider, Galerie Michael Zink, Regensburg, Germany (S)
Jetzt in Berlin, Büro für Photographie, Stilwerke Berlin, Germany (G)
1998
California Blue Screen, Büro für Photographie, Stuttgart, Germany (S)
Stefanie Schneider , Deutsches Generalkonsulat, Los Angeles, curated by Susanne Vielmetter, USA (S)
Californian Consolidation, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt, Germany (S)
29 PALMS, CA, Pocket Polaroid Series #004, published by
SCHWARZERFREITAG, Berlin >>
WASTELANDS published by edition braus, Wachter Verlag, Heidelberg >>
STRANGER THAN PARADISE published by hatje cantz verlag >>
29 PALMS, CA published by Galerie Kämpf, Basel >>
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
DZ Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
Dreyfuss, Basel, Switzerland
Schmidt Bank, Regensburg, Germany
Holtzbrinck Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany
Sammlung Sander, Berlin, Germany
ARTISTS for TICHY - TICHY for ARTISTS, TICHY
Ocean Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, Germany
Impossible Collection, Vienna, Austria
Collection Luc LaRochelle, Montreal, Canada
FILMS
2007 - 2012 29 PALMS, CA Director / Artist - in production. a movie on polaroids in collaboration with Radha Mitchell, Udo Kier, Robert Mack, JD Rudometkin, Marc Forster, Reneé Chabria, Nadia Conners, Daisy McCrackin, Austen Tate, Camille Waldorf, Scott Z Burns, Sophie Huber >>
2009 TILL DEATH DO US PART Director / Artist - starring Daisy McCrackin, Austen Tate, produced by MICA Film, co-produced by ARTE, suported by Medienboard Brandenburg >>
2005 STAY Senior Visual Artist. Directed by Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland) starring Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts (photo-graphs used for memory sequences, credits, etc, and all art by Naomi Watts and Ryan Gossling provided by Stefanie Schneider)
2000 VOID Assistant to Director, Still Photographer, Editor, Associate Producer. Feature film directed and written by Dominique A. Faix (Supported by Filmstiftung NRW) to view stills and clips >> then click Filmproduktion / Immaculate Springs
1996 THE TIMETRAVELER Editor. Documentary by Dominique A. Faix (45min., 16mm, color) for the NDR, WDR, SFB TV Networks Supported by the Filmboard of the State of Hessen, Germany, nominated for the Adolf Grimme Award 1996, nominated for German Cinematographer Award in the Category Editing 1996, German Cinematographer Award 1996 >>
1996 THE MACHINE Assistant to Director, Still Photographer, Editor Sci-fi Short (15 min., 16mm, color) directed by Dominique A. Faix, produced with the financial support by the German Ministry of the Interior >>
ARTFAIRS