Bonnie Steinsnyder

Statement & resume

Biographical Note

Artist's Statement

My theme is the best of urban life. It's the contrast between the mundane realities of urban existence and the fun of living in the city that is so compelling. I look to Medieval illuminations and altarpieces for the multiple panel narrative form. My style is closer in spirit to American realism.

The decorative painted borders in some pieces respond to a rhythm or descriptive element in the painting. Other more elaborate constructed frames reflect the architecture of the subject. They lead the viewer from the painted illusion of the canvas through the physical reality of the frame into the actual space in front of the painting. I often embed objects from the site into the frame linking the piece with its subject. This echoes the way that relics linked their altarpieces with a religious presence.

Biography

Ms Steinsnyder has had solo shows in Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York, as well as participating in many group exhibitions. She recently won first prize in the New York Artists Online competition. Her work is in the collections of the Museum of the City of New York, Marsh & McLennan Securities, and the Brooklyn Marriot among other corporate and private collections.

Originally from Miami, Florida, Ms. Steinsnyder went to Smith College in Massachusetts. There she received her BA, Magna Cum Laude and graduated as a member of Phi Beta Kappa and as a Smith Scholar in art. She received her MFA from Queens College in New York. After painting and exhibiting for several years, she studied anatomy at the Art Students' League. While there, she won the Nessa Cohen grant which enabled her to study printmaking with Deli Sacilotto.

Ms. Steinsnyder currently has her studio in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn and lives in the Cobble Hill area of Brooklyn.

Abbreviated Resume

Solo Exhibitions
2005 The Loring Gallery, Sheffield, MA (July)
2004 The Arsenal, Central Park, New York.
2001 Rittenhouse Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
1996 Hoffberger Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
1993 Hawthorne/Framing Gallery, Hawthorne, NY.
1989 Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center, NJ.
1986 Ollantay Gallery, Jackson Heights, NY.
1984 Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Flushing, NY.

Education
1995 Printmaking with Deli Sacilotto, Art Students' League, New York, NY.
1984 MFA, Queens College, NY.
1982 BA, Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Smith College, MA.
1981 Yale Summer Art Program at Norfolk, CT.

Selected juried competitions, Group Exhibitions and commissions
2006 92nd Street Y, Faculty Show, New York, NY.
2005 Sputnik, Project Diversity, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Brooklyn Borough Hall, Project Diversity, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Artists Space, Night of 1000 Artists, New York, NY
2004 Belanthi Galley, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Museum of the City of New York, New York Prints, New York, NY.
2001 Rittenhouse Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA.
2001 Ruby Gallery, Kane & Steinsnyder, Brooklyn, NY.
2001 Mill Gallery, New York Artists' Circle, Sante Fe, NM.
2000 Contemporary Museum, Snapshot,, Baltimore, MD.
1999 Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York, NY.
1999 Marsh and McLennan Securities commission for a suite of Wall Street pastels
1998 Brooklyn Marriott commission for a quartet of Brooklyn Landmarks pen and inks
1997 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY.
1996 National Arts Club, New York, NY.
1994 MetLife Exhibition Space, New York, NY.
1993 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY.
1992 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY.
1992 Salmagundi, 15th Non-Members' Exhibition, New York, NY.
1992 50th Annual Audubon Artists Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY.
1990 John Szoke Gallery, As They See Themselves: Self Portraits, New York, NY.
1989 Jamaica Arts Center, Queens, NY.
1989 Queens Museum, Best of the Annual Juried, Queens, NY.
Jurors: Henry Geldzahler, Grace Glueck, John Perreault
1989 John Szoke Gallery, A Sense of Place, New York, NY.
1988 John Szoke Gallery, New York Inspired: Past and Present, New York, NY.
1988 Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1988 Viridian Gallery, New York, NY. Juror: Lisa Phillips (associate Curator, Whitney Museum)
1988 Queens Museum Annual Juried Exhibition, Queens, NY. Juror: Irving Sandler
1985 Queens Museum Annual Juried Exhibition, Queens, NY. Juror: Grace Glueck
1984 Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia,PA.

Selected Honors and Awards
2003 New York Artists Online, First Prize, New York, NY.
1996 National Arts Club Award of Distinction, NY.
1995 Nessa Cohen Grant, Art Students' League, New York, NY.
1992 David Smith Merit Scholarship, Art Students' League, New York, NY.