Svetlana Schneider

Svetlana Schneider is a professional contemporary visual artist and renowned portrait painter from Germany. She received classical art training in painting, graduating with a diploma with honors, and possesses extensive and long-standing experience in drawing.
The artist primarily works with oil, acrylic, and watercolor techniques. She usually creates portraits using charcoal or pastels.
Her works encompass a wide range of themes. She favors realistic and surrealist painting styles. Symbolism and inspiration from mythology and history also play a significant role in her paintings.
Since 2015, she has been a member of the BBK Harz (Federal Association of Visual Artists in Germany, Harz District Group).
Svetlana's works have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions. Some of her pieces have found new homes and are now part of private and public collections worldwide, including in Germany, the USA, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Greece, and other countries.
Svetlana's paintings, presented in online exhibitions, enjoy a particularly high reputation in the USA and Europe. Discover Svetlana's art in this shop and find your perfect piece.

Statement:
"I have been surrounded by art since childhood. Painting is my passio...

1980 – 1984 Student at the art school for gifted children in Dushanbe (capital of Tajikistan, formerly USSR)

1984–1988: Studies in academic painting and drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dushanbe.
Graduation: Diploma with distinction.

2018–2020: Advanced training as a media designer for digital and print (IHK-certified), WBS Training AG, Goslar (Germany).

2020 - IHK certification: State-certified media designer for digital and print media. Specialization: Design and Media Technology.


Awards & Distinctions

2022
Honorary Memorial Award
PALM ART AWARD, Quedlinburg, Germany
Awarded by the jury for artistic quality and originality.

2022
10th Place – 8th KUNST-ONLINE Award, Lyss, Switzerland
Awarded for the oil painting “Reconciliation and Redemption.”

2020
“Art for Hope” Award
International PALM ART AWARD, Quedlinburg, Germany
Special recognition for artistic quality and originality of submitted works.

Selected Exhibitions & Institutional Highlights
Solo Exhibitions

2022
Artistic Visions with a Touch of Myth…
Galerie Mittendorf, Seesen, Germany

2007
Solo Exhibition
Goslar Museum, Goslar, Germany

2004
Painting Exhibition
Spa Cultural Center, Altenau, Germany

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International & Museum Exhibitions

2025
Who What When Where Why?
Annual Exhibition, BBK-Harz (Federal Association of Visual Artists, Germany), Goslar

2025
AI – Artificial Critical Artistic Intelligence
BBK-Harz, Goslar, Germany

2024
The Feminine Gaze – Women See Women
BBK-Harz & Künstlergilde Harz, Goslar, Germany

2022
Art + Emperor
Imperial Palace (UNESCO World Heritage Site), Goslar, Germany

2021
International Exhibition
City Art Gallery, Beroun, Czech Republic

2015
Rammelsberg Above and Below Ground
UNESCO World Heritage Rammelsberg Museum & Visitor Mine, Goslar, Germany

2009
Witches’ Specter
UNESCO World Heritage Rammelsberg Museum, Goslar, Germany

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Featured Cultural Projects

2025
Featured Artist – Release Event DOM:digital – When History Takes Shape Again
Imperial Palace Goslar, Germany
Oil painting “Goslar Cathedral” presented within a Virtual Reality cultural project.