Janelle Schneider

I am a multidisciplinary visual artist, working in acrylics, 3D digital, and textiles. Primarily self-taught as a painter, I have spent most of my life working with paint and image-making. My work has been described as magical realism, and often weaves quiet, strange, or impossible details into ordinary scenes in dreamy, slightly uncanny ways. At the heart of my practice is an affinity with liminality, which I have explored over time through abstraction and, more recently, through a representational focus on ordinary moments and the spaces where reality and perception begin to diverge. My current work in progress explores dimensional tactility and acrylics, bringing together fabric textiles, sewing, and decorative pattern design.

I hold a BFA in Graphic Design from Pacific Northwest College of Art and have maintained a dedicated studio practice alongside a 20+ year career as a digital artist; first in the San Francisco Bay Area and now in the Pacific Northwest.
My painting New Coat was featured in Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 52. I am also one of the contributing artists to The Science Tarot (2010), with fourteen original paintings for the Suit of Wands. In recent years, I've participated in Washington County Open Studios (2023 a...

Education

Pacific Northwest College of Art – PNCA, Portland, OR
B.F.A. Outstanding Thesis Award - Design Arts

Select Show Highlights

The Curio: Presented by Beaverton Arts Market | The Reser Gallery

Figures & Faces - Cannon Beach Gallery | Cannon Beach, OR

UNLIMITED 2020 Alumni Salon Show | PNCA Online Gallery

Chibi Amabie | Minimus Gallery | Instagram International Art Museum

Stargazing | Schomburg Gallery | Santa Monica, CA

Big & Small Show | Red e Cafe Gallery | Portland, OR

Marin Artists Invitational Exhibit | Joseph P. Bort Metro Center , Oakland, CA.

Control SOMArts (juried) | San Francisco, CA.

Art of the Spirit (juried) | O'Hanlon Center for the Arts | Mill Valley, CA.

Smaller Than A Breadbox (invitational, juried) | Olive Hyde Art Gallery | Fremont, CA.

LACDA “Snap To Grid” | Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA