Ketzia Schoneberg

Ketzia Schoneberg is a contemporary mixed media painter, whose prolific style embraces what she describes as the “Liminal,” existing in the thresholds between the human and animal worlds. The artist’s work is inspired by her interest in cross-cultural mythology, ancestral heritage, shamanic narrative, ritual objects, wildlife, and the awkward, imperfect beauty of the body. Sexuality and fertility play significant roles in Ketzia’s artwork, while introspection and personal iconography inform her work from a female and feminist perspective.

A 4th generation artist, Schoneberg is a highly prolific painter, whose expressive style is primitive and engaging. Figurative and abstract elements, vivid color and loose mark making are hallmarks of her figurative expressionist style. She uses acrylic paint, graphite, pastel, charcoal and oil pastel on paper and canvas in her works. Ketzia’s process is intuitive and very loose, often influenced by the palette, materials and imagery that are close at hand in the moment, drawing from internal and external visual stimulus.

The artist’s work is exhibited in museums and galleries nationally, and her paintings are collected throughout the U.S. and Canada. Born in Los Angeles, Ketzia grew up in S...

Pacific Northwest College of Art, MFA Candidate
New Mexico State University, Graduate Studies, MFA Program
San Francisco State University, BFA, Magna Cum Laude
San Francisco Art Institute, Undergraduate Studies, Painting & Drawing

2022 Yellowstone Art Museum, MT
2021 Grounded Gallery, Portland, OR
2021 Gallery 157, PNCA, OR (solo)
2021 Yellowstone Art Museum, MT
2021 Ernie & Gray Gallery, OR
2020 Main Street Arts, NY
2020 Vacant Museum, Online
2020 Share Human Creativity, Online
2020 Studio Visit Magazine
2015-20 High Desert Museum, OR
2015-20 Museum of Natural & Cultural History, OR
2019 Beacon Studio, OR (solo)
2019 Portland Audubon Center, OR
2016-19 InFocus Corporation, OR (solo)
2013-19 The Gallery at Mt. Shasta, CA
2016 Wildlife Images Gallery (store), OR
2019 East Creative Gallery, OR
2015 Bellevue Arts Museum (store), WA
2015 Paschal Gallery, OR (solo)
2015 Chintimini Wildlife Center, OR
2014 Seattle Woodland Park Zoo, WA
2014 Illahe Gallery, OR
2013 Magnani Gallery, WA
2013 Paschal Gallery, OR (solo)
2013 Bellevue Arts Museum (store), WA
2013 Cougar Mountain Zoo, WA
2013 Aullwood Audubon Center Gallery, OH
2009-12 Schoneberg Studio & Gallery, OR (solo)
2009 Pangea Gallery, OR (solo)
2006 American Trails Gallery, OR
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