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Andrea K. Schneider

"It is only a few times that anyone has the chance or the will to search the innermost bravery of another human face." - Christopher Morley

Trojan
Homer
Jaime Pooben
Girl with Red Hair
Cowboy
Reenactor
Wind in Hair
Some Portrait
Buonerba Dog
Nick Meelo
Read
Yamashita

Artist's Statement

My art has always been defined by my love of drawing and my focus is the art of portraiture. Knowledge of traditional drawing principles and acquiring the skills to draw well has been a lifelong pursuit. To me all the formal elements of art — line, value, shape, form, space and composition—come together in a unique way in Portraiture.

In my portraits, my goal is to create an image that captures the subject's likeness and presence, while also expressing something of myself. It is not a photographic likeness I am pursuing, rather an essential accuracy or likeness achieved through knowledge of traditional drawing principles and canons of the head.

Brief Bio

Andrea K Schneider is from St Louis where she graduated with a Fine Arts degree from Maryville College of the Sacred Heart. Her professional career includes graphic art design and production. She has taught drawing to children and adults at area art associations. After thirteen years teaching in the elementary school classroom, Andrea is pursuing formal study and portraiture.

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Catherine Lorillard Wolf Art Club

Exhibit at Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT. October - November 2022. "Portrait of Sheila" and "Portrait of Nick" on display.

Sheen Center 1Sheen Center 2

"Portraits of Life in Secret Places" solo exhibit at The Gallery at Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, NYC, January 2020

In January 2020, "Portraits of Life in Secret Places" was exhibited at The Gallery at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture in New York. This solo exhibit was a collection of drawings celebrating the sanctity of life.

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Portrait Society of America Mentorship Recipient

In 2018, a mentorship from the Cecelia Beaux Forum of the Portrait Society of America provided the opportunity to produce a collection of works, "Portraits of Faith: Telling Their Story". These portraits of refugees who fled their home because of persecution for their faith was exhibited at the 20th Anniversary Symposium of the International Religious Freedom Act" held in New York. These portraits would go on to be featured in the book "International Religious Freedom: The Rise of Global Intolerance." The collection was the subject of a feature on "Aleteia," an online global website publication distributed in eight languages with more than 600,000 subscribers.

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"Portraits of Faith" featured in article on Aletia

Exhibitions

  • Salmagundi Club 47th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, NYC 2025
  • Salmagundi Club 46th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, NYC 2024
  • Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Juried Exhibits:
    At National Arts Club NYC, 2020
    At Salmagundi Club NYC, 2021, 2023, 2024
    At Lyme Art Association, Lyme CT, 2022 - First Place Drawing Award
  • Solo Exhibit "Portraits of Life in Secret Places" solo exhibit at The Gallery at Sheen Center for Thought and Culture, NYC, January 2020
  • Solo Exhibit "Portraits of Faith" Princeton Club of New York, NYC 2019, 2020

andreakschneider@yahoo.com