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Viewing a Douglas Schneider painting is like taking a journey through layers of beauty, intrigue, and memory. A master of duality through combining images and styles of painting, Schneider plays with seeming opposites while creating a synergic effect within the viewer, allowing us to transcend from spectator to passenger: an armchair that threatens to break the two dimensional restrictions of traditional painting floats atop a layered background of abstract expressionism; objects touching on vintage Americana are brought sharply into focus through their juxtaposition atop backgrounds of raw expressionistic brushwork. First drawn to the delicate features of the objects in the foreground, often with a vintage and eclectic feel, the viewer is constantly being drawn deeper into backgrounds of expertly combined colors and brushstrokes. Using photos and film to subjectively mirror history Schneider deconstructs images to illuminate our own visual memory. Schneider uses a process that is both conceptual and improvisational and guided by intuition and memory. Schneider’s work is featured in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art as well as several other collections throughout the country.

By Laila Brenner

Education

• 1988-1991 California College of the Arts (formerly CCAC) BFA
• 1983-1985 The Art Center, Pasadena, CA
• 1981-1983 California State University at Long Beach

Professional Experience

• 2000 Instructor, Drawing, Academy of Art, San Francisco
• 1990-1991 Instructor, Life Drawing, California College of Arts and Crafts
• 1983 Instructor, Basic Drawing, California State University at Long Beach
• Awards
• 1998 Recent Graduate of Distinction, California College of Arts and Crafts

Selected Solo Exhibitions

• 2009 "Suburban Birthday Party" at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2007 MW Galleries, Aspen, CO
• 2006 Go Go Gallery, Miami, FL
• 2006 Meyer Milagros Gallery, Jackson, WY
• 2005 Kiddersmith Gallery, Boston, MA
• 2005 Larry Evans Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2004 Pac III Silpakorn University Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
• 2004 Scott White Contemporary Art, Telluride, CO
• 2003 Larry Evans Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2002 Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho
• 2002 Scott White Gallery, La Jolla, CA
• 2001 Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2000 SOMA Gallery, La Jolla, CA
• 1999 Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1997 Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1996 Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery, Sen Francisco, CA
• 1995 SFMoMA Artists Salon Exhibition
• 1995 Larry Evans/James Willis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1995 Plaza Gallery Bank 0f Amerlca World Headquarters, San Francisco
• 1994 Evans-Gropper-Willis Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 1993 Larry Evans Fine Art San Francisco, CA
• 1991 Isabel Percy West Gallery, California College of Arts and Crafts
• 1990 Tecoah Bruce Gallery/Oliver Art Center Oakland, CA
• 1989 Isabel Percy West Gallery California, College of Arts and Crafts

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2010 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2008 "Quorum" at Limn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 2008 "Code Switching" at Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA
• 2007 "Code Switching" at Red House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA with "Quorum"
• 2006 "Whos's Afraid of San Francisco" at Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• 2006 "Blood for Art" at Scope, Miami, FL with the "Quorum" collective
• 1997 Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Collections

• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
• The Fisher Collection, San Francisco, CA
• The Anderson Collection, San Francisco, CA
• Kent and Vicki Logan, Vail, CO
• Jim and Patt Aitchison, Moraga, CA
• David and Susan Coulter, New York, NY
• Nancy Constlne, San Francisco, CA
• Charles and Rebecca Daggs, Lafayette, CA
• Dixon and Carol DolI, San Francisco, CA
• Joe and Sandy Gandolfo, Palos Verdes Estates, CA
• Chaim and Elisheva Gur-Arieh, Piedmont, CA
• Tom and Kate Kelly Kleln, San Francisco, CA
• The Lillie Family Collection, Atherton, CA
• BIII and Jeanne McFarlane, Pleasanton, CA
• Martln Muller, San Francisco, CA
• Steven and Kim Schow, Mill Valley, CA
• Staglin Family Vineyard, Rutherford, CA
• Larry and Joyce Stupskl, Tiburon, CA
• Otto and Yvonne Tschudi, London, England