Artists Statement: Digital Prints

This series of large scale prints originated as video frames from my installation, "Wave Transformations." The prints use the video frames as the beginning of an investigation into the nature of transformed realities. The merging of nature and technology has made it possible for me to further my vision as an artist. I have been interested in abstraction revealed by natural phenomena since the beginning of my artistic voyage. My experimental work in moving image media led me to explore the potential of digitally processed still images.

My intent in realizing these prints was to examine the impact of a single frame becoming a symbolic reference of its primary source, however as the work progressed, the video frames became powerful images on their own. Some of the video frames lent themselves to extended manipulation, others remained singular. Each image addressed a new interpretation of the nature of water. The wave became a metaphor for creation.

The digital prints were produced on the Colorspan large format giclee printer using archival inks, printed on canvas. They have been treated with Optima UV coating and are resistant to moisture. A number of the prints were part of  the Millennium exhibition of my work at the NY Hall of Science.


Rosalind Schneider
40 Cottontail Lane
Irvington, N.Y.  10533 
tel: 914-591-8774       
email: srosalind@aol.com

Selected Exhibitions

2005    River Meditations  Projected Video Installation, exterior display window, Donnell Library NY                            Invitation of  Marie Nesthus, director Donnell Library Media Center
              WaveTransformations  Projected Video Installation & Digital Prints. 911 Media Arts Center,                            Seattle Wa.
2004      Before & After: Imagining Public Art in Westchester  The Arts Exchange, White Plains NY Curator:                  Dr. Rosemary Cohane Erph               
              Ice Sunset  mosaic wall for Main Street, White Plains     
              Imaging the River  The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers NY  Curators: Jean-Paul Matinsky, Amy                    Lipton, River Meditations  Projected Video Installation
2003    The Sonic Self  Chelsea Art Museum NY  Curator: Jolanta Gora-Wita
              Wave Transformations  Projected Video Installation
              International Paper Exhibition  MG Art International CVB Space NY  Curator: Edward Evans
              The Drawing Show  The Arts Exchange, White Plains NY  Curator: Dr. Rosemary Cohane Erpf
              Photography/Video  Monique Goldstrom Gallery, NY
2002      Night of 1,000 Drawings  Artists Space, NY
              Reactions  Exit Art, NY
              Forces of Nature  Rockland Center for the Arts, NY  Curators:  Lynn Stein, Daly Flanagan                                Wave Transformations  Projected Video Installation
2000      Millennium Event  Outside the Box  Citigroup Hanger, Westchester County Airport
              Wave Transformations  Double Projection Video Installation
              Biennial 2000 Westchester  Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY
              Wave Transformations Installation 
              Jurors: Dr. Judy Collischan, Susan Edwards, Ellen Keiter, Harry Philbrick
              Knowing Limits: The Arts as Environmental Lens, Digital Print traveling exhibition
              Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NY Curator: Cathey Billian
1999      Wave Transformations  Video Installation and Digital Print Millennium exhibition
              NY Hall of Science, Corona Park, Queens, NY
              Sculpture Center Benefit Exhibition, SculptureCenter, NY
1998    Through the Lens: Time Space and Matter.  Rye Art Center, NY Curators: Larry S.Frankel, Renata                  Rainer
              Digital Print Exhibition  A.I.R. Gallery, NY
1997    Ghost  DNA Gallery, Provincetown, Mass.
              Earth Songs Festival  Video/Live music, University of Miami, Fl.
1996      Wave Transformations  Video Installation projection on palm fronds, The New Gallery Univ. of                      Miami
              Artist in Residence, Sculpture Department Univ. of Miami Coral Gables, Fl.
1995    Natural Fantasy  Pace University, Pleasantville, NY  Curator: Rosemary Cohane Erph
              of Time and the River  The Gallery at Hastings-on Hudson, NY  Curator: Renata Rainer
1994    Constructed Images: Yellowstone  SOHO20 Gallery, NY
              Albright Knox Members Gallery,  Buffalo, NY
              Earth Passageways  (paintings)  SOHO20 Gallery,  NY
              Summer Strolls, Scapes and Sky  Triplex Gallery, NY  Curator: Linda Stein
1991    Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Benefit  Manhattanville College, NY
              Auction Benefit The Partnership for the Homeless  Christies, NY
              Benefit for Planned Parenthood  SOHO20 Gallery  Curator: Corrine Robbins
1990    Mixed Media Painting  SOHO20 Gallery
              The Horse as Landscape  video installation
              The Nature of the Beast, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers NY  Curator: Barbara Bloemink
              The Equine Dream  Foster Goldstrom Gallery, NY
              Contemporary Bestiary  Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY Curator: Karen Shaw
              10 Artists from New York  Kulturforum, Monchengladbach, Germany
1988    Ancient History  Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx NY  Curator: Holly Block
              Egyptian Dialogue  video installation
1987    Painting/Photo Fusion  SOHO 20 Gallery, NY
              Small Works  SculptureCenter, NY
1986    Stopped Time  Reef Transformations  film projected installation,  SculptureCenter, NY
1984    Yosemite Loop Extension  film/sculpture installation,
              Museum of the Hudson Highlands, Cornwall NY           

Professional Recognition

2002,1998,1995,1990    Experimental Television Center Support for Video Installation
1990,1988    Artists Space Grant
1975-1980  NEA, NYSCA film production grants through Women/Artist/Filmmakers

Selected Bibliography

2004    "Out of the Water, Inspiration"  Art Review, William Zimmer, The NY Times
2003    "Artists cast wide net interpreting the Hudson",  Georgette Gouveia, The Journal News
              "Imaging the River: A Report from the Hudson", Tricia Watts,  Greenmuseum .org
            "The Drawing Show"  Art Review,  D. Dominick Lombardi,  The NY Times
2001-2002  Who's Who in American Art 24th edition
2000    "Lights, Video & Photos in a Biennial"  Art Review, William Zimmer,  The NY Times
              "Getting Waves of Attention", Footlights: Arts, Roberta Hershenson,  The NY Times
              "Wave Transformations"  NY Hall of Science catalog essay Matt Freedman
1999    "Riding Wave-Indoors"  Lisa L Colangelo, NY Daily News
1998    Artscene:  Georgette Gouveia,  The Journal News
              "Technology…Arts..Cutting Edge" The Enterprise
1995    "More Fantasies, Natural & Cultural in Arts Council Survey"  Vivien Raynor, The NY Times
            "Time Capsule: A Concise Encyclopedia of Women Artists"
                Edited by Robin Kahn, pub. by Creative Time SOS Int'l
1992    "Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century North American Artists"
              Edited by Jules & Nancy Heller  Garland Publication
              "Light and Lascaux"  SOHO20 exhibition essay  Cynthia Nadelman
1990    "Art:  Drawing Moral Lessons from Nature"  Helen A. Harrison,  The NY Times
1989    "10 Artists from New York",  catalog essay  Dr. Judy Collischan
              "43 Artists at Hudson River Museum"  Vivien Raynor,  The NY Times
              State of the Arts,  Channel 19 NY  interview by Fred Nold
1988    The New York Art Review  American References  edited by Les Krantz
1986    "Filling the Spaces of Reality"  Janet Rems, The New York Ledger  feature article
              Worlds Who's Who of Women, Who's Who of American Women
1985    "Stopped Time" catalog essay  April Kingsley  Sculpture Center NY

Selected Exhibitions: Film As Art

2000    Whitney Museum of American Art, NY  "The Color of Ritual, The Color of Thought"
            Women Avant Garde Filmmakers in America 1930-2000,  curator: Chrissie Iles
1971-1982
            Hirshhorn Museum,  Washington, DC
            Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
            Greek Cinematheque, Athens, Greece
            Museum of Graz, Austria
            Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
            Experimental Film Festival, Bordeaux, France
            Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England
            International Cultural Center, Vienna, Austria
            U.S. Information Agency, Rekjavik, Iceland
            Icelandic Public Television, Rekjavik, Iceland
            Royal Belguim Archives, Belgium
            International Festival of Women's Films, NY
            American Film Festival, Kennedy Center, Washington DC

Education

        Syracuse University School of Fine Arts
        Art Students League of New York, study with Morris Kantor
        State University of NY, Empire State College,  BA. 1974

Selected Collections

        U.S. Information Agency,  Washington  DC
        Metro Media Fibre Network
        Dance Archives,  Lincoln Center,  NY
        Donnell Film Library  NY
        NYNEX
        Video Art Collection Locarno, Switzerland
        City University  NY
        Art Students League Permanent Collection
        Distribution:  Filmmakers Cooperative NY