BIO

Lenny Schnier (b. New York, 1991) is a mixed-media artist based in Somerville, MA. At the core of their work lies an interest in the resonant overlap between the introspective nature of drawing and their trans experience. Contemporary drawing practices are celebrated for experimental gestures and departures from rigid traditional norms of picture making. Mark-makers employ that freedom of representation, harnessing drawing’s flexibility, expressive nature, sensitivity, and feeling. Such freedom is especially liberatory for trans and gender non-confirming individuals. Lenny's work is deeply personal and reflects an emotional and cerebral engagement with queerness, the body, and Schnier’s lived experiences as trans femme. Schnier's work employs methods of direct representation such as with drawing and painting and abstraction through painting and sculpture. They often blend these methods through collage and assemblage installation.  

contact: lennyschnierstudio@gmail.com

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EDUCATION

Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art, 2013

Group EXHIBITIONS (select)

2018
Ourselves, Feinstein Gallery, The University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
They Figured: Jamieson Edson and Lenny Schnier, The Green Room, Somerville, MA

2017
Sanqtuary, Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA
Sent From a Pure Moment, Godine Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA
Small Works for Big Change: an art benefit for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, Participant Inc., New York, NY​  
Memory Full, Slideshow + Zine Release, Northampton, MA​

2016
trans/draw, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA​ *
Post-Gay?, Distillery Gallery, Boston, MA **
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​2015
Feelers: the 24th Annual Drawing Show, Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA
Makeover!, §üb∫amsøñ (Samson Projects), Boston, MA 
FLAT/FLATTENED/FLATTENING/ANTI-FLAT: A "Drawing" Show, Milkhaus, Brighton, MA
This into That: Found Object Art, Assemblage, and Other Transformed Work, Nave Gallery Annex, Somerville, MA

2014
Figural and Architectural Forms, Flock Gallery NH, Manchester, NH
Green Dream, kijidome, Boston, MA **

2013
Senior Honors Thesis Exhibition, Drietzer Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA,
World Wise, Rosenberg Galleries, Brown Center, MICA, Baltimore, MD

2012
Fired Up, Drietzer Gallery, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Open Studios, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), New York Studio Residency Program, Brooklyn, NY
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2011
Floors & Ceilings, Kniznick Gallery, Women Studies Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

PROJECTS (select)

Wasserman Forum Assistant, Max Wasserman Forum on Contemporary Art: Future Genders, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, 2018
Co-organizer/curatorial, trans/draw, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA​, 2016
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PUBLICATIONS (select)

Memory Full, #6, Northampton, MA, 2017
Care Zine, #1, Boston, MA, 2017
​Accordion Zine, Issue 2, Boston, MA, 2015
Infinite Scroll, Volume II, Boston, MA, 2014
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AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES

Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts, Grant Recipient, 2015 **
Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts, Grant Recipient, 2014 **
Deborah Josepha Cohen ‘62 Prize for Excellence in Painting, 2013
Richard Kaufman ‘58 Memorial Prize for Leadership & Academic Excellence, 2013
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) New York DUMBO Studio Residency Program, 2012

​* curatorial​​
** with Alex Weick as I.B.E.
2018 | Lenny Schnier