CV/Bio

Education:

MFA 1998, Columbia University, New York, New York.

BFA 1995, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.

Grants and Related Awards:

2009    Received a grant from The Pollock-Krasner Foundation.

2006    Awarded a funded 6 month residency at I.S.C.P. (International Studio and Curatorial Program) in NYC.

2006    Work development Grant from The Joan Mitchell Foundation.

1999    Received a grant from the Rema Hort Mann Foundation for Installation/Drawings.

1998    Received a grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation for Sculpture.

Exhibitions:

2017    Common Ground, curated by Victoria Dushkina, Anna Nova Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia. 
2016    Common Ground, curated by Victoria Dushkina, Gallery Triumph, Moscow, Russia.
2015    Binder,  curated by Clint Willour, Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX.

            Thinking and Touching Time,  curated by Zahar Vaks, The Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn, NY.

2014    The Book of Pure Science, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX. (catalog).

2012    For Clearing The Magic Platform, curated by Robert Ruello, Snack Projects, Menil Bookstore, Houston, TX.

2011    Works on Paper, Devin Borden Gallery, Houston, TX.

2010    Small Sculpture: Luca Buvoli, Joseph Havel, Hana Hillerova, Eric Schnell, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX.

            Eric Schnell: saildrawings and bookmarks, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX.

2008    MONSTERS, Rental Gallery, New York, N.Y., A group show curated by Robert Longo.

Golden Rain, A project at the Eigeroya lighthouse in Egersund, Norway.

            The drawing, This sail will carry you forward it needs only the faintest memory of sun- for journeys      into endless dark, included in installation and catalog by Michael Petry.

2007    Inadmissible, HP Garcia Gallery, New York, NY. A group show of drawings and          installation, curated and catalogue essay by Dominique Nahas.

2006    I.S.C.P. (International Studio and Curatorial Program), New York, NY. Built the drawing/sculpture, This Hope for an Internal Sunshine, on sight, installation open to the public Sept 1^st- Nov. 31^st.

2005    Life Drawings, Beth Campbell, Danica Phelps and Eric Schnell, Arthouse at the Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX. Curated by Regine Basha, The sculptural installation Rip-Rap built on location.

            The Amarillo Biennial 600: Drawing, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX. Curated by James Elaine.

            Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Recipients Exhibition, CUE Art Foundation, New York, N.Y. Curated and essay for catalog written by Gregory Amenoff.

            Altered State, Analogue Press, Los Angeles, CA. The Analogue Press Portfolio Series, Volume 1, Issue 2, curated by Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher.

            Summer Paper, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX.

            Mostly In Two Dimensions, Brazosport College Art Gallery, Lake Jackson, TX. A retrospective of two dimensional artworks (drawings, paintings, etchings, and animation from 1994-2004.)

2004    Eric Schnell, Installation and Drawings, Devin Borden Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX.

            Houston Area Show, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, TX. A group show curated by Bill Arning. Broken Park Fountain and drawings. Catalog.

Eric Schnell, A Better Story (Part IV), University of Texas El Paso, Fox Fine Art Center, Main Gallery, El Paso, TX. A show of sculpture and drawings. Brochure with essay by Kate Bonansinga.

2003    Eric Schnell, A Better Story (Part III), Galveston Arts Center. Galveston, TX. A show of three dimensional work and drawings.

            Into the Abyss, edited by Adam Putnam, Drawing and short fiction. Republished in 2004 in John Russell’s Frozen Tears II.

2002    Eric Schnell, The Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Brochure, essay by James Elaine. Three dimensional work and drawings.

2001    That Championship Season, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, CA. A group drawing show curated by Jenelle Porter.

2000    From Scratch, (a show of installations and drawings), 529 West 20^th Street, 8^th floor, New York, N.Y. The mixed media piece titled A Better Story was built on site, with a suite of drawings shown simultaneously. This show was organized by the Fashion Institute of Technology. Other artists included Eric Heist and Genesis P-Orridge, Colin Hunt, Rachel Lowther and Jeremy Sigler.

1999    Eric Schnell and Lorenzo de Los Angeles, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York. A mixed media piece was built on site and shown with a collection of drawings.

The Searchers, Artists Space, New York, N.Y. Built the installation Navigator on site. This show was curated by Robert Longo. A group show including Sue de Beer, Khanh Vo, Adam Putnam, Colin Hunt, Michelle Elzay and Allison Smith.

1998    The Choice, Exit Art, New York, N.Y. Built the mixed media piece Amphibium on sight; it included an animation sequence and a wall of drawings. Selected by Ron Jones.

            This Description, Miller Theater Art Gallery, New York, N.Y.

            MFA Thesis Exhibition, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

1997    26 Positions, Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Curated by Matthew Brannon.

1995    Opening Moves, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas.

Bibliography:

Eric Schnell: Binder, Houston Press, by Susie Tommaney, Sept. ,2015

The Buddha’s in the Background, Glasstire, by Bill Davenport, Oct. 15, 2014.

Critic’s Picks: Houston, Art Ltd. Magazine, by Nancy Zastudil, Sept., 2014.

Eric Schnell, the Artist Inside and Out, The Columbia Daily Spectator, by Lana Limon, Nov. 17^th 2006.

Forward, Joan Mitchell Foundation Catalog, Essay by Gregory Amenoff, President National Academy of Design, April 2005.

 A Better Story: Part IV, Drawings and a Sculpture by Eric Schnell, Essay by Kate Bonansinga, The University of Texas at El Paso. January, 2004.

Hammer Projects, Eric Schnell. Essay by James Elaine, curator UCLA Hammer Museum, May 2002.

Eric Schnell’s elaborate mixed media installations, by Laura Parnes, Momenta Art newsletter, October 1999.

Artist Space Volume 6, The Searchers, Essay by Robert Longo. September 1999.

Curatorial Projects:

Biography:

Eric Schnell was born in Bloomington, Indiana in 1968. In 1995 He graduated from the University of Houston with a B.F.A. in studio painting and a minor in English Literature. In 1998 he received a M.F.A. from Columbia University, with a concentration in studio arts.

His artwork has been shown across the United States. He has built installations for Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, Artist Space, NYC, The Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC, Arthouse, Austin, TX and other non-profit art spaces. He has been awarded several grants in support of his artwork, the most recent was from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. In 2006 he was chosen to be the American representative at the Internationl Studio and Critic Program in New York City.

 In 2010 he cofounded  The Galveston Artist Residency and Gallery with scientist Bert Geary.  The Galveston Artist Residency welcomed its first group of artists in 2011, and the GAR Gallery opened to the public in 2012.
In 2016, cofounder and assistant editor of Binder magazine with Dan Schmahl and Sallie Barbee.