Jenny Snider (born 1944)[1] is an American artist and educator known for her paintings and multimedia pieces. She attended Yale University.[2] She has been influenced by second-wave feminism.[3]

Jenny Snider
Born1944 (1944)
NationalityAmerican
Known forMulti media
Websitejennysniderstudio.com

In 1972 her work was included in the Whitney's Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting (now the Whitney Biennial).[1] In 1979 she exhibited small crayon drawings at the Hamilton Gallery.[4] In 1980 Snider had an installation of about 300 drawings entitled All Painted. All Black and White. All Dancing at the Artists Space.[5] In 2006 she was awarded the President's Award for Excellence in Teaching by Full-Time Faculty for, Queens College, City University of New York.[6] In 2018 the Edward Thorp Gallery held a retrospective of her work Jenny Snider: A Selection of Paintings, Drawings, and Sculptures from 1970 to the Present.[7][8] In 2020 her work was included in Never Done: 100 Years of Women in Politics and Beyond at the Tang Teaching Museum.[9] In 2021 Snider received a Murray Reich Distinguished Artist Award from New York Foundation for the Arts.[3][10]

Collections

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Her work is in The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College,[11] the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA),[12] the Walker Art Center,[13] and the Whitney Museum of American Art.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Jenny Snider". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Jenny Snider". Women's Studio Workshop. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Suzanne Jackson and Jenny Snider Receive 2021 Murray Reich Distinguished Artist Awards". New York Foundation for the Arts. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  4. ^ Perone, Jeff. "Jeff Perone on Jenny Snider". Art Forum. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Jenny Snider". Artists Space. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Teaching Awards - Queens College CTL". Queens College CTL. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  7. ^ Yau, John (21 December 2019). "The History Paintings of Jenny Snider". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Jenny Snider: Mutiny, rebellion, the experience of life". Two Coats of Paint. 17 November 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Never Done: 100 Years of Women in Politics and Beyond". Tang Teaching Museum. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Kingston resident Jenny Snider receives artist award". Daily Freeman. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  11. ^ "Jenny Snider". Tang Teaching Museum. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  12. ^ "Chelm :stories and scenes". NMWA Library & Research Center. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  13. ^ "The Pencil Picture Dictionary". Walker Art Center. Retrieved 21 March 2023.