BARBARA J. SCHNEIDER ARTIST STATEMENT My art is based on photographs that I take of moving water, light reflections and shadows. My interest is in seeing and interpreting these ephemeral images in multiple ways. I am intrigued with the concept of reflection and how to capture the essence of images that are not physically there, images made of light and movement, images that are infinitely variable. What does the eye see? What does the camera see? What does the mind see? And lastly, reflection is what I do throughout my work process as well as what I hope viewers do as they look at the completed work. BIOGRAPHY I began quilting in 1996 and rediscovered the pleasure of working with camera, cloth, paint, dye, and thread. My background is in visual design and I worked for many years as a designer in the publishing industry. I make handmade paper and collect Japanese and Chinese folk art and textiles. In 2000 I began to work on surface design techniques and that has become an essential part of my work process and output.

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SELECTED EXHIBITS • Quilt National, 2001, 2005, 2007, The Dairy Barn Gallery, Athens, OH • Form Not Function, 2005, 2006 Art Quilts at the Carnegie, Evansville, IN • Never Static, Art Cloth at the Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN • Art and Soul of Quilting, Anderson Arts Center, Racine, WI • Solo Show, Northwest Cultural Council, Rolling Meadows Library, IL • Blooming Botanicals, Anderson Arts Center, Racine, WI • Nothing New: Fiber Art from Recycled Materials, Textile Center of Minnesota, MN • Solo show at The Northwest Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL • Transitions, Fabric by Design exhibit, Northwest Cultural Council, Rolling Meadows, IL • Committed to Cloth.Festival of Quilts, Birmingham, England and Knit and Stitch Conference, London, England • Tactile Architecture, International Quilt Festival • MasterPieces: Color, Couleur, Colore, Kulör! Husqvarna Viking finalist, International Quilt Festival • Art Quilts at the Whistler, Whistler Museum of Art, Lowell, MA • Expressions in Textiles, Art cloth, Glastonbury, CT • Art Quilts at the Sedgwick, Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia, PA • Fiber Arts: Patterns and Impressions, Katherine Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, MN • Tumbling Blocks, New Quilts from Old Favorites, The Museum of American Quilt Society, Paducah, KY • Quilt Surface Design Symposium Fabric, Columbus, OH • The Night Sky, The Aullwood Center, Dayton, Ohio (Award) • 21st Century Quilts, The Chicago Athaneum, Schaumburg, I • Solo Show, Earthues Gallery, Seattle, WA • Fine Line, Fine Surface, The Fine Line, St. Charles, IL (Honorable Mention) • Art Cloth II: Inspiration and Idea, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX SELECTED PUBLICATIONS • Cover, Surface Design Journal, Spring, 2006 • Quilt National, 2001, 2005, 2007 • Article, Woman of the Cloth, The Pioneer Press 2005 • Author, After Images, article in the Fall 2003 Quilting Arts magazine • Article, Popular Patchwork, U. K., August, 2002 • Tumbling Blocks, New Quilts from Old Favorites, • Book, ColorPlay, Joen Wolfram, 2001 • Quilt National, 2001 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS • Friends of Fiber International • Surface Design Association • FACET • Art Cloth Network • International Quilt Association • Professional Art Quilt Alliance GALLERY REPRESENTATION • ArtClothNetwork.com • Illinois Artisans Gallery, Chicago, IL • Northwest Cultural Council, RollingMeadows, IL • The Artful Home, Guild.com EDUCATION • B.S. Visual Design, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology • M.A. Fine Arts, Northern Illinois University