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Selected Exhibits
Awarded Solano County Public Art Commission, 2008
Art Round Table, 2006-2008, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA
Oh Valona! Paintout & Exhibit, 2006-2007, Epperson Gallery, Crockett CA - Award 2007
Bay Area Wetlands to Ridgetops, 2007, Mare Island, Vallejo CA - three Awards, juror: Marc Eanes, California College of the Arts
Small Works, Fetterly Gallery, 2006, Vallejo CA
Bay Area Wetlands to Ridgetops, 2006, Mare Island, Vallejo CA - 2nd place Award, juror: Marc Eanes,director, Napa Valley Museum
Holiday Small Works Show, 2005, Epperson Gallery, Crockett CA
Public Art Commission Solano County Services Building, 2005, Fairfield CA
Oh Valona! Paintout & Exhibit, 2004, Epperson Gallery, Crockett CA
Preserve
La Morinda Open Space Exhibit & Benefit,
2004, LaFayette CA
An Open Space Odyssey, 2003, Nash Gallery, Crockett CA
Oh Valona! Paintout & Exhibit, 2003, Epperson Gallery, Crockett
CA
Northern California Plein Air Biennial, 2003, Napa Valley Museum, Yountville
CA
Gardens of Eden: California Landscapes by Susan Schneider, 2003,
Solano Bank, Vallejo CA
Solano Impressions, 2003, Vacaville Art Gallery, Vacaville CA
Moved by the Land: Artists Explore Change and Growth in Sonoma County,
2003, Finley Center, Santa Rosa CA - Best of Show Award
Pastel Impressions, 2002, Vacaville Art Gallery, Vacaville CA
The Big Picture: Works on Paper by Susan Schneider, 2002, solo show, Fairfield Center for the Arts, Fairfield CA
2002: Open Space Odyssey, O'Rourke Art Gallery, Benicia Public
Library, Benicia CA
2002: Open Space Odyssey / Paintings of the North Bay, Vacaville
Art Gallery, Vacaville CA
Open Space, 2002, Fairfield Art Gallery, Fairfield Center for the Arts, Fairfield CA
In the Open Air 2002, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo CA
2001: An Open Space Odyssey, 2001, Vacaville Art Gallery, Vacaville
CA
10th Annual American Canyon Arts Foundation Art Extravaganza, 2001, American Canyon CA, Two First Place Awards
C18H24O2 - Eleven Emerging Bay Area Women Artists, 2001, Heritage
Square, Emeryville CA
Art of a Community, 2001, Arts Benicia Gallery, Benicia CA
Bay Area Wetlands to Ridgetops, 2001, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife
Refuge, Mare Island, Vallejo C
Selected Collections
Deloitte & Touche, Boise ID
County of Solano, Fairfield CA
Borel Private Bank & Trust, San Mateo CA
Kaiser Permanente, Vacaville CA
Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara CA
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, San Francisco CA
Bibliography
Supervisors to Review Public Art Projects , Danny Bernardini, Vacaville Reporter, May, 11, 2008
Strait Drawing: 20 Years of Live Drawing by the Carquinez Strait Drawing Group, by James Scarborough, Feb. 11, 2007. (perhapsperhapsperhaps.typepad.com)
Strait Drawing: 20 Years of Live Drawing by the Carquinez Strait Drawing Group, 2006 by Schneider-Rothstein Publishing, Vallejo CA
Public Art, how did it get there? and The Road to Public Art, by Ana Cotham, Solano Magazine, February-March, 2007. (www.solanomag.com)
Portraying the West, book review by Susan Schneider, California Wild Magazine, Spring 2005.
Solano in Art, by Richard Bammer, Vacaville Reporter, April 18, 2003.
Natural Inclinations, by Shawn Miller, Fairfield Daily Republic, September 27, 2002.
Karl Blossfeldt 1835-1932, book review by Susan Schneider, California Wild Magazine, Spring 2001.
Providing Access for Artists, by Aleta George, Daily Republic,
November 17, 2001.
Sharing Space, by Brian Hamlin, Vacaville Reporter,
November 9, 2001.
Design & Publications
Professional Experience
Graphic & Publications Design Consultant, 1989-present
Partial List of Clients: Visuals Press, Daly City CA; Valcore Recycling, Vallejo CA; Arc Ecology, Mare Island, Vallejo CA; SF Bay Flyway Festival, Vallejo CA
Art Director, Pacific Discovery and California Wild Magazines, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco CA, 1989-2006
Art directed, designed, and produced 70 consecutive issues of the Academy's 56-page full color consumer magazine. Hired and directed talent.
Designed and produced collateral print and exhibit materials for Research, Exhibits, Education, Travel, Special Events, Development, Booksore, and Marketing
Designed and produced Academy of Sciences Annual Reports 1998-2005.
Designed and maintained California Wild web site for 5 years. Designed web template for ScineceNow and White Crowned Sparrows, Ornithology web site
Sole Proprietor , Two-D / the Graphic Design Office of Susan Schneider & Associates, Pier 33-North, San Francisco CA 1984-89
Partial List of Clients: Industrial Indemnity Insurance Co., Inc., San Francisco CA; Ketchum Communications, SF CA (California Raisin Advisory Board,
California Prune Board); Landis Designs (Bank of America, American Express, Wells Fargo Bank); The PBN Company, SF CA; Streblow Vineyards, Saint Helena CA
Way Out West (Lucky Stores, American President Lines training materials)
Researched and developed client base, marketed studio services to prospective clients. Directed all design, development and production for corporate identity,
consumer packaging, direct mail, point of purchase advertising, catalogs and publications, regional newspaper ad campaigns, public relations presentations
Assistant Graphic Designer,San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SF, CA 1981-83
Designed and produced print collateral, members' newsletters, stationery, exhibit catalogs, brochures, posters and exhibit signage, announcements, invitations.
Production Design Assistant, Marketing Department, Gap Stores, Inc., San Bruno CA 1980-1982
Production artist and designer for point of purchase posters, counter cards, transit billboards, produced and trafficked ads for regional/national ad campaigns.
Assisted art directors and buyers in casting models, and prepping and styling clothing for photo shoots. Designed and produced ad specialties for promotions.
Assistant Gallery Director, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, SF CA 1978-79
2008 Public Art Commission, Vallejo Polyrythm, Solano County Health & Human Services Building, Vallejo CA
2006 Finalist, Public Art Commission, Solano County Board of Supervisors Seal, Fairfield CA
2005 Public Art Commission, Solano Tulle Grasses, Solano County Services Building-6th Floor, Fairfield CA
2004 International Who's Who in Professional Management
2003 First Place and Best of Show for Pepperwood Ranch Preserve, pastel panorama triptych, Moved by the Land: Artists Explore Change and Growth in Sonoma County, Santa Rosa CA
2001 Two First Place Art Awards for Fog: The Restoration of Cullinan Ranch, 10 Annual American Canyon Art Extravaganza, American Canyon CA
1993 Maggie Award for Overall Excellence in Publication Design under 100,000 circulation
1990 Ozzie Award for Best Single Issue of a Consumer Magazine under 100,000 circulation
1990 Ozzie Award for Best Single Issue of a Consumer Publication under 100,000 circulation
1990 Magazine Week Publishing Award of Excellence
1990 Museum Publications Competition (AAM) Award
1987 NAMA Best in the West, First Place and Best of Show in Catalog Design for California Raisin Advisory Board Marketing Kit
1979 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute Spring Show Award
Education & Training
BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut St., San Francisco CA 1979
Painting Figure Studies, Bob Gerbracht studio, San Francisco CA 2006
Plein Air Painting workshops, Nicki Bashe-Davis, Randall Sexton, Robert Chapla 2002
Taking the Leap: Business Practices for Fine Artists, Emeryville CA 2000-2001
Digital Design for the Web, Media Access/Artists in Print, San Francisco CA 1991-2002
Package Design, University of California Extension 1986
Typography and Comprehensive Design, Academy of Art University, 1982
Print Production, California College of the Arts, Oakland CA 1980
Production Design Internship, Thomas Keller Design, San Francisco, CA 1980
Printmaking, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus OH 1976
Printmaking Abroad, Falmouth College of Art, U. K. Summer 1975
Fine Art and English Literature /dual major, Miami University, Oxford OH 1973-1975
Drawing, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus OH 1973