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Bio
Lena Schmid’s (b.1985) paintings explore how the poetics and physics of time function as a physical force. Using richly textured luminous surfaces, movement without discernible speed, and cleaving imagery, her work references the kind of slow, strange change experienced in a space long inhabited: be it a body, a well known landscape, or the cosmos. She holds an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Lena has exhibited nationally, including at New Release Gallery and the SPRING/BREAK Art Fair. She has held multiple Artist in Residence positions, including at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, the TIDES Institute, and the Wassaic Project, where she was a 2018 Education Fellow. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week.” In 2020, Lena was awarded a Printmaking Fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Education
2017, M.F.A., Painting, Hunter College, New York, NY
2010, B.F.A., Painting, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
2006-08, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
Residencies and Awards
2021-22, Artist in Residence, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN
2020, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Drawing/Printmaking/Book Arts
2020, AIC/Assets for Artists, Professional Support Grant, North Adams, MA
2018 Artist in Residence, TIDES Institute, Eastport, ME
2018, Artist in Residence/Education Fellow, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2017, Artist in Residence, Paul Artspace, St. Louis, MO
Exhibitions
2022, One Year Later, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech, Cookeville, TN
2022, Party of Five, Blaine Gallery, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg TN
2021, Contact Light, Survey Survey, New York, NY
2021, A.I.R. Exhibition, Wolpert Gallery, Arrowmont, Gatlinburg, TN
2021, ArtPost Projects, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
2018, ArtBangall, Survey Survey, Bangall, NY
2017, The Small Exceeds, New Release Gallery, New York, NY
2017, how to keep the [inner] peace, 56 Bogart, Brooklyn, NY
2017, Para-Verbal Vocal, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2017, In the Making, Westchester Center for the Arts, Westchester, NY
2017, Year in Review, Bermuda Projects, Ferguson, MO
2017, Fiske, 205 Hudson, New York, NY
2016 Growth, Es Ef Eff, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Swell Series, GRIN, Providence, RI
2013 Without Grace, Historic Northampton, Northampton, MA
2013, The Laboratory, The Loft Parlor, Easthampton, MA
2013, Mud and Mercury, Canal Gallery, Holyoke, MA
2013, Drawing!, Imago Gallery, Providence, RI
2013, Game Night, The Flying Object, Hadley, MA
2012, Out of the Gray, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2012, Panic Riot, Lynn Arts, Lynn, MA
2012, Proof, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
2012, Match, Lincoln Arts Projects, Lincoln, MA
2011, DONE, Bakalar Gallery, Boston, MA
Press
Smith, Roberta. “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week.” New York Times. 10 Aug 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/10/arts/design/what-to-see-in-new-york-art-galleries-this-week.html.
Gray, Julia. “Small Moments Revered: The Small Exceeds.” Open House Blog. 21 Aug 2017. https://openhouseblog.nyc/2017/08/21/small-moments-revered-the-small-exceeds/
Pfarrers, Steve. “The Loft Parlor, new Easthampton gallery and performing arts space, opens Saturday.” Daily Hampshire Gazette. 21 June 2013. https://www.gazettenet.com/Archives/2013/05/LoftParlor-hg-060613.
Seda-Reeder, Maria. “Experimental Investigations.” City Beat. 7 Feb 2012.