Jenny Snider | |
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Born | 1944 |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Multi media |
Website | jennysniderstudio |
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]
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]