'Male Nude III' (Desert Nudes)
Original Polaroid - Unique Piece 1/1, 1999
7.8 x 7,7cm (image area)
10.7 x 8.7 cm ( including white Polaroid frame)
Artist inventory 21982.00

Stefanie Schneider's scintillating situations take place in the American West. Situated on the verge of an elusive super-reality, her photographic sequences provide the ambience for loosely woven story lines and a cast of phantasmic characters.

Schneider works with the chemical mutations of expired Polaroid film stock. Chemical explosions of color spreading across the surfaces undermine the photograph's commitment to reality and induce her characters into trance-like dream scapes. Like flickering sequences of old road movies Schneider's images seem to evaporate before conclusions can be made - their ephemeral reality manifesting in subtle gestures and mysterious motives. Schneider's images refuse to succumb to reality, they keep alive the confusions of dream, desire, fact, and fiction.

Stefanie Schneider received her MFA in Communication Design at the Folkwang Schule Essen, Germany. Her work has been shown at the Museum for Photography, Braunschweig, Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt, the Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Museum für Moderne Kunst Passau, Les Rencontres d'Arles, Foto -Triennale Esslingen.

“It was Stefanie Schneider, who inspired me to start the company THE IMPOSSIBLE PROJECT after seeing her work, which seems to achieve the possible from the impossible, creating the finest of art out of the most basic of mediums and materials. Indeed, after that one day, I was so impressed with her photography that I realized Polaroid film could not be allowed to disappear. Being at the precise moment in time where the world was about to lose Polaroid, I seized the moment and have put all my efforts and passion into saving Polaroid film. For that, I thank Stefanie Schneider almost exclusively, who played a bigger role than anyone in saving this American symbol of photography.”

–Florian Kaps, March 8th 2010
(“Doc” Dr. Florian Kaps, founder of “The Impossible Project”)

Exhibitions Selected (selected)

2018
Bombay Beach Biennale 2018
Rough Play Projects, Available for All, Joshua Tree

2017
BLICKFELD] Analoge Fotografie, Kommunale Galerie Steglitz-Zehlendorf (G) (catalog), (upcoming)

Kunstverein Bad Homburg Artlantis, Bad Homburg (G)



2016

Instantdreams, Instantdreams Gallery, Berlin 

(S)

2015

Desert Voices, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Pamela Littky 
Blue Nudes, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) 



2014


Summer Show, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (G)
6 Finalists, Saatchi Gallery London (G)

Instantdreams, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (S)
Grand Opening, De Re Gallery, Los Angeles (G) with Banksy, Andy Warhol, Alison Bignon, Sophie Dickens, Victor Gingembre and others


2013

Heather's Dream, Short, nominated for the German Short Film Award

Images For Images (Artists fir Tichy), GASK - Gallery of the Central Bohemian Region,  Kutná Hora, Czech Republic, (G) with Richard Prince, Nan Golding, Shirana Shahbazi, Sophie Calle, Martin Kippenberger, Arnulf Rainer, Thomas Ruff, Katharina Grosse, Jonathan Meese & others (catalog)

The Girl behind the White Picket Fence, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (S)

Heather's Dream, Short, German Competition Short Film Festival Oberhausen

Multimedia Presentation with Artist Stefanie Schneider, Palms Springs Art Museum, Annenberg Theater

The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, (G) with Ansel Adams, Bruce Charlesworth, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Charles and Ray Eames, Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisa Oppenheim, Andy Warhol and others, (catalog)

Road Atlas - Straßenfotografie, DZ Bank Collection: Kunsthalle Erfurt (Spring), Art Foyer DZ Bank, Frankfurt/Main, (G) with Helen Levitt, Pieter Hugo, Nobuyoshi Araki, Pietro Donzelli, and others (catalog) 


2012

Stranger Than Paradise, Christian Hohmenn Fine Art, Palms Desert, (S)

Stefanie Schneider, Gallery at Cliff Lede Vineyards, Napa Valley, CA, (S)

Bienale Art Auction 2012, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, (G),
with Ai Weiwei, John Baldessari, Christo, Ed Ruscha, Christopher Russell...
MUSES, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (G)

Polaroid (IM)POSSIBLE - THE WESTLICHT COLLECTION, NRW Forum
Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf (G), (catalog)

Road Atlas - Straßenfotografie, DZ Bank Collection: Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus, (G), (catalog), 
Studio Scholorship, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, May

2012

Selling Sex, ShowStudio Gallery, London (G) with Cortney Andrews, Una Burke, Liz Cohen, Inge Jacobsen, and others

Stranger Than Paradise, Scott White Contemporary, San Diego, (S)



2011

Kunst zu verlosen !  // Art to raffle off !, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, (G) with Monica Bonvicini, Tim Eitel, Olafur Eliasson, Pipilotti Rist, Katharina Sieverding, and others
Hitchhiker, Festival Saint Germain des Près, Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France (S) 

New Works by Rollo Artists, ROLLO Contemporary, London, GB (G) 

Stefanie Schneider, Gallery at Cliff Lede Vineyards, Napa Valley, CA (S)

Road Atlas - Straßenfotografie, DZ Bank Collection, Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, (G) with Helen Levitt, Pieter Hugo, Nobuyoshi Araki, Pietro Donzelli, and others (catalog)  

Mirrror of broken Dreams, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany, (S) 

California Dreaming, ROLLO Contemporary, London, GB (S) 

Stefanie Schneider, Catherine et André Galerie Hug, Paris, France (S) 

Polaroid (IM)POSSIBLE - THE WESTLICHT COLLECTION, Westlicht - Schauplatz für Fotografie, (G), (catalog)

Summershow, Scott White Contemporary, San Diego, (G)



2010

Stefanie Schneider, Galerie Walter Keller, Zurich (S) 

Stefanie Schneider, Galerie Thierry Librati, Paris (S) 

Kunstmesse Zurich, Solo Show Stefanie Schneider with Gallery Walter Keller 

Instant Dreams, Frank Picture Gallery, Santa Monica (S) 

Women Only, Show Off, Paris with Galerie Hug, Paris, France (S)

L'Ouverture Collectif, Galerie Hug, Paris, France (G)  

Instant Dreams, 30 Works, Cologne, Germany, (S)  

Mapping Worlds: Welten verstehen – Aufbruch in die Gegenwart,
8. Internationale Foto -Triennale Esslingen 2010, Germany, curated by Andreas Baur (G) (catalog) 



2009

29 Palms, CA, Galerie Koestlin, Artbar 71, Berlin, Germany 

Till Death Do Us Part, Filmpremiere, Babylon, Berlin 
Landscapes and Icons, Galerie Thierry Librati, Paris, France (S) 

True Lies, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen, Germany (G), curated by Uwe Schramm
29 Palms, CA, Moravian Gallery, (Museum of Applied Arts), Brno, 
Czech Republic (S)

2008

Sidewinder / 29 Palms, CA, c.art-Galerie, Dornbirn, Austria (S)  

Love, Städt. Galerie im Palazzo Ducale, Pavullo, Italy (G) (catalog)

29 Palms, CA, Int. Filmfestival Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sidewinder, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, Germany (S) 

Les Rencontres d'Arles - Photo Festival South of France, curated by Christian Lacroix (G), nominated for the Discovery Award

Sidewinder, Städtische Galerie am Mozartplatz, Salzburg, Austria (S)  

'Frenzy', Image Presentation Salzburger Festspiele

29 Palms, CA, Galerie Spesshardt-Klein, Berlin (S)  



2007  

29 Palms, CA, Polanoid, Vienna, Austria (S) (catalog) 

Stefanie Schneider, Galerie Thierry Librati, Paris, France (S)

Wastelands, Kunstverein Recklinghausen, Germany (S)  

Breaking The Waves, Arthaus, Los Angeles, USA, (G), curated by Tim Wride (LACMA)

Infinite Polar Bear Party, Galerie Amber Abbas former kunstbuero, 
Vienna, Austria, curated by Julie Ryan (G) 
Sidewinder, Scalo Guye, Los Angeles

2006
Artists for Tichy - Tichy for Artists, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Passau, Germany (G) (catalog)
Stay, nd-projects, Zurich, Switzerland (S)  

Artists for Tichy - Tichy for Artists, curated by Adi Hösle and Roman Buxbaum, The East Bohemian Gallery in Pardubice, Czech Republic (G) 

Sidewinder, Artwalk Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands, curated 
by Frans Oomen (G)  

Out of the Camera: Analoge Fotografie im digitalen Zeitalter, curated by Lars Mextorf, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany (G), (catalog)  

Artists for Tichy - Tichy for Artists, curated by Adi Hösle and Roman Buxbaum, Moravská Galerie (Haus Der Kunst), Brno, Czech Republic,Salon Lessing, Zürich, Switzerland, (G) (catalog) 

Stefanie Schneider, c.art-Galerie, Bregenz, Austria (S) 

Stranger Than Paradise, Galerie Drees, Hannover, Germany (S) (catalog)  

Wastelands, Städtische Galerie, Waldkraiburg, Germany (S) 

Wastelands, Zephyr, Mannheim, Germany (S) (catalog)  

Land in Translation, Riverside Museum, Riverside,CA, USA (G)



2005       

Zaunwelten, Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, Germany (G)         

Stefanie Schneider, nd-projects, Zurich, Switzerland (S)

Last Picture Show, Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin, Germany (S)  

Stefanie Schneider, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR, USA (S) 
29 Palms, CA., Schloß Ritzebüttel, Cuxhaven, Germany (S)        

Polaroid als Geste, Museum for Photography, Braunschweig, 
Germany (G) (catalog) 

A Warlike People: Victims or Perpetrators? curated by Lara Taubman, Monorchid Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, USA (G) 


2004      

Stefanie Schneider, Colectivo Fotográfico UFCA, Algecira, Spain (S)  

29 Palms, CA.  Brotfabrik, Berlin, curated by Andrea Domesle, Wien (S)

Stefanie Schneider, Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany (S)  

Suburbia, Galerie KuttnerSiebert, Berlin, Germany (S)  

American Dreams, Gallery Zelda Cheatle, London, England (S)  

Endstation Sehnsucht, Galerie Greulich, Frankfurt, Germany (S)

OilFields, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, LA, USA (S) 

DreamGirl, Marvelli  Gallery, NY, USA (S) 

Armory Show NY with Susanne Vielmetter LA Projects, LA, USA (G) 

29 Palms, CA, Galerie Kaempf, Basel, Switzerland (S) (catalog)  

Stefanie Schneider - L'usine Galerie, Brussels (S)



2003        

Paris Photo with TZR Galerie für Bildende Künste, Bochum, Germany (S)

Stefanie Schneider, Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Germany (G)  

First Glance, Galerie kuttnersiebert, Berlin, Germany (G)  
California Dreaming, TZR Galerie, Bochum, Germany (S)

Armory Show NY with LA Projects, Los Angeles, USA (G)

YOU - Galerie Fiebach & Minninger, Cologne (G)



2002        

1 Site 2 Places II, KUNST+PROJEKTE Sindelfingen e.V., Germany (G) 

Realities and Histoires d´amour, Kunstverein Ulm, Germany (G) with Gabriele Basch, Tracey Moffatt, Mathilde ter Heijne 

Stefanie Schneider, Galerie Michael Zink, München (S)  

Projekte mit Fotografie - Kunststiftung Poll, Berlin (G)



2001       

Night On Earth, Städtische Ausstellungshalle Am Hawerkamp, Münster,
Germany curated by Ralf Christofori, (catalog) (G) 

LISTE 01, Basel, Switzerland, with Susanne Vielmetter, LA Projects (G)

Rough Cuts, Susanne Vielmetter LA Projects, Los Angeles (S)     

Entweder? Oder!, Kunstallianz, Treptowers, Berlin, Germany, curated by 
Tobias Kuttner und Mattias Siebert, (catalog) (G)         

Loosely Landscapes, Cerro College, Ridgcrest, CA, USA (G)

BOOK PUBLICATIONS
29 PALMS, CA, Pocket Polaroid Series #004, published by 
SCHWARZERFREITAG, Berlin  
WASTELANDS published by edition braus, Wachter Verlag, Heidelberg 
STRANGER THAN PARADISE published by hatje cantz Verlag  

29 PALMS, CA published by Galerie Kaempf, Basel  
 
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
DZ Bank, Frankfurt, Germany

Dreyfuss, Basel, Switzerland        

Schmidt Bank, Regensburg, Germany      

Holtzbrinck Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany
Sammlung Sander, Berlin, Germany

ARTISTS for TICHY  - TICHY for ARTISTS, TICHY 
Ocean Foundation, Zurich
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg, Germany  

Impossible Collection, Vienna, Austria

Collection Luc LaRochelle, Montreal, Canada

Kunstsammlung, Kanton Zug, Switzerland
 
FILMS

2013 
THE GIRL BEHIND THE WHITE FENCE (60min) - Director / Artist  - starring Heather Megan Christie, Steve Marshall, Kyle Larson, Jeff Leaf, Camille Waldorf, produced by MICA Film, co-produced by ARTE, supported by Medienboard Brandenburg

2012  
HEATHER'S DREAM (15min.) - Director / Artist - starring - Heather
Megan Christie, Camille Waldorf, produced by MICA Film, co-produced by ARTE, supported by Medienboard Brandenburg, competition Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2013, nominated for the German Short Film Award


2007 - 2014  
29 PALMS, CA - Director / Artist - in collaboration with Radha Mitchell, Robert Mack, JD Rudometkin, Marc Forster, Reneé Chabria,  Nadia Conners, Daisy McCrackin, Austen Tate, Camille Waldorf, Scott Z Burns, Sophie Huber


2009  
TILL DEATH DO US PART - Director / Artist - starring Daisy McCrackin, Austen Tate, produced by MICA Film, co-produced by ARTE, supported by Medienboard Brandenburg   



2005 
SIDEWINDER - Director / Artist  / Camera / Editing - starring JD Rudometkin, Stefanie Schneider, music by JD Rudometkin  

2005  RENéE'S DREAM - Director / Artist  / Camera / Editing - starring René Chabria, Scott Springer, Derrik First, music by Coco Rosie 



2005  
STAY - Senior Visual Artist. Directed by Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland) starring  Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts (photo-graphs used for memory sequences, credits, etc, and all art by Naomi Watts and Ryan Gossling provided by Stefanie Schneider) 



2000 
VOID - Assistant to Director, Still Photographer, Editor, Associate Producer. Feature film directed and written by Dominique A. Faix (Supported by Filmstiftung NRW)


1996  
THE TIMETRAVELER - Editor. Documentary by Dominique A. Faix (45min., 16mm, color) for the NDR, WDR, SFB TV Networks Supported by the Filmboard of the State of Hessen, Germany, nominated for the Adolf Grimme Award 1996, nominated for German Cinematographer Award in the Category Editing 1996, German Cinematographer Award 1996 


1996  
THE MACHINE - Assistant to Director, Still Photographer, Editor Sci-fi Short (15 min., 16mm, color) directed by Dominique A. Faix, produced with the financial support by the German Ministry of the Interior



art fairs

1999
ART FRANKFURT with Susanne Vielmetter

2000
Art Cologne galerie Michael Zink

2001
LISTE 01, Basel, Switzerland, with Susanne Vielmetter, LA Projects (G)
ArtForum Berlin, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Berlin,
milano Artfair 2001 with Galerie Zink
Art Cologne, Anita Beckers

2002
-ArtForum Berlin, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Berlin,
Artforum Berlin, Galerie Zink
Art Chicago with Susanne Vielmetter

2003
Armory Show New York, with Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Paris Photo with TZR Galerie Bochum

2005
Art Cologne with Galerie Sturm, Stuttgart
Art Brussels with Galerie Sturm, Stuttgart
Art Cologne with TZR Galerie, Bochum

2006
arte Fiera, Bologne, Robert Drees - Hannover
Kunst Zürich, Robert Drees - Hannover
Art Cologne with Galerie Sturm, Stuttgart
Art Brussels with Galerie Sturm, Stuttgart
DiVA - Frère Independent with Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin
Artfair Cologne with galerie Robert Drees, Hannover

2007
arte Fiera, Bologne, Robert Drees - Hannover
Kunst Zürich, Robert Drees - Hannover
Art Brussels with Galerie Sturm, Stuttgart

2008
arte Fiera, Bologne, Robert Drees - Hannover
Kunst Zürich, Robert Drees - Hannover

2009
Paris Photo with Galerie Bruce Silverstein
Kunst Zürich, Robert Drees - Hannover
Art Bodensee, Robert Drees - Hannover