Jovi Schnell’s nomadic adventures began in the Ozarks in Arkansas and found their way to Amsterdam, New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles where she currently lives and works. Her paintings appear both on canvas and as large murals. In 2010 she also began to create site-specific large-scale commissioned works for the public realm. She received her B.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute and M.F.A. with a focus on painting from UC Berkeley. Additionally, she has completed residencies at the De Ateliers in Amsterdam, Skowhegan School of Art, and The McDowell Colony. In 2002 she received the Pollack-Krasner award for painting. Schnell’s work has been exhibited in many galleries and institutions including the Stedelijk Bureau Museum in Amsterdam, The Brooklyn Museum, and The Berkeley Art Museum. Her work has received reviews in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Flash Art, and Art in America.
Jovi Schnell
Studios
Firth
Jovi Schnell worked in the Firth studio.
Originally a working barn perched atop the namesake hill of Hillcrest Farm, this building was converted to serve the arts in 1956. A grand set of windows was installed to make the large interior suitable for visual artists, bringing in abundant natural light from the north. The addition of a screened porch and accessible entrance ramp…