Born in 1977 in USA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA
Marty Schnapf earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Wittenburg University in 1999, specializing in Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. His artistic realm conjures a fluctuating space marked by sensuality and psychological depth, where dreams, desires, and memories intertwine. Figures often overlap or are depicted in various choreographed positions, encapsulated within structurally fragmented environments that both envelop and intersect them. Through the dissolution and dislocation of these elements, Schnapf captures the dual aspects of a moment: its direct representation and its imagined or potential state.
education
1999 Wittenberg University, BFA
1997 The University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Cortona, Italy
solo shows
2025
Vignettes, Perrotin, Hong Kong, HK SAR
2024
Apparitions, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Thresholds, Perrotin, Shanghai, China
2022
I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Unit, London, UK
Phosphors, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Loves and Lovers, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Santa Ana Winds, Alice Black Gallery, London, England
Fissures in the Fold, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
The Night Brightens, MaRS Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Coquet Quiet, Permanently Closed, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture Drawing Sculpture, The Property, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Disco Ruin, A_Space, Los Angeles, CA, October
2009
Loss Release, Working Title Festival, Brussels, Belgium
Brussels Bravo Festival, Brussels, Belgium
BNA-BBOT, Brussels, Belgium
2006
Dancepod, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY; Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany; Caranza 25, Passaguerro, Mexico City, Mexico; Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
The Swells, RAW Festival, Reed College, Portland, OR
Island Desk, Disjecta, Portland, OR
2004
Under an Hour, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Events Preceding, PDX Contemporary Art Gallery, Portland, OR; Pacific Switchboard, Portland, OR; Seaplane, Portland, OR
group shows
2024
Twelve, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
On Time & Tenderness, curated by Jenn Ellis, presented by XENIA, London, UK
Ten Years, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Ten, A Decade of Unit London, Unit London, London, UK
Everything in its (Right) Place, Curated by Domenico de Chirico, A_MORE Gallery, Milan, Italy
Think Pinker, Curated by Anne Rudin DeWoody, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
Zwirner Platform, Curated by David Zwirner Gallery in conjunction with Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Online
2021
Vivacité, Curated by Florian Bresson-Daguet, Gallerie Italienne, Paris, France
Dark Waters, Curated by Lauren Halsey, Tea Vickers, A J Girard, WLCAC, Watts, CA
Rites of Passage, Unit London, London, UK
Return of the Dragon, curated by Duc Pham, Roger Herman, and Jasmine Little, Chinatown Central Plaza, Los Angeles, CA
All Tomorrow’s Parties, curated by Michael Slenske, domicile (n.), Los Angeles, CA
The Street and the Shop, curated by Michael Slenske, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Drive-By-Art, Organized by Warren Neidich, Renee Petropoulos, Michael Slenske, and Anuradha Vikram, Los Angeles, CA
The Four Stages of (Art) Love, The Street and the Shop, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Holding Space, Big Pictures Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Baby Cakes, Big Pictures Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Sweet Cheeks, Big Pictures Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
In Situ, Soulangh Cultural Park, Tainan, Taiwan, Year-long
Displaced Landscapes, Soulangh Cultural Park, Tainan, Taiwan
2016
Supernatural, Falcon’s Nest, Los Angeles, CA
2014
One Night Black and White, Post, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Group Show, Nationale Gallery, Portland, OR
2009
The Game is Up, Vooruit Arts Center, Ghent, Belgium
My Way to Say Things, Annessens Metro, Brussels, Belgium
2006
In Clover, Portland, OR, May
Island Desk, On the Boards Split-bill, Seattle, WA
2004
Under an Hour, Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA; On the Boards, Northwest New Works Festival
2002
Group Exhibition, Margo Jacobson Gallery, Portland, OR
2001
Group Exhibition, 14th Street Painters, New York, NY
awards
RESIDENCIES
2023
Xenia Creative Retreat, Hampshire, UK
2021
La Napoule Art Foundation, Mandelieu de La Napoule, France
2018
Soulangh Cultural Park, Tainan, Taiwan
2014
A_Space, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Briggittines, Brussels, Belgium
Neon Gallery, Brosarp, Sweden
BNA-BBOT, Brussels, Belgium
P.A.I.N., Brussels, Belgium
Workspace Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2008/2009
Kaaistudios, Brussels, Belgium
2008
BLIK, Brussels, Belgium
2000
Sitka Center For Art and Ecology, Cascade Head, Oregon
GRANTS
2017
Rema Hort Mann Community Engagement Grant
2008
Regional Arts And Culture Development Grant
2006
Regional Arts and Culture Project Grant
2005
Regional Arts and Culture Project Grant
Performance & Installation
2009
The Game is Up, Vooruit Arts Center, Ghent, Belgium
Loss Release, (3-part installation), Working Title Festival, Bravo Festival, BNA-BBOT, Brussels, Belgium
2006
Island Desk, “Split Bill,” On the Boards, Seattle, WA
Island Desk, Disjecta, Portland, OR The Swells, RAW Festival, Reed College, Portland, OR Dancepod, (4-part installation), 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY; Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, GER Caranza 25, Passaguerro, CDMX; Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, OR
2004
Events Preceding, (3-part installation), PDX Contemporary Art, Pacific Switchboard Seaplane, Portland, OR
Under an Hour, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art TBA Festival, Portland, OR