In her interdisciplinary practice, Jovi Schnell’s work charts the cosmic interplay of interconnected blooming networks. Her nomadic adventures began in the Ozarks in Arkansas, where her deep fascination with biological systems and experimental culture took root, eventually leading her to Amsterdam, New York, San Francisco and her current residence in Los Angeles. Her paintings appear both on canvas and as large murals in institutions and public space. She earned her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in ‘92 and her MFA from UC Berkeley in 2017.
Additionally, she has completed residencies at the De Ateliers in Amsterdam, NL, Skowhegan School of Art, and the McDowell Colony. In 2002, she received the Pollack-Krasner award for painting. In 2019, her speculative poem THE ELECTRIC SPACE GARDENERS was published by the Center for Expanded Poetics, Montreal QC. This poem inspired an experimental opera score released by Bay Area composer Wayne Grim in 2023.
Ms. 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.