Jenny’s Art

Jenny Schneck, a surreal portrait artist and Bleu Works owner, contrasts isolation, solitude, and peace with pandemonium.

Always fascinated by reading people's faces and body language, I find myself not always wanting others to read mine. Facial expression is a major form of social communication, yet we have an ability to control it, thus hiding in plain sight. As the viewer, we must use other visual clues to analyze and read each other. I use universal symbols to offer clues to the subject's secrets, as well as experiment with bone imagery. The skeleton is a symbol of contradiction; it is our support and strength but also reminds us of our fragile, impermanent state of being and goes hand in hand with the idea of exposing what is hidden within. We all have a story to tell and the ability to keep secrets. It is my hope that you will be drawn in close to my work and will search for the clues that offer a deeper understanding of the subject.

Exhibitions

Evolve Aeon Gallery · Richmond, IL · September 2019
Escape Old Courthouse Arts · Woodstock, IL · April 2019
Identity Old Courthouse Arts · Woodstock, IL · January 2019
Oh Yes, She Did Old Courthouse Arts · Woodstock, IL · January 2019
Eminence Grise Faux Pas Gallery · Rochelle, IL · December 2018
Naming the Unspoken Dole Mansion · Crystal Lake, IL · November 2018
Dangerous Lullabies 4 Dole Mansion · Crystal Lake, IL · October 2018
If You Only Knew Freeport Art Museum · Freeport, IL · September 2018
4th Fridays Starline Gallery · Harvard, IL · February 2018
If You Only Knew Starline Gallery · Harvard, IL · January 2018
Dangerous Lullabies 3 Dole Mansion · Crystal Lake, IL · October 2017
4th Fridays Starline Gallery · Harvard, IL · July 2017
Creek Gallery 6 Willow Creek · Lake in the Hills, IL · June 2017
Adam and Eve Old Courthouse Arts · Woodstock, IL · January 2017
Dangerous Lullabies 2 Dole Mansion · Crystal Lake, IL · October 2016
Creek Gallery 5 Willow Creek · Lake in the Hills, IL · August 2016
4th Fridays Starline Gallery · Harvard, IL · June 2016
Future So Bright Old Courthouse Arts · Crystal Lake, IL · January 2016

This is an annual show created, produced, and curated by Joe and Kathleen Isacson. “Artists are invited to submit work that explores the curious allure of things that frighten us. If you have work that is designed to examine the beauty found in the ashes of terror or the magnetic pull of work that is disturbing, on edge, or dark, this is the show for you.” It is a highly popular, juried event that takes place in October in Crystal Lake, IL.

Jenny's art at the Dangerous Lullabies exhibit

“An Art show about writing about art” where writers were invited to create poems inspired by the artwork juried into the exhibition. The only information the writers had for inspiration was the image and title of each piece in the show, and the poem and artwork were then displayed together. This show was created, produced, and curated by Joe and Kathleen Isacson. It featured my piece “Primavera” and curator Kathleen Isacson was the poet.

Jenny's art at the Naming the Unspoken exhibit

This show included work from midwestern artists who dared to open themselves up to vulnerability by writing personal letters to break down the wall between artist and viewer. Viewers were given the letters and had to search the exhibit to find the artwork that went with the letter. Artists were to supply a personal story that described why we created the pieces. “nyx” was created due to my years of having vivid nightmares that made it hard for me to sleep and explored how I learned to practice lucid dreaming to defeat that demon in my life.

Jenny's art at the If You Only Knew exhibit

This show was open internationally at the hauntingly beautiful Aeon Gallery in Richmond, IL, and produced and curated by Cheryl Ryan and Zmiya Mochoruk. Artwork was to feature subjects that experienced a change or transformation. I was honored to have five pieces in this exhibit including “The Guide” and “Primavera”. “Primavera” was about awakening and discovering who you are outside of societal expectations. “The Guide” featured a more literal transformation. This piece is a portrait of a creature that carries the souls of animals to the other side, where they are transformed from the physical to the spirit.

The Starline Factory Gallery in Harvard, IL, is a historic, industrially renovated building and a studio space for an elite group of artists. Once a month, juried art events are held at the gallery and are open to outside submissions. As a Best of Show recipient at a previous Starline Gallery event, I was awarded a solo exhibit. I had several months to prepare, and the show highlighted my current body of work. It was an exciting evening of sales of both original works and prints as well as meeting and greeting several hundred show attendees.

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Described as “frightful, yet alluring” and “awesomely freaky,” Jenny’s drawings can simultaneously illustrate our inner thoughts and the reality of the world around us.

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