EXHIBITIONS | patriciaschnallg

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

FIFTY YEARS, FIVE VOICES

The Center - Hollywood, FL

REMEMBER ME

Retrospective Exhibition
Burchfield Penney Aart Center
May 10, 2024 - Oct 27, 2024
Memories, like identities, are hardly ever linear and absolute. Rather, they are nuanced, imperfect, and layered. We experience a myriad of personal and social influences that help shape and reshape our identities over time. Multidisciplinary artist Patricia Schnall Gutierrez considers how disjointed memories inform identity and broader perceptions of femininity. Remember Me interrogates imposed roles of femininity while infusing the artist’s narratives as a woman, artist, mother, and wife.

The artist mines histories, acknowledging how the past informs the present to create what she considers “a contemporary chronicle of life interwoven with memories of joy, sorrow, growth, and introspection.” Fragmentation is a continuous theme as Schnall Gutierrez ponders the relationship between material, form, and outcome.

References to domestic chores throughout her work address the underlying strain of traditional feminine roles and the experiences they entail. Erased in the Wash (2013), which combines a sprawling 200-foot washing machine hose with audio of water luring the viewer to “come closer,” is one such example. Fabrics are another recurring motif that nods to the history of textiles as an integral part of women’s labor. Sleepwalk (2013) illustrates the “restless dream of a midlife housewife” projected on folded sheets. Turning inward, she signals tension between her roles as a wife and mother and as an artist, and the loss of self under the pressure of fulfilling both external duties and internal passions in the series Self Portraits with Polka Dots (2012).

Schnall Gutierrez’s practice recognizes and moves fluidly beyond imposed constructions of femininity. Whether these assumed and imposed roles are critiqued or embraced, fostering a dialogue that allows for a multitude of voices to be affirmed is vital. Power lies in asserting space for women to define and honor the unique experiences that shape their lives on their terms. As contemporary threats to women’s autonomy continue to loom, such conversations remind us of the progress made toward all people’s equity and what is at stake, making them more necessary than ever.

FEMALE FIGURATIVELY

OMSA Gallery
Featuring the work of 7 international women artists
December 2 - February 15
15661 Sheridan St.
Fort Lauderdale, FL

"The show includes brand new and recent works by Sofia Balut Paéz, Marina Font, Heidi Lanino, Amy Laskin, Veronica Pasman, Julia Rivera and Patricia Schnall Gutierrez in what is a poignant and shared narrative, a herstory that speaks to all of us on the ways that are uniquely female. Something in each of their oeuvre that is a peaceful resilience, a loving out loud, a silent certitude of who they are in their own skin. There are tones that reference classical Greco-Roman notion of beauty and gradually deconstructs into a contemporary vernacular." Miami Living

LOVE ME NOW

Solo Exhibition inspired by couture fashion at the Aldo Castillo Gallery
10800 Corkscrew Rd.
Suite 195, Estero, FL

Patricia Schnall Gutierrez's solo exhibition "Love Me Now - Couture in Art" is about women's attire with an emphasis on haute couture. The show includes drawings and figurative paintings. On display, there are two large collage portrait drawings with actual clothing incorporated into the works. Schnall Gutierrez's charcoal drawings feature large iconic female dresses, while her oil paintings reflect on fashion houses and season collections. Her oil paintings, entirely abstract and without a hint of the female figure, bring fashion to a conceptual level.

CHARCOALS

Solo exhibition of charcoal drawings at Black Ship Gallery, 853 NE 79th St. Miami, FL
April 29 - July 28, 2023

Although my art practice is multidisciplinary, drawing has always been my anchor and where I feel my deepest connection. Through the use of charcoals, rags, and erasers, I simultaneously push and pull my subject matter back and forth from the recognizable to the abstract. My roots in Abstract Expressionism surface in my approach, often creating a vigorous and almost frenzied method of application. The works here span the past ten years and exemplify my deeply personal connection to drawing.

BELT OF VENUS

Collective 62 Gallery
February 19 - March 30, 2023
827 NW 62nd St. Miami, FL

“Our feminine-based approach to describing the world tells its story in the shadows, underneath the surface, where layers of abstraction build up a multi-dimensional atmosphere. In this phenomenon of shadow and light, seen and unseen, we share
with the dichotomy in the Belt of Venus”.

Featuring works by Nereyda García Ferraz, Alex Nuñez, Verónica Pasman, Capucine Safir and Patricia Schnall Gutierrez

CHANDELLE

Patricia Schnall-Gutierrez, Khaulah Naima Nuruddin, Amber Tutwiler
“The means of communication and mobility of the population now expose the individual to the observation of many men who have no other means of judging their reputability than the display of goods ...”

An excerpt from Status Symbols and the Measurement of Status Perception Author(s): James A. Davis

An invitational site-specific installation. The statement is interpreted by three artists (see below), resulting in a story told by aerial mounted sculptures, collectively spanning the near 6,000 Sq.ft warehouse gallery space.

PLAY ME

MITTE PROJECT at the Rubell Warehouse
Miami Beach, FL – January 23, 2020 – MITTE Projects hosted an intimate viewing showcasing their latest multidisciplinary exhibition, PLAY ME, in Wynwood. Housed in the former Rubell Family Collection space, now Wynwood Arts 29, PLAY ME explores the sensory relationship between music and art, featuring select works from over forty local and international artists. Guests enjoyed the collection over wine, courtesy of Miguel Torres, alongside MITTE’s curatorial team and featured artists. Thoughtfully curated by MITTE Projects, PLAY ME provides a unique platform to expose up-and-coming artists in a prime Wynwood location with a noteworthy legacy. The exhibition will remain on view through early 2020, and is just one of a series of evolving shows that MITTE Projects will run at Wynwood Arts 29 in the months to follow.

THE HOUSE INSIDE MY HEAD

Boca Museum of Art
by RPM Projects
RPM Project is made up of artists Rhonda Mitrani, Patricia Schnall Gutierrez, and Marina Font. Using technology and sculpture as environments, these three artists came together to create monumental narratives from traditionally feminine rituals. For their first solo museum exhibition as an artist collective, they presented four multimedia installations encompassing videos, interactive components, and roomscapes centered around the theme of the home. Through video, sound, and sculpture, the installations served as pathways in an imaginary house, creating multi-sensory experiences that led visitors through a labyrinth within a woman's psyche. In their words, "Our earliest and most personal moments originate at home, shaping the people we become and the identities we form. For centuries, social conditions have placed women and the roles associated with the feminine character in the house;" thereby creating metaphorical realities that address classic dilemmas for women and pushing the boundaries of feminine culture.