Extra Academy is a collaboration between the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, Sint Lucas Antwerp and Royal conservatory of Antwerp. They organize an open program of lectures, performances, workshops and screenings around artistic practices, reflection and research. Since September 2024 they hold there monthly meetings at Stadsform. The program is in English and open for non students also, no need to register!
Jennifer Schmidt is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Brooklyn, NY, who works with print media, graphic design, writing, and sound to create site-responsive installations, video, and performances that question the role of visual iconography and repetitive actions within a given environment.
She received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Studio Art and Art History from the University of Delaware; and is Professor of the Practice in Print at SMFA at Tufts University in Boston, MA.
Recent exhibitions and performances include: DeBouwput Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Miriam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; 32. Biennial of Graphic Arts, International Centre for Graphic Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Institute for Contemporary Art, Boston, MA; International Print Center New York, NY; Open Engagement, Queens Museum, NY; BRIC, Brooklyn, NY; EFA Project Space, New York, NY; and Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA. Recent artist residencies include: Trix, Belgium; TYPA, Estonia; AGA Lab, Amsterdam; Frans Masereel Centre, Belgium; Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, MD; Kala Art Institute, CA; Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, Iceland; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Residency on Governor's Island, NY; Nida Art Colony, Lithuania; The Banff Centre, Canada; and The Morgan Conservatory, OH. Jennifer Schmidt is a two-time fellow in Printmaking /Drawing/Book Arts from the New York Foundation for the Arts, and is a grant recipient from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Artist Statement:
I am a multi-disciplinary artist, who works with print media, graphic design, writing, and sound to create site-specific installations, video, and performances that question the role of visual iconography and repetitive actions within a given environment.
My creative projects draw on the use of repeat patterning and aural/visual sampling as a means to create graphic images, while studying human behavior and modes of reasoning. Through my use of materials and process, I often employ “repetition” as an ideological concept. In this way, I am interested in ideas of abstraction: as it relates to form and the distillation of meaning within a system, mode or sample.
In my most recent work, I use the language of self-published multiples to explore ideas of authorship and assertion related to “sourcing” a historical subject. This involves a re-working of text, use of particular technology/equipment, the activation of process as idea, performance, and the revisiting and occupation of a particular site. The presentation and format of the project often relates to the subject in question, and how it adapts with time.