Andrea G. Snyder

Andrea Snyder, BFA, cum laude Tyler School of Art, MFA program NYU with additional studies at Wharton, University of the Arts, and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, is a prize-winning printmaking & mixed media artist who has exhibited in the U.S. and Great Britain. She has taught art in public and private schools, universities, and art centers in the USA, England, and Switzerland. Andrea has been a consultant in crafts marketing & merchandising in the USA, Canada, Namibia, Bangladesh, and Mali. She, also has done product development and craft marketing in 22 countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. 

Currently, her art combines multiple mediums in collaged abstracts on paper, canvas, and Mylar. In addition, she has worked in high shrinkage fibers to create wall sculptures & hangings of handmade paper and mixed media, as well as, created anecdotal paper & clay torsos and games.

Artist Statement

I want to create something tangible out of the hidden and non-verbal places within me. I try to capture the elusiveness of the moment - using, imagery and materials from my African, South Asian, and Middle Eastern travels. I also want to educate others about ancient, exotic, and ethereal cultures through complex, abstracted, and textural imagery, using unusual combinations of handmade fibers, papers, canvas, and 3D materials.

Résumé

Selected Exhibitions

Corporate Collections

Lankenau Institute for Medical Research Gallery Wynnewood, PA 2007
Hug Verlag, Wall Mural, Kilchberg, Switzerland 1986

Recent Gallery Invitational Exhibits

Amsterdam Whitney Gallery "Chelsea Connoisseurs" Exhibit NYC, NY 2023
Steidel Contemporary Gallery “Art Palm Beach” Palm Beach, FL 2024

Recent Online Gallery Juried Exhibits

HMVC Gallery “Where Worlds Meet”, New York, NY 2025
Exhibizone “Vanishing World “Online Exhibition, Vancouver, B.C. 2024-2025
Exhibizone “Eyes”, Vancouver, B.C. 2024

Gallery & Museum Juried Exhibits

Cerulean Arts 8th “Annual Exhibit”, Phila., PA 2020
Cerulean Arts 6th “Annual Exhibit,” Phila., PA 2018
Woodmere Art Museum: “Spotlight on Abstraction”, Phila., PA 2017, 2010
Pagus Gallery “Annual Exhibit" Norristown, PA 2016
Goggleworks,”11th Annual Exhibit” Reading, PA 2017
“Muse Gallery Invitational” Phila., PA, 2012

Other Juried Art Exhibits

Maude Kearns Art Ctr, “Not Just: A World Collage Day Exhibit” Eugene, OR 2023
Worldwide Art “Art San Diego” 2022
Artists Equity Virtual “Spring Exhibition”- two 2nd prizes, 2020
Main Line Art Center “Professional Members’ Exhibit“ 2020, 2014-2016
The Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center “Annual Show” 3rd Prize 2019
Tyler School of Art “Alumni Educators Exhibit” Phila., PA 2019
Abington Art Center “Paper Awareness-Unity & Diversity”, Abington, PA 2018
Large Format Juried Show, Philadelphia. Sketch Club Phila., PA 2016
Paper Awareness “At The Cove Palmyra, NJ, 2016
Phila. Sketch Club, “Absolutely Abstract” 2016 3rd Prize Phila., PA
Paper Awareness XIV, “From the Vat”, Montgomery County Community Art Center, Pottstown, PA 2014
Wayne Art Center Juried Members 2012- Honorable Mention, 2011, 2010
Markheim Art Center, “Works of Art on Paper”, N.J. 2011
Guild of Papermakers “Paper Awareness” Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, N.J. 2010
Philadelphia Sketch Club “Works on Paper”, Phila., PA 2005, 2006
University of the Arts “Continuing Ed Show” Phila., PA 2007
Mainline Center Art Center “Living with Art” Haverford, PA 2004
Hampstead Artists Council, London England 1985

Awards & Honors

“Artists Equity ‘– Two 2nd Prizes
The Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center Annual Juried Show” 3rd Prize
Phila. Sketch Club, “Absolutely Abstract” 3rd Prize Phila.PA
Wayne Art Center-Juried Members Show –Great-Frame Up Award
Large Format Juried Show, Philadelphia Sketch Club – 3rd Prize
First Presbyterian Festival of the Arts- Prize in Graphics
Cheltenham Center for the Arts- Honorable Mention
Philadelphia Art Teacher’s Annual-Association “Award in Prints”
Stella Elkins Tyler Scholarship.
PA Board of Education Scholarship

Professional Experience

International Product Marketing 1996 –2008
Consulting and workshops in merchandising, marketing, & promoting international crafts 
Clients Include:

University of Pennsylvania Museum Shop, Phila., Pa
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Crafts Center, Silver Spring, MD
Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council, Nova Scotia, CA
Cape Breton Center for Craft and Design, Nova Scotia, CA
ArtNet.Com, NYC, NY
IMF/World Bank, Washington, D.C
Action For Enterprise, Mali, West Africa
Aid to Artisan, Hartford, CT
Fundación Ecolombia, Medellin, Colombia, S.A.
Art & Artifact Catalog, Twinsburg, Ohio
Canadian Government Dept. of Foreign Affairs, Washington, D.C.
Made in Museum, Rome, Italy

Art Teaching

Woodmere Art Museum, Phila., PA
University of the Arts, Phila., PA
Mainline Center for the Arts, Haverford, PA
The American International School in Zurich, Kilchberg, Switzerland
The American International School in London, London England
Allen’s Lane Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Olney & Bartram High Schools, Phila, PA

Education

Tyler School of Art, Temple University, MFA Program in Printmaking, Phila., PA
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, BFA Cum Laude, Phila., PA
NYU Graduate School of Film & Television, MFA Program in Film Direction, NYC., NY

Continuing Education

University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
Wharton School of Business, Evening Marketing Program, , Phila.,PA

Juries, Boards

Year of the American Craft Committee, American Crafts Council
Judge Beauty Gallery, Newtown Square, PA
Judge -Buyers’ Market of American Crafts, Maryland, VA
Judge- North Dakota Tribal Show,
Booth Judge -California and New York Gift Shows
Advisory Board of First Nations Project
World Titanium Council
Board Member - Artists Equity-Delaware Valley

Professional Affiliations

IAPMA International Assoc. of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists
Hand Papermaking
The Art Center (Corvallis, OR)
Papermakers Guild
Surface Design Association
North American Hand Papermakers)
The Print Center, ( Phila., PA)
The University of Pennsylvania Museum