New artists in-residence: Jennifer Schmidt

For Clara: Shortcut on an extended plane (SOCKS), 2025, dye sublimation print on synthetic fabric. Printed at Institute for Electronic Arts, Alfred University while an Artist-in-Residence.

Jennifer Schmidt is a multi-disciplinary artist living in Brooklyn, NY, who works with print media, graphic design, textiles, 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.

During her 3-week residency at Lottozero, Schmidt is experimenting with digital embroidery and reactive dye screenprinting on found woven textile samples produced in Italy. Responding to their existing patterns, color variations, and accidental dye marks, she layers new imagery and adjusts her digital files through machine drawing and printing processes. This work is part of her ongoing research project For Clara: Shortcut on an Extended Plane, which reflects on her identity as a woman artist working across graphics and textiles, while tracing a conceptual connection to Clara Posnanski — an early 20th-century designer and printer associated with the Wiener Werkstätte whose life and work remain largely undocumented.

Jennifer Schmidt 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.
She is Professor of the Practice in Print at SMFA at Tufts University in Boston, MA.