About Stephanie
Stephanie Schafer is a mixed-media visual artist and fine art photographer living in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her B.F.A. with an emphasis in photography from the University of Maryland in 2000.
Sometimes beautiful, sometimes haunting, her work is constructed by using a blend of digitally manipulated photography, collage, and painting on canvas and wood panel.
The mythic, religious, and psychological themes present in Schafer's work express the delicate balance between good… more
Sometimes beautiful, sometimes haunting, her work is constructed by using a blend of digitally manipulated photography, collage, and painting on canvas and wood panel.
The mythic, religious, and psychological themes present in Schafer's work express the delicate balance between good… more
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Affairs Of The Heart
Each collage is created or canvas from the building up of layers of my personal photography, found imagery, wallpaper, acrylic paint, spray paint, and found objects. The multiple layers are meant to convey a sense of various feelings, memory and the passing of time.
The aim of these works is to utilize the visual vocabulary of collage to translate the many types of love we as humans experience into something whole, understandable, and beautiful to the eye.
The aim of these works is to utilize the visual vocabulary of collage to translate the many types of love we as humans experience into something whole, understandable, and beautiful to the eye.
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Commitmentmixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
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High Lifemixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
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Come Homemixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
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What You Sworemixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
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Tunnel of Lovemixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
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Our Day Will Comemixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
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Love Bitesmixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
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At What Costmixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
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Wishing and Hopingmixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
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The Boy Who Couldn't Lovemixed media on canvas 8 x 8 inches
Children of the Moon
About the Exhibition:
Children of the Moon is inspired by the life experience of a person with albinism. For years people with albinism have been exploited as circus sideshow freaks, percieved as magical beings, and portrayed as cinema villains. They've suffered bloody dismemberments and killings in Tanzania where their limbs and organs are highly prized by witch doctors.
The albino body has long been an object of ridicule, fascination and fetishism. In some cultures, people with albinism are believed to have mystical powers. They've been regarded as living ghosts, seen as diseased, and percieved as inhuman.
Partial Statement from the Artist:
The aim of these works is to promote a more inclusive and compassionate society by raising awareness about albinism through the visual vocabulary of collage.
Each collage is a mix of my personal photography, found imagery, wallpaper, and acrylic paint. The layers themselves are meant to convey a sense of memory, deep seeded emotions, and the passage of time.
Children of the Moon is inspired by the life experience of a person with albinism. For years people with albinism have been exploited as circus sideshow freaks, percieved as magical beings, and portrayed as cinema villains. They've suffered bloody dismemberments and killings in Tanzania where their limbs and organs are highly prized by witch doctors.
The albino body has long been an object of ridicule, fascination and fetishism. In some cultures, people with albinism are believed to have mystical powers. They've been regarded as living ghosts, seen as diseased, and percieved as inhuman.
Partial Statement from the Artist:
The aim of these works is to promote a more inclusive and compassionate society by raising awareness about albinism through the visual vocabulary of collage.
Each collage is a mix of my personal photography, found imagery, wallpaper, and acrylic paint. The layers themselves are meant to convey a sense of memory, deep seeded emotions, and the passage of time.
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What Can You Seemixed media on wood
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Unsunflowersmixed media on wood
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Under the Lensmixed media on wood
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Tanzanian Magic ManMixed media on wood
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Keep On Lookingmixed media on wood panel 36 X 36 inches
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Sideshowmixed media on wood panel 30 X 36 inches
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Caspermixed media on wood panel 36 X 36 inches
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Children of the Moonmixed media on wood panel 36 X 24 inches
Arguing with Angels series
Solo exhibit January 2014 at
Idle Hour
201 East Fort Ave.
Idle Hour
201 East Fort Ave.
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Arguing With Angels
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Bad Habitmixed media collage on wood panel
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We Wonmixed media collage on canvas
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Keep Sweetmixed media on wood panel
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I'll Fly Awaymixed media on wood panel
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Sweet Dreams My Lovemixed media on wood panel
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Arguing With Angelsmixed media on wood panel
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All Good Children Go To Heaven (work in progress)mixed media collage on wood panel
All Things Dark And White
Black and white photography
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The RunawayDigital photomontage
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The Wrong SideBlack and white photography
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Sweet JaneDigital photomontage
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The ShortcutDigital photomontage
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The House We Used To Live InDigital photomontage
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Strange BirdDigital photomontage
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Ghost In A Wolf Fur CoatDigital photomontge
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AbracadabraDigital photomontage
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The Dead EndDigital photomontage
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All Things Dark And White
Black Celebration
Black and white photography
2016
2016
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It Lives In The Blood 1
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It Lives In the Blood 2Black and white photography
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We Crave Our OwnDigital photomontagw
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AconitumDigital photomontage
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ForgiveBlack and white photography
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Cupid's Poison ArrowBlack and white photography
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Nobody For You But MeDigital photomontage
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Heaven's WebBlack and white photography