Exhibitions
Upcoming Exhibition
SR LEJEUNE: witness marks
2023 WEST BAY VIEW FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION
SR Lejeune, witness mark, 2024. Handmade and pigmented linen, abaca, cotton paper. 30h x 38w in.
Jordan Schnitzer Gallery at Dieu Donné
Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 3, Suite 602 11205
Opening Reception: March 31, 2025 | 5:00 - 7:00 pm
RSVP REQUIRED
On View: March 31 - June 6, 2025
In a recent body of work begun during their time as a West Bay View Foundation Fellow at Dieu Donné, artist SR Lejeune returned to their hand papermaking practice after years of predominantly working in manually machined metal. The exhibited works, witness marks, elaborate on moments collected from city sidewalks. Some compositions closely iterative, others more abstract, these works approach “fabrication” as both a technical act of making and a means of making up, of imagination.
SR Lejeune (b. 1994, Boston, MA) is an artist currently based in Pine Plains, NY. They received a BA with High Honors from Oberlin College (2015), were a Core Fellow at the Penland School of Craft (2017-19) and hold an MFA in Sculpture from the Yale School of Art (2023). They were the Books and Paper Studio Coordinator at the Penland School of Craft from 2018 to 2021, and have taught workshops at Penland and Women's Studio Workshop. SR was the 2023 West Bay View Foundation Fellow at Dieu Donné, a 2024 Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Fellow, and a resident artist at Women’s Studio Workshop in 2025. Recent solo exhibitions include “sky light” at CHAMBER lower_cavity (Holyoke, MA) and “witness mark” at Dieu Donné Jordan Schnitzer Gallery (Brooklyn, NY). They are currently building out a manual machine shop in upstate New York.
Past Exhibitions
About the Jordan Schnitzer Gallery
Dedicated to exhibiting works on paper by emerging and established artists, the Jordan Schnitzer Gallery will host exhibitions, lectures, and public programming related to papermaking inside Dieu Donné’s home at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Jordan Schnitzer states, “I am honored to have the gallery at Dieu Donné named for me, as someone who loves and promotes artists who make work on paper to further their artistic vision. Dieu Donné is the national leader in helping artists to create and use paper in their artmaking process. For over 500 years, art makers have made prints because of the magic created when ink, paint, and paper come together. I look forward to Dieu Donné’s many more decades of success.”
Susan Gosin, Founder and Co-Chair of Dieu Donné, remarks, “Jordan’s continued dedication to Dieu Donné exemplifies our legacy as one of New York City’s most significant cultural organizations. The Jordan Schnitzer Gallery will inspire others to connect with our 40+ year history and ensure that our gallery and studios remain a vital home for many more generations of artists working in handmade paper.”
Jordan Schnitzer is an influential collector of contemporary prints and multiples. Today, Jordan Schnitzer and the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation collections exceed 13,000 works and include many of today’s most important contemporary artists. Jordan Schnitzer is president of Harsch Investment Properties, a privately owned real estate investment company based in Portland, Oregon, which owns and manages office, multi-tenant industrial, multi-family, and retail properties in six western states.