I strive for a dynamic relationship among color, line, shape and space, and I am interested in patterns of color which I weave into my paintings. My images are somewhat distorted in form and color for the sake of design. I work in oil on canvas because I love the buttery fluidity of oils and the give of the canvas, and I draw with my brush as I like the calligraphy of the first stroke. My inspiriation comes from our daily surroundings, whether it is nature, architecture, still lifes or people.


Rita Schuenemann can be reached at ritaschuenemann@aol.com or by phone at 440-886-4558.

Competitive Shows

• The Butler Institute of American Art, National Midyear Painting Exhibition, Younstown, Ohio - 2007
• Ohio State University-Mansfield, All-Ohio Annual Juried Exhibition, Mansfield, Ohio - 1996, 1997, 1998
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Juried Exhibition, Cleveland - 1998
• Galleria Gianna, Women's Invitational Show, Cleveland - 1998
• Baycrafters Annual Juried Exhibition, Bay Village, Ohio - 1984, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002 - First Place, Honorable Mention, Awards
• Catherine Crampton Memorial Art Show, Lakeside, Ohio - 1993 - 2008 - Best of Show, First Place, Second Place, Honorable Mention, Featured Artist
• Baycrafters Floral Juried Exhibition, Bay Village, Ohio - 1995, 1996, 1998 - Honorable Mention
• Baycrafters Emerald Necklace Juried Exhibition, Bay Village, Ohio - 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001 - First Place, Artist's Award
• Beck Center Architecture in Art Juried Exhibition, Lakewood, Ohio - 1994 - Honorable Mention
• Beck Center "Proscenium" Annual Juried Exhibition, Lakewood, Ohio - 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991 - Awards

Exhibitions

• Published in MUSE: A Quarterly Journal of the LIT - October 2008
• Published in 52 Weeks 52 Works, 2007 calendar of Academy Graphics Communications, Inc.
• Published in Cleveland Galleries 2007 guide of Cleveland Magazine
• Artists Archives of the Western Reserve member shows, Cleveland - 2007, 2008
• CityMusic Cleveland, Cleveland - 2006
• City Artists at Work exhibit at The Cleveland Plain Dealer - 2005 - 08
• Artist of the Week, Channel 8 TV News, Cleveland - 2000
• Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Cleveland - 1996
• Solo Exhibit - Dobama Theatre's Warren Smith Gallery, Cleveland Heights, Ohio - 2004
• Solo Exhibit - Malvina J. Freedson Gallery, Lakewood, Ohio - 2003
• Solo Exhibit - The Gallery at Vase to Vase, Lakewood, Ohio - 1995
• City Artists at Work Open Studio Event, Cleveland - 2004 - 2006
• The Pop Shop Gallery, Lakewood, Ohio - 2007
• Smart T'Art Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio - 2002
• Beck Center Gallery, Lakewood, Ohio - 1994 - 98
• Art at the Renaissance, North Olmstead, Ohio - 1997
• Malvina J. Freedson Gallery, Lakewood, Ohio - 1991, 1992
• Baycrafters, Bay Village, Ohio - 1980
• Art at 2037, Cleveland - 1985

Education
Attended Cleveland Institute of Art, 1985 through 1990.