Ryan Schneider was born in Indianapolis, IN, US, and holds a BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art. He lives and works in Joshua Tree, CA, US. Ryan Schneider's work is held in public and private collections worldwide, including LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), CA; Palm Springs Art Museum, CA; the Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA; the Hall Art Foundation; the Marquez Family Collection, Miami; and the Capital One Collection. Among other publications, his work has been reviewed or featured in Frieze, The New Yorker, Art in America, Harper’s Bazaar, The Brooklyn Rail, Juxtapoz, Artforum, and The Paris Review. Recent solo exhibitions include Centre d’art La Citadelle, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France (2025); Almine Rech, Tribeca, New York (2024); and The Pit, Los Angeles (2021). Schneider’s next solo exhibition will occur at The Pit, LA, in November of 2025. He is represented by The Pit, Los Angeles and Almine Rech.

Schneider explores various artistic expressions, demonstrating his deep connection to raw materials and a celebration of nature. He draws inspiration from the rugged ecosystem of his home environment in California’s Mojave Desert. His works, infused with mythology and mysticism, and often referencing European Modernism, are characterized by angular and sharp sculpted elements, where wood components and a striking color palette evoke both the gentleness of the natural world and humanity’s primal instincts. His reverence for the sacred in nature connects his work to various pre-Christian traditions, creating powerful echoes throughout his practice and granting his creations a sophisticated, megalithic and meditative quality. Schneider works with earth materials, usually wood, stone, bronze, and gold, to create archetypal forms that invoke pre-history and futuristic states.