The Live Auction Collection:
Curated by Thomas schneider

Thomas Schneider (b. 1995) is a multidisciplinary artist and arts administrator based in Toronto, Canada. The majority of his time is spent working with artists, designing exhibitions, and bringing them to life. He currently works at Olga Korper Gallery as a registrar and lead preparator. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017 and has exhibited in galleries throughout the United States and Canada.

Curatorial Statement

This collection brings together five artists whose practices navigate memory, identity, and the ways material can hold and transform meaning. From chainmail to ceramics, from painted words to landscapes, each artist reimagines familiar forms into sites of reflection and connection. Viewed as a whole, the works trace the ways artists shape memory into form, and how the everyday materials and images around us can carry histories of belonging, resilience, and care.