about piper
Born and raised in Ventura County, California, Piper Snowber is a Senior attending the School of the Art Institute of Chicago on a Distinguished Scholars Scholarship. Piper is a non-binary, multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the complexities of relationships between social, political, and ecological issues through personal narrative and collaboration. Their ultimate goal is to enrich the soil, both literally and figuratively, by developing relationships with the land, people, and materials. Piper has exhibited work at Banaras Cultural Foundation, Watershed Art and Ecology, the Museum of Ventura County, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Piper has been involved with various environmental justice organizations, including the Pesticide Free Soil Project and CFROG, as well as community gardens and small-scale, BIPOC-led farms, such as Kindred C.R.A.F.T. They hope to continue their artistic practice and complete several years of work exchange after school.
Piper loves to learn. They journal every night, enjoy riding their bike, and they frequently visit bodies of water.
email: psnowb@artic.edu
piper.snowber@gmail.com
CV
Piper Jane Wallace Snowber
Born 2005, Camarillo, California
Lives and studies in Chicago, Illinois
Education
2023-2026 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA expected
Exhibition
2023 Rio Mesa High School Annual IB HL Art Exhibit
2023 Alzheimer’s Association of Ventura County display
2024 Museum of Ventura County Scholarship Award Ceremony
2024 Edge on the Square San Francisco, Temari Exhibition
2024 School of the Art Institute ArtBash juried exhibition
2025 Studio Channel Islands Art Center “Emergence” juried exhibition
2025 Studio Channel Islands Art Center “Trans/formed” exhibition and performance
2025 Watershed Art and Ecology “Under the Sun, As It Were”
2025 PxM Group Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2026 Banaras Cultural Foundation Residency, Varanasi, India
Publication
2020 ThreeFaced Zine
2020 Writopia Covid-19 Poetry Anthology
2024 Spring Skrew Magazine
2024 Fall Skrew Magazine
2025 Studio Channel Islands Art Center “Emergence” Poetry Anthology
2025 Before/After Image Publication, from Decolonizing Time Travel with Joshua Rios
Awards
2022 Elks Lodge Most Valuable Student Scholarship
2023 Loma Vista 4-H Program Scholarship
2023 School of the Art Institute of Chicago Distinguished Scholars Scholarship
2023 International Baccalaureate Diploma Recipient
2023 Museum of Ventura County Bonita C. McFarland Scholarship
2025 Museum of Ventura County Scholarship
Professional Experience
2020 Wildbird Woodworks, Studio Apprentice
2021-2024 ETRNL Clothing, Founder and Designer
2021-2023 Pesticide-Free Soil Project, Intern and Organizer
2023 Climate First: Replacing Oil and Gas, Community Outreach Intern
2024 Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Intern and Camp Counselor
2025 Embroidery Specialist at Lola and the Boys, Chicago
2025-Present Teacher’s Assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Contemporary Practices, Adult Continuing Education, Pre-College Program, and Multi-Arts Camp for children ages 8-9.
Collaborative Projects
2025 Rewired 2.0 with Endeavor Health, Chicago
2025 Quilt Church Fall Cohort, Chicago
2025 Entanglements - Collaborative installation and meal