Statement
Patty Schoelkopf-Lewis is a photographer, artist, & educator. She is a contemporary artist that lives and works on Hilton Head Island, SC. She enjoys traveling and documenting the world. She prefers the tangible aspects of all photographic media and does not limit herself to displaying only the image. She continues to search for the true meaning of each of her subjects. The fluidity of water and the timeless aspect of each image drives one's imagination to consider their own interpretation. While pushing her photographic imagery to the next level, she strives to capture the beauty of nature alongside select manmade structures.
Patty Schoelkopf Photography was instituted in 1995, while she was the photography editor of Millersville University's school newspaper, The Snapper. In 1996 she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in photography and certification to teach K-12. In 2007 she received an M.ED in Gifted Education at Converse College, Spartanburg, SC. For the past 27 years, she has been a dedicated photography instructor at Hilton Head Island High School. She has built and maintained a full-fledged photography & digital imaging program that is composed of six levels: Photography 1-4 & International Baccalaurette (I.B.H.L. 1&2) Photography & Art. She has continued her photographic and artistic education by taking workshops with renown photographers such as George Tice, “Master Printing,” John Scarlatta: “Solar Printing,” Julieanne Kost: “Advanced Photoshop Techniques,” Ray Van Dusen: “Photoshop II,” Anna Tomczak: "Polaroid Lifts & Transfers," Jill Enfield: "Liquid Emulsion," Susan Laney: Cyanotypes & Mordancage, and "Phil Dunn: Digital Photography." She has created a body of work using the 19th century Bromoil process as well as images that combine photography, encaustics, mordancage, and cyanotypes into her final imagery. She continues to search for the true meaning of each of her subjects, while pushing her photographic imagery to the next level.
Her work has been exhibited at Millersville University’s, Sykes Gallery, in Millersville, PA, BFA Exhibition: 1996; at The Spirit Hawk Gallery, Leola, PA: 1996, “The Cherokee in the 20th Century Exhibit;” at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head, SC, “The Faculty Works Exhibit:” 2001, at the Pink House Gallery, 2001, at the “Evening of the Arts Exhibit:” 1997-2007, at “Hilton Head Island High School’s Faculty Exhibit:” 2007 & 2008; at Savannah School of Art & Design, Savannah, GA 2007, “Society of Photographic Educator Faculty Exhibit:” at Circa Gallery, Asheboro, NC, 2008, “Society of Photographic Educator Faculty Exhibit;” at Hummell Studios, Bluffton, SC, 2009, “Advanced Student/Teacher Exhibit:” at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head, SC, 2009-2010, “Timeless Treasures;” at the Gatley Gallery Francis Marion University, Florence, SC, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, & 2023, “Florence Regional Arts Alliance Juried Small Works Exhibition;” at "Square Foot Art Basel Miami Art 3," Projects Gallery, Miami, FL, 2015-2016; "Square Foot Art Basel Miami Art 4," Aqua Art, Miami, FL: December 2016 & 2017; at SC State Fair Fine Art Exhibition, Columbia, SC, 2015, 2019, 2021, 2022; at University Illinois Micro-Artist In Residency, Champaign, IL, 2018; online at NAEA Juried Member Exhibition, 2022; and at Public Works Art Center, Summerville, SC, 2023, “The Educator As An Artist;”. In addition to exhibiting her work, she has presented at The Ed Tech Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC in 2005 (“Teaching Photoshop CS to High School Photography Students”) and at the Society of Photographic Education Conference in 2008 at Randolph Community College (“Bromoil Photography: Process & Personal Work”). She has also been an Artist in Resident for University of Illinois Micro-Artist In Residency Summer Program in 2018.
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