Biography:
Olaf Schneider - (b.1964-) is a painter from the Toronto area, who is widely regarded to be one of the acknowledged leaders in mural painting in Canada. His training has been thorough and exceptional. Having been schooled at the Ontario College of Art and Sheridan College; as well as extensive private training with the leading billboard artists in one of the world's largest outdoor advertising companies. Major galleries in Toronto, throughout North America and Europe, have exhibited Olaf's work.

Olaf is a member of the prestigious Oil Painters of America - Additionally, he has won numerous awards and honors. He has been heralded in International Artist Magazine. For the last decade, his work has been featured in many group and solo exhibitions such as Westmount Gallery, Algonquin Art Centre, Buckhorn Fine Art Exhibition, Hummingbird Centre, to name a few.

Philosophy:
Art is a celebration of life, and the making of art is an expression of the sacred spiritual discipline. If a painting could, for a moment, capture the attention and awareness of the viewer through visual harmony, carry on a dialogue, bring the viewer further than the call of the senses, beyond a momentary concern for the past or future, to a timeless state free from thought and self consciousness. Then the work has approached the realm of art, the realm of life.

Education:
Ontario College of Art, Sheridan College.

Solo Exhibitions:
2006 - Ima Gallery - Toronto
2005 - Westmount Gallery
2005 - The Distillery - The Fermenting Building
2003 - 2006 Toronto Art Expo
2005 - Hummingbird Centre - Solo Show
2005 - Hummingbird Centre
1998 - 2004 Formula One - Montreal, Indianapolis, USA Grand Prix
2004 - Interior Design Show
2004 - McMichael Gallery - Kleinburg
2003 - 2005 International Artists Magazine
2002 - 2004 - Art of the Automobile - Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver

Group Exhibitions:
2006 - Bond Head Gallery, Ontario
2006 - Kipling Gallery Woodbridge, Ontario
2006 - Manitou Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 - Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Art Centre
2006 - Latino America International
2005 - Buckhorn Wildlife Art Show
2005 - Algonquin Art Centre 2005 - Cottage Life Show -Spring
2003 - 2005 - Westmount Gallery
2004 - 2005 - Art Among the Pines - Huntsville
2004 - 2005 Todmorden Mills Heritage Museum and Art Centre
2004 - Hummingbird Centre - Toronto
2003 - Port Credit Outdoor Art Show - Mississauga
2002 - 2005 - Hummingbird Centre, Toronto
2000 - Living Arts Centre Outdoor Art Exhibit, Mississauga
2000 - Colour and Form Society - Juried Show - Living Arts Centre Mississauga
1999 - 2002 - Airbrush Excellence Competition Winner
1999 - 2004 Colors & Form Society
1998 - 2002 Molson Indy - Toronto / Vancouver

Representing Galleries:
Westmount Gallery - Toronto, Ontario
For the Love of Art Gallery - Port Carling, Ontario
Bremner Fine Art Gallery - Markham, Ontario
Kipling Gallery - Woodbridge, Ontario
Ima Gallery - Toronto, Ontario

Publications:
Scarborough Mirror
Vaughan Weekly
George Chuvalo Fight Against Drugs
International Artist
Art Fix
WPBS Television
Algonquin Park News
The Huntsville Forrester
24 Hours
Toronto Life
Magazin'art Biennial Guide 2004 - 2005 - 2006
Creative Source 1989, 2004
Toronto Sun
Toronto Star
Montreal Gazette

Donations:
Kingsway Lampton United
Church Jessie Centre for Teenagers
Ferrari Ontario
Canadian Cancer Society
Holly Jones Foundation
Montreal Children's Hospital
Sick Children's Hospital
Metro Toronto Police
Toronto Image Works
WBPS Television

Corporate and Private Collections:
Make a wish Foundation - Toronto
Hospital for Sick Children -Toronto
Jessie Centre for Teenagers
Ontario Provincial Police
Labatt Breweries Ltd. Ontario
Evian Canada Gilles Villeneuve Museum - Quebec
Chapters Indigo Canada
Mercedes-Benz - Toronto
Ford Ontario
Ferrari North America
Apple Canada
Governor General of Madrid, Spain
L.L.C.B.O.
Art Gallery of Ontario
Centennial College
Van Moorehem Barristers - Ontario
Paul Smith's College - New York
Hospital for Sick Children - Montreal
Block Parents Foundation - Canada