Vito Schnabel

Schnabel was born and raised in New York City. He is the son of artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel and Jacqueline Beaurang, a designer. Schnabel attended Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn and Columbia University for one year[1]

Schnabel organized his first exhibition at the age of 16,[2] a group show in New York in 2003. Two years later, he presented a solo show of Ron Gorchov's paintings. Gorchov's work had not been shown in over a decade, and the exhibition led to a resurgent interest in the artist's work, including a solo exhibition the following year at MoMA PS1. Other early exhibitions presented by Schnabel include a show of Terence Koh's paintings at Richard Avedon's former studio in New York in 2008, several exhibitions of Rene Ricard's paintings in New York, Los Angeles, and London, and an exhibition of Laurie Anderson's paintings and drawings in New York in 2012. Schnabel has organized several major group exhibitions in temporary exhibition settings, such as DSM-V, curated by David Rimanelli, at the Farley Post Office in New York in 2013, and First Show / Last Show, presented in 2015 at the Germania Bank Building on the Bowery, which had not been open to the public since the mid-1960s.

In 2013, Schnabel opened his first permanent gallery space in New York, in the West Village. In 2015, Vito Schnabel Gallery opened in St. Moritz, located in Bruno Bischofberger's former space on Via Maistra. Bischofberger, a lifelong friend and mentor to Schnabel, was the first gallerist to establish a space in St. Moritz in 1963. The inaugural exhibition at Vito Schnabel Gallery was Urs Fischer: Bruno & Yoyo, which featured all new work and paid homage to the legendary dealer.

In 2021, Vito Schnabel Gallery opened a second gallery space in New York, in the Chelsea Arts District.

Vito Schnabel Gallery works with artists Laurie Anderson, Francesco Clemente, Jeff Elrod, Urs Fischer, Walton Ford, Jorge Galindo, Jordan Kerwick, Spencer Lewis, Caitlin Lonegan, Robert Nava, Ariana Papademetropoulos, Sterling Ruby, Tom Sachs, Julian Schnabel, Pat Steir, Gus Van Sant, and the estates of Dan Flavin, Ron Gorchov, Sol LeWitt, and Rene Ricard.

Schnabel works closely with Major Food Group, the team behind Carbone, The Grill, The Lobster Club, The Pool, Sadelle's, ZZ's Clam Bar, Dirty French, Santina, and Parm. Schnabel partners with them in many of their ventures, including curating the art in several of their restaurants.

In 2021, Schnabel launched ArtOfficial, the first independent online auction platform created by a gallery to offer NFT and digital works by internationally acclaimed artists.