Current Exhibition

SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 30, 2026
2026 PAPER VARIABLES

Shifting Nature

pAUL anthony smith
Shervone Neckles
Martha Tuttle

This exhibition highlights selected works from Dieu Donné’s 2026 Paper Variables by Paul Anthony Smith, Shervone Neckles, and Martha Tuttle. Each artist worked with one of our papermaking collaborators to produce a variable edition available exclusively through our membership program. 

Across three very different series of handmade paper works, each artist explores the power, beauty, and ultimate ephemerality of the natural world. Smith’s silkscreened pulp paintings of blossoming tree canopies, Spring in the city, depict the shifting light of day and the cusp of a new season. With Types of clouds I tried to identify in an unusual sky, abstract collages of embedded silk and stenciled textiles, Tuttle evokes the layered translucency of clouds subtly morphing from one form to another. For her Plant Medicine series, Neckles harnesses the medicinal and healing power of plants, using Caribbean “Bush Tea” recipes as the basis for handmade paper. Spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, turmeric, and saffron, their fragrant scent is as immaterial as it is powerful, just like shape-shifting clouds or the atmospheric light that draws forth a burst of cherry blossoms. 

Since 2000, Dieu Donné has collaborated with over 50 artists to create the Paper Variables series: a collection of exclusive pieces, handmade in our studios from wet paper pulp. Invited artists explore variations in color, shape, and texture, making each work within the series distinctively unique and enhancing its value for collectors.

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Past Exhibitions

About the Jordan Schnitzer Gallery

Dedicated to exhibiting works on paper by emerging and established artists, the Jordan Schnitzer Gallery will host exhibitions, lectures, and public programming related to papermaking inside Dieu Donné’s home at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Jordan Schnitzer states, “I am honored to have the gallery at Dieu Donné named for me, as someone who loves and promotes artists who make work on paper to further their artistic vision. Dieu Donné is the national leader in helping artists to create and use paper in their artmaking process. For over 500 years, art makers have made prints because of the magic created when ink, paint, and paper come together. I look forward to Dieu Donné’s many more decades of success.”
 
Susan Gosin, Founder and Co-Chair of Dieu Donné, remarks, “Jordan’s continued dedication to Dieu Donné exemplifies our legacy as one of New York City’s most significant cultural organizations. The Jordan Schnitzer Gallery will inspire others to connect with our 40+ year history and ensure that our gallery and studios remain a vital home for many more generations of artists working in handmade paper.”
 
Jordan Schnitzer is an influential collector of contemporary prints and multiples. Today, Jordan Schnitzer and the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation collections exceed 13,000 works and include many of today’s most important contemporary artists. Jordan Schnitzer is president of Harsch Investment Properties, a privately owned real estate investment company based in Portland, Oregon, which owns and manages office, multi-tenant industrial, multi-family, and retail properties in six western states.