| by Maria Rosaria Roseo | Joana Schneider, born in Munich and now based in Amsterdam after studying Textile Design at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, has seen her work recognized internationally in exhibitions and art fairs such as PULSE Art Week Miami, Enter Art Fair Copenhagen, Masterly Milan, Sainte Anne Gallery Paris, and PAN Amsterdam. She continues to build an artistic universe in which reclaimed materials, manual processes, and speculative imagination intertwine in increasingly dense and layered ways. From the early years of her training, Schneider has chosen ropes, nets, and recycled industrial yarns as the core materials of her practice, drawn to their rough physicality,…