Born in Evansville, Indiana, he received his BFA from Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio in 1999. Schnapf has received solo exhibitions with Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles; PERROTIN, Shanghai; Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles; UNIT LONDON and Alice Black Gallery, both in London, UK. His paintings have been included in group exhibitions with Diane Rosenstein, Los Angeles; Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles (2024); GAVLAK Gallery, Los Angeles (2023); PLATFORM (2022); and A.MORE, Milan, IT, among others. In Taiwan, he installed a public sculpture at the Soulangh Cultural Park in Tainan City (2018); and he received the 2016 Rema Hort Mann Foundation ACE Grant for “Night Fever,” a sculptural installation in downtown Los Angeles. The artist lives in Highland Park, CA, with his partner, the sculptor Cammie Staros.