About Wendy |
I am very interested in community engagement in art, the ecology, and political themes. I work as an experimental painter and am currently working with Colin Gooch Technical Director and Mike Clowes Technical Manager Resene Paints. I am pushing the boundary of paint and also looking at archival properties of using industrial coatings in fine art.
Biography History – Artist Experience
Born 1963
European / Ngati Awa / Te Arawa Decent
2019/2020
Dealer Galleries
Parnell Gallery
Art Matakana
Zeayou Gallery
NZ Art Show
School Fundraising Exhibitions
Kings College
Baradene College
Mt Albert Grammar
Artworks and Commissions
One of NZs Major Collectors of Art
Private Commissions
International Commissions
Camellia Project NZ
Design Concept and Build (Finish Date 19th Sept 2020)
2018
Solo Exhibition “Chroma”
Malcolm Smith Gallery 1stDec 2018 – 27thJan 2019
Camellia Project NZ
Building one of the largest chandelier sculptures in NZ, out of recycled materials, for the 125 Suffrage Anniversary as a salute to our Suffrage Heroines.
Stage 1: Working with schools, sharing suffrage stories and running workshops to make camellia cut outs from recycled bottles.
31872 camellias will hang off the sculpture, one for each signature on the 1893 votes for women petition.
Vefa Exhibition
Kings College Art Sale
Baradene Art Sale
Macleans College Art Sale
2017
Artist talk The Experimental Artist, Malcolm Fraser Gallery Uxbridge Howick
2ndPlace Estuary Art Awards 2017 ‘Longshore Drift’
Talks about the sea eroding the landscape and the emotional cost to property owners.
Kings College Art Sale
Baradene Art Sale
Macleans College Art Sale
2016
Pop up Gallery Flag Referendum. Picton Street Howick. Creating a forum space for the public to be heard on their concerns for and against a new flag, great community engagement.
Bucklands Beach Yacht Club Interior Refit Design. As part of that project I designed a Light Sculpture of a deconstructed Allan Warwick Yacht.
2015-2009
Helping schools to fundraise with seeds. Teaching growing programs in schools nationally.
2008-2007
Attended Elam School of Fine Arts 1stand 2nd Year.
Finalist Henrietta & Lola Ann Tunbridge Watercolor Award
2006
Accepted for emerging artist exhibition Te Tuhi Pakuranga.
2005 -2003
3 Solo Exhibitions “Tohunga The Seerer, 2005 Te Kakano 2004, Weaving the Fibre of Time 2003
Taking art classes at Uxbridge Creative Center.