Wendy White (artist)

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Wendy White
Born1971 (1971)
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Mason Gross School of the Arts

Wendy White (born 1971) is an American artist from Deep River, Connecticut who lives and works in New York City.

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Biography

White studied fibers and was trained in fine art and textile design during her undergrad at Savannah College of Art & Design. [1] She later studied painting at Mason Gross School of the Arts [2] where she received her MFA.

Education

Wendy White earned a BFA from Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, Georgia in 1993 and her MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2003.

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

White's group exhibitions include Perez Art Museum, Miami, FL; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA; The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden; Sotheby's S|2, Harris Lieberman, Nicole Klagsbrun, Marlboro Contemporary, Fredericks & Freiser (all New York, NY); CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain; Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI; Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska; CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain; Kunstverein Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, Germany; Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, CA; Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos, Greece; Motus Fort, Tokyo, Japan; The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan; The Museum of Fine Arts, Gifu, Japan; Aschenbach & Hofland, Amsterdam, NL; and Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. [3]

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References

  1. "Wendy White." David Castillo Gallery
  2. "CV : wendywhite.net". www.wendywhite.net. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  3. "Wendy White: Pick Up a Knock." Andrew Rafacz Gallery, September 2013