NetWorks Rhode Island and the Chazan Collection Exhibition, WaterFire Arts Center (2024) Bio:
Wendy Edwards moved to Providence in 1980 to teach painting at Brown University and retired in 2020 following a survey of her work titled ‘LUSCIOUS: Paintings and drawings by Wendy Edwards’ at David Winton Bell Gallery. Her work has been included in exhibitions at The RISD Museum, The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Bowdoin College Museum, Mystic Museum, Newport Art Museum, Palmer Museum at Penn State, Fullerton Museum, China National Academy of Painting in Beijing, as well as numerous other group and one person exhibitions throughout the US and abroad. Her work is included in Museums and private collections.
Original NetWorks Catalogue Bio:
Wendy Edwards’ gravitation from a childhood on a farm in Virginia to undergraduate study in Philadelphia at the University of the Arts, to several years spent in the Southwest earning her MA at the University of New Mexico, has informed her tenure as Professor of Art at Brown University. She came to Providence and Brown in 1980. Her painting style evolved through her love of color, the medium of oil paint, and an exploration of form and texture, particularly patterning. Edwards has shown her work extensively in solo and group exhibitions both at home and abroad and has received numerous research grants and awards.
Source: NetWorks 2011 – 2012 Catalogue
Oil on canvas, 80 x 72 in.
Credits:
Video: Richard Goulis
Edited by: Richard Goulis and Michael Turecamo
Music: Tim Coutis
Executive Producer: Joseph A. Chazan, M.D.
Additional resources:
Artist’s website: wendyedwardspainting.com
Highlighting the work of selected artists who have played vital roles in shaping the contemporary visual arts community in Rhode Island. This collection of brief video portraits provides a window into the lives, practices, and cultural contributions of professional artists.
