Wendy Bliss

My work is about identity and celebrates difference. I am interested in the privacy / self-exposure dichotomy, who we are and how we self-present. I explore my subject through shape, line and surface decoration, using drawing, printing, paint, textiles & ready-mades.

I have organised/curated many group arts events, most recently in 2020 as founder of 'The Covid Chronicle', a unique global record in textiles and stitch, made during the pandemic. I set out to make a 'Bayeux Tapestry forf the 21st Century Pandemic' and it equals the Bayeux Tapestry in m2. The installation toured the UK in 2022 and is now proud to be on exhibition in public space at Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in SW London. Each metre square (consisting of 4 panel submissions) has been individually framed by Acrylidex. The Covid Chronicle is looking for a buyer, the proceeds of a sale would be donated to MIND, the charity for mental health. If interested or know someone who might be, I would love to hear from you.

My first degree in Education & French majored in developmental psychology, which informed my second degree in Fine Art and Design, where my art explored the construction of personal identity and the nature-nurture debate. The degree pi...

Textiles Foundation Diploma, Morley College, (2024).

BA (Hons), Theory & Practice of Fine Art & Design (2006), Wimbledon School of Art.

Foundation Diploma Art & Design, Central St Martins (2001)

BSc (Hons), French & Education (Majoring in developmental psychology); awarded Distinction for Art & Design complementary studies project, Aston University (1978)

June 2024 Morley Gallery, London SE1. 'Manipulations' for Textiles Diploma Final Major Project Exhibition
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023 The Covid Chronicle tour - Williamson Gallery, Liverpool
October 2022 - Spode Museum Stoke
September 2022 - Merton Priory Chapter House
August 2022 - Riverside Studios Hammersmith
May-June 2022 - Lightbox Woking
March-April 2022 - Chippenham Museum Art Gallery
Feb-March 2022 - Sunbury Embroidery Gallery

November 2019 - Oxo Tower Bargehouse: London Ultra.
Sept 2019 - London/Rome/Paris/Barcelona: City/Città/Cité/CiudadShades of a city. Hillside Gallery Wimbledon.
9/2018 - Primal Spark (Solo Exhibition): Norman Plastow Gallery.
Jan 2018 - Visually Literate ii Group show Menier Gallery, Southwark, SE1.
Sept 2017 - 'The Selfie in Art', NormanPlastow Gallery
Jan 2017 - Saatchi selection, Featured Artist.
Feb 2017 - 'Elements of Love' group exhibition, Menier Gallery, Southwark, SE1
Sept 2016 - 'Lost & Found' exhibition, London SW19.
Sept 2015 - 'Landscapes', solo exhibition sponsor ASR
Sept 2015 - Curator: Trail / Installation of Painted Shoes, for Cricket Green School, Mitcham. Sponsored by T&L Magazine & Wimbledon Commons Committee.
Sept 2014 - 'Women in Landscape', solo exhibition, sponsor...