wendy bird
wendy bird
About wendy bird
When I was at art college in England I painted flowers, trees and hedgerows in oils on a large scale. When I lived in Spain I lived and worked in an exotic garden and painted my friends in it, sitting and thinking, My studio was open to everyone and I even had a visit from a snake! It all seems like a dream now. Now I paint the trees, plants, rivers, ponds, insects, birds and animals near to wherever I am living and listen to Schubert in the studio. I would like to be an owl or a fox for one night. - Nature sculpts the world through movement. Trees grow slowly, water runs fast. Each leaf, cloud, dragonfly's wing... is unique. Light permeates the invisible air. Mind dissolves into the object - there is no separation.
Education:
• After school I studied Painting with Sir Romeo di Girolamo RA and Lithography with Henry Trivick RA, (who also taught Stanley Spencer), at Amersham College of Art for three years.
• I then studied for a BA hons in History of Art and Design in the Modern Period at Leicester Polytechnic.
• After that I trained as a ceramics teacher at Reading University.
• During the early 80s I was a puppeteer, dancer, singer and founder member of the Equinox Theatre Company in Newbury.
• In 1984 I went to Barcelona where I studied intaglio printmaking (etching and engraving) in the studio of Marta Moncada and developed my glazing techniques in the municipal art school.
• I moved to the Pyrenees in 1995 and completed a PhD on the work of Goya in 1999
• I have been living between England and Spain for twelve years
• I have exhibited widely since 1976 in England and internationally.
• A few years ago I trained as a Yoga teacher in Croatia and India (Himalayas).
Events:
My book 'This is Goya' has been published in English, Spanish, Turkish and Korean so far!
Exhibitions:
Selected Exhibitions:
1976 The Mall Galleries, The Mall, London (collective).
1980 The Arts Workshop Newbury, Berks(collective).
1982 The Phoenix Arts Workshop Cirencester, Glos(collective).
1985 Caixa de Barcelona, Sant Boi, Barcelona (one-man show).
1986 Taller de Gravat Gràcia, Barcelona (collective).
1986 Fotobar Dindinou, Sant Boi, Barcelona (one-man show).
1986 Caixa de Pensions, Figueres, Gerona (one-man show).
1987 Pau Petit, Sant Boi, Barcelona (one-man show).
1987 Taller de Cerámica Sant Boi, Barcelona (collective).
1988 Casal de Marionao, Sant Boi, Barcelona (one-man show).
1989 Slide Show at 6th Nature, Music and Cybernetics Festival, Josa del Cadí, Lerida.
1990 - 2003 Taller Galleria Fort Mini-Print International Cadaqués, Gerona. Travelling exhibition has been all over the world (collective).
1992 Unión Extremeña, Sant Boi, Barcelona (one-man show).
1993 Caixa del Penedés, Sant Boi, Barcelona (one-man show).
1994 The British Council, Barcelona (one-man show).
1995 La Rectoría, Cornellá, Barcelona (one-man show).
1996 Casa Golferichs, Barcelona (one-man show).
1996 Nord-Sud Estendre la roba bruta. Casal del Barri Congrés, Barcelona(collective).
1997 Galería Tarraná. c/Barra de Ferro, Barcelona (collective).
1997 Escola Waldorf, Barcelona (one-man show).
1998 Galería Les Voltes, Art i Traça, Sala Vayreda. Olot, Gerona (one-man show).
1999 Palau de l’Abadía, Sant Joan de les Abadesses, Barcelona (one-man show).
1999-2001 Paper Passions, Richmond, London (collective).
2000-2001 The Smith Gallery, Teddington, London (collective).
2001 The Jelly Legg’d Chicken Art Gallery, Reading, Berks (collective).
2002 La Rectoria, Santa Pau, Gerona (one-man show).
2003 Sala Municipal, Anglès, Gerona (one-man show).
2004 L’Atelier, Olot, Gerona, exhibiting paintings alongside graphic work by Miró, Dalí, Chagall, Matisse & Tapies.
2005 La Rectoría, Santa Pau, Gerona (one-man show).
2006 Queenswood Open Gardens, Brookmans Park, Hertfordshire (one-man show).
2007 (and 2010) ‘The Summerhouse’, Chorleywood House Estate Hertfordshire (one-man show).
2008 Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans (collective).
2009 Artlink Mini-Print Exhibition, Hull (collective).
2010 Kingsbury Barn, St Albans (collective).
2010 The Barn Galleries, Henley-on-Thames, Bucks(collective).
2010 Taller Galleria Fort Mini-Print International Cadaqués, Gerona (collective).
2010 Chenies House Gallery, Chenies, Bucks (one-man show).
2010 Artlink Mini-Print Exhibition, Hull (collective).
2011 BBH Print Society Exhibition, Boxfield Gallery, Stevenage, Herts (collective)
2011 ART4ALL, The Rhodes Gallery, Bishops Stortford (collective)
2011 Living Crafts, Hatfield House, Hatfield, Herts
2011 Art @88, Berkhamsted, Herts
2011 Pushing Print, Letchworth Arts Centre, Letchworth Garden City, Herts
2011 Contemporary Art Fair, Rudolph Steiner School, Kings Langley, Herts (collective)
2012 Hatfield House (collective)
2013 Aylesbury Museum (collective)
2013 Watford Women's Centre (one-man show)
2014 Artistmeet, Rickmansworth (collective)
2014 McNeill Gallery, Bermondsey Street, London (collective)
2014 The Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted (collective)
2016 The Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted (collective)