wendy bird

wendy bird

About wendy bird

When I was at art college I began painting large flowers, trees and hedgerows. 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, even the snakes. It all seems like a dream now. I still go back three times a year. 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. http://www.mcneillgallery.com/ http://www.mcneillgallery.com/index.php?s=Wendy Bird

Education:

• I studied Painting with Sir Romeo di Girolamo RA and Lithography with Henry Trivick RA at Amersham College of Art in the 70s.
• During the 80s I was a puppet-maker and founder member of the Equinox Theatre Company.
• In 1984 I went to Barcelona where I learnt intaglio printmaking and ceramics/glazing in the studios of Marta Montcada and Santi Moix. I established myself as an artist/performer in the city.
• I learnt the alebrije technique of papier-mâché sculpture from a Mexican-Aztec artist before moving to the Pyrenees.
I completed a PhD in 1999
• I have been living between England and Spain for ten years and have studios in both countries.
• I have exhibited widely since 1976 in England and internationally.

Events:

My book This is Goya has just come out and it coincides with the exhibition of Goya's portraits at the National Gallery in London :0)

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)