Wendy Farrow

Wendy Farrow was born in England in 1962. Her family emigrated to Canada in 1966. She grew up surrounded by theatre and classical ballet. This shaped her perception of the world and instilled in her a life long love of dance.

Wendy has been exploring the possibilities in photography and image-making of all forms for over 40 years. As a child she was intrigued by her father's darkroom and so she learned to print and to develop film at the age of 9. The desire to create with the camera took hold. At age 12 she was working with semi-precious stones and running a small jewellery-making business. In her mid teens she was learning to paint in oils and continuing with her photography studies. She had great success in school in academic subjects, particularly mathematics, but her heart led her into the arts upon graduation.

In 1992 at the age of 30, Wendy moved to Vancouver and worked in various aspects of the professional photography industry. Three years later the digital revolution began and luckily the Vancouver Film School was the best place to acquire an education in all things digital, from animation to programming to video and music production. She graduated with an Award of Excellence, and was a teacher and curator at the sc...

Education:Vancouver Film School (Multimedia Programme) 1995-96 - digital media immersion course - imaging, video, audio, music, 2D / 3D animation, CD-ROM programming - graduated with 93% average and Award of Excellence

Continuing Education Certificate in silver jewelry design and manufacture (Vancouver 1993)

Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School 1976-81 (London, ON) advanced level grade 13

Past Exhibitions:Turning Silver - 25th Anniversary of Women in Photography International - online exhibit at wipi.org starting August 2006Primo Piano GalleryLecce, Italy'Baroque Blue' - group showJuly 16th - July 31st 2006Engine GalleryToronto, Ontario, CanadaRevolving Door - group showJuly / August 2006Women In Photography 2005 online exhibition Beauty : Camera Eye of the Beholder June 1st to September 1st 2005 Queen West Art Crawl 2004 Toronto - open studioCollage 2003 - Toronto over 200 artists showing various mediaFast Forward - Vancouver 1994 10 photographers paired with 10 celebrities nude portraits using only a designer beltContent of Value - Vancouver 1993 10 photographers capturing the work of 10 furniture designers ,

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