Wendi Turchan

Wendi Turchan

Sheboygan, WI, United States

About Wendi Turchan

Through abstraction I explore interactions of shape and color inspired by everyday life. I walk and observe sounds, movement and changing qualities of light. Once in the studio I refer back to these moments. I cut, draw and paint marks as an attempt to make sense of time, the inevitability of change, and new possibilities. As I work, the boundary between reality and memory become intertwined. Colors, forms, and edges act as a hinge between representational and imagined conditions. I examine the interaction of color and shape, layering abstracted moments on top of one another. Forms are repeated and layered depicting levels of concealment and revealing unexpected forms. Through this process I discover and repeat patterns, working intuitively to capture the memory or feeling of a place.

Education:

M.F.A. University of Oregon 2013
B.F.A. University of Wisconsin Oshkosh 2009

Events:

2018:
Maker Fair, James May North, Algoma, WI, November 30-December 1
The Other Art Fair Chicago, Mana Contemporary, Sept. 28-30

Exhibitions:

2018
Faculty Exhibition, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Gestures, Langdon Divers Gallery, Fond du Lac, WI.
Wisconsin Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art.
2017
UW Colleges Faculty Exhibition, Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
UW Colleges Faculty Exhibition, Allen Priebe Art Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
2016
Wisconsin Biennial, Museum of Wisconsin Art
2015
Camoflage, James May Gallery, Algoma, Wisconsin
2014
Ritual Mother, Primopiano Gallery, Lecce, Italy
11th Annual Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York
Shifting Plan, Art Space Collective, Oshkosh, Wisconsin
2013
Speaking Between, Disjecta, Portland, Oregon
Seventh Annual MASTERPIECES, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio