I can knit, I can sew, and I’m dangerously good with a hammer, but it is the practice of painting that has allowed myself to be me… the me I wanted to be, since I was a very small girl. “
I feel so lucky to be an artist. To have the time to smell the roses, to watch and wait, and catch beauty out in the most surprising circumstances.
HISTORY
Born New Zealand
1971 Migrated to Perth with family
1973-76 West Australian Institue of Technology (painting & printmaking)
1977-80 Extensive travel through Europe and the UK
1981 Alexander Mackie (College of Fine Arts, Sydney (postgraduate certificate)
1982 Co-founded, co-owned prestgious fashion label Studibaker Hawk
1995 Left the fasion world to return to full-time painting
1998 Set up large studio artspace for 52 artists in Sydney’s inner west with Rogerio Blanc Ramos
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 “SEGUE” BALMAIN SPACE
2017 “SHE BELONGS TO ME” PAUL GULLOTTI CLAREMONT WA
2016 “PRIMAVERA” PAUL GULLOTTI GALLERY CLAREMONT WA
2015 “MEMOIR” TREVOR VICTOR HARVEY GALLERY MOSMAN
2014 “GOSSIP” GALLERY ONE SOUTHPORT QLD
2013 “MENAGERIE” GADFLY GALLERY WA.
2013 “EMBODIMENT” RICHARD MARTIN
2011 ‘Primavera’, Richard Martin Art, Sydney
2010 Gadlfy Gallery, Perth WA
2009 Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
2008 Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
2008 Gadlfy Gallery, Perth WA
2007 Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
2007 Gadlfy Gallery, Perth WA
2006 Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
2006 Paul Gullotti Gallery, Perth WA
2005 Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
2004 Shanghai Art Fair
2004 Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
2003 Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
2003 Jackman Gallery ,Melbourne
2002 Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
2002 Jackman Gallery, Melbourne
2003 Ground Floor Gallery, Sydney
2001 Exhibition in Paris at Galerie Say
AWARDS AND PRIZES
2011 Portia Geach Portrait Prize (Finalist)
2008 John Glover Landscape Prize (finalist)
2005 Mosman Art Prize (finalist)
2004 Mosman Art Prize (finalist)
COLLECTIONS
BHP Billiton, ING, Stockland Hotel Group, Telstra, Gutterage Hasken & Davies, QBE Mercantile Mutual, SAS INS, Woolpack Hotel, Avillion Hotel, National Australia Bank, Fox Studios, Royal Motor Yacht Club, Ascot International.
Wendy Arnold’s work is held in numerous private collections throughout Australia and New Zealand as well as Paris, Shanghai, London, Singapore, Barcelona, United States of America and Dubai.
Recently commissioned to paint 4 pieces for the refurbishment of the new Star City Casino