Student stories: Wendy Healey
OCA students and tutors from all disciplines are invited to final year student Wendy Healey’s forthcoming exhibition to explore the fascinating world of the in-between.
Direct Art Action UK (DAA) Gallery based in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham will be showcasing her BA (Hons) Painting Degree Exhibition In-between.
Wendy lives and works in Herefordshire and her tactile making responds to her landscape. Early sensory connections to her birthplace Vancouver Canada located between the ocean and mountains and memories of a feral childhood in the Midlands countryside, permeates her practice. Her experience and understanding of child psychotherapy informs her making, uncovering the conscious and unconscious interplay between our internal and external worlds.
She intuitively responds to the rhythm of natural and manufactured materials collected from her surroundings. Through her making they emit an energy and life of their own. Her non-binary forms and non- forms retain a fragility and resilience that reflects the dichotomy of being human, our environment and what shapes our identity. Simultaneously her sculptural work can attract and repel, exposing the viewer to what is often culturally hidden- physical and psychological aspects of ourselves.
Wendy’s body of work encourages the viewer to reflect and be part of an interactive process that explores our internal and external landscape.
Everyone welcome.
Venue: Direct Art Action U.K. (DAA)
Address: The Gracechurch Centre, 210a Parade, (old bhs store), Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham B72 1PA. www.directartactionuk.com
Exhibition Run: Thursday 28 April- Saturday 14 May 2022
Opening: Thursday-Saturday 10am- 5pm
Website : https://www.wendystudio.co.uk
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Wishing you every success Wendy.
A great piece of text and fabulous images! The very best of luck with your degree show, Wendy! I know you’ll do really well.
Fascinating work Wendy. all the best for your exhibition.
Well done Wendy and good luck with your exhibition! Intriguing, personal, and thought-provoking work.
Interesting looking work, I hope to make it to the exhibition. Congratulations!
Intriguing work, I’m sure your exhibition will be a big success!
Thanks everyone for your lovely comments- just returned from the DAA gallery-hanging my work for the exhibition, exhausted but excited!
I’m delighted to hear you have it all ready before you go away, Wendy. That will be a weight off your mind.
beautiful work. congratulations and hope the exhibition a huge success.
Your work looks amazing Wendy wishing you the best of luck with your exhibition
Thanks for the encouraging comments!
I’ve recently completed an in conversation talk with Psychotherapist and Art Therapist Maureen Begadon thinking about and discussing my artwork and it’s development- it will be filmed as part of my Artist talk with Emma in May. It would be great to see anyone interested join the discussion after viewing the film.