Wendy DesChene's CV

EDUCATION
2004 MFA Painting, Tyler School Of Art Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Tyler School of Art Rome, Rome, Italy
2000 Certificate of Multimedia, Center of Electronic Art, San Francisco, CA
1992 BFA Studio Art, Concordia University, Montreal, PQ

ACADEMIC APOINTMENTS
2006 – current Assistant Professor, Department of Art. Auburn University, Auburn, Al
2005 Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Department of Art, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2003 Teaching Assistant, Department of Art, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 “WYSIWYG”, Installation, Coker College, Hartsville, SC
2008 “WYSIWYG”, Installation, University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN
2008 “Generation Drawings”, Drawings and Installation, Montevallo University, AL
2008 “WYSIWYG”, Installation, Minnesota State University, MN
2007 “Inheritance”, Mixed Media, University of Montana, MT
2006 “WYSIWYG The Rebirth”, Installation, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2006 “WYSIWYG The Rebirth”, Installation, Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, FL
2006 “WYSIWYG’s Universe”, Photography, Henry Street Settlement, NY, NY
2005 “Inheritance”, Mixed Media, Lockhaven University, PA
2005 “WYSIWYG The Rebirth”, Installation, Laredo Center For The Arts, Laredo, TX
2005 “Dog”, Mixed Media, Armory Art Center, West Palm, FL
2005 “WYSIWYG's World”, Photography, Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 “WYSIWYG”, Thesis, Painting Installation, Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, PA
2003 “NOW”, Two-Person Show, Painting Installation, Temple University Rome Gallery, Rome, Italy

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009 “Sanlun Yishu Collaborative Project”, Sanlun Galleries, Wang Jing, Beijing, China
2009 “SECAC’s Members Exhibition”, Space 301, Mobile, AL
2009 “The Austerity Cookbook”, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN
2009 “UDA”, Jules Collins Smith Museum, Auburn, AL
2009 “V for Victory”, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
2009 “Drawing”, North Florida Community College of Art, Madison, Fl
2009 “Invented Memories”, Anton Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI
2009 “No Seriously: Humor and Happiness in Contemporary Art”, Space 301, Mobile, AL
2009 “Painting Invitational”, Berry College, GA
2009 “34.5 SW”, Columbus State Gallery, Columbus, GA
2009 “Lines in Imagination”, Two Person Show, Chapel Hill Library Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
2008 “Think Tank”, Murray State University, Murray, KY
2008 “Atlanta Artists Center National Juried Exhibition”, Atlanta, GA
2008 “Cutie Pie”, University of Tennessee, TN
2007 “Far From Home”, National Juried Show, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA
2007 “99 cents”, National Juried Show, Jersey City Museum, NJ
2007 “Industrial Identity”, National Juried Show, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA
2007 “Texas National”, National Juried Show, Austen State University, TX
2007 “Explore This”, National Juried Group Show CPS, Washington, DC
2007 “Something From Nothing”, International Juried Show, Manifest Gallery Cincinnati, OH
2007 “31st Bradley International”, International Juried Show, Heuser Art Center Peoria, IL
2006 “Think Warm”, Group Drawing Show, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006 “Whimsical Muse”, International Juried Show, Manifest Gallery Cincinnati, OH
05-06 “Showtel,” Annual Juried Installation Show, Hotel Biba, West Palm Beach, FL
2004 “Valsalva Maneuver”, Group Installation, Crane Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA

RESIDENCIES
2010 American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist, Rome, Italy
2010 Pouch Cove, Artist Residency, Newfoundland, Canada
2010 Jentel, Artist Residency, Banner, WY
2010 Hambidge Artist Residency, North Georgia
2009 I-Park Artist Enclave, New Haddam, CT
2008 Elsewhere Artist Residency, Greensboro, NC
2007 New York Mills Cultural Center, New York Mills, MN
2007 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2004 Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
04 -06 Ora Lerman Soaring Gardens Artist Retreat, Laceyville, PA

AWARDS
2007 Canada Council on the Arts Travel Grant, ON, Canada
2007 Jerome Fellowship, New York Mills Cultural Foundation, MN
2006 Vice Artists selected for Residency Raumars, Finland
2002 Tyler School of Art, Rome Placement Award

LECTURES, PANELS, AND WORKSHOPS
2009 PlantBot Community Interactive Experience, Department of Art & College of Engineering Collaboration, Jule Collins Smith Museum, Auburn, Alabama
2009 Radius 250 Invitational Panelist, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi
2009 South Eastern College of Art Conference, Mobile, AL
2009 Coker College, Hartsville, SC
2008 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2008 South Eastern College of Art Conference, New Orleans, LA
2008 Minnesota State, St Paul, MN
2008 Montevallo University, Montevallo, AL
2007 Columbus State University Columbus, GA
2007 Blue Sky Project Crystal Lake, IL
2007 Critorama, Grand Valley University, Grand Rapids, MI
2007 South Eastern College of Art Conference, WV
2006 Mercer Elementary School, Northern, KY
2006 Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2006 Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
2006 University of Maine, Augustus, ME
2006 AUM University, Montgomery, AL
2006 Auburn University, Auburn, AL
2006 Kansas State University, Lawrence, KS
2006 Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
2005 Lockhaven University, Lockhaven, PA
2005 Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL
2005 Laredo Center For the Arts, Laredo, TX
2004 Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL

VISITING JUROR /CURATIONS
2010 "Student Art Wxhibition", Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
2009 "Student Art Exhibition" Coker College, Hartsville, SC
2009 “Unauthorized”, Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA
2008 “Spirit of Place”, New York Mills Cultural Center, MN
2008 “Adam Parker-Smith”, Biggin Gallery Auburn University, AL
2007 “Columbus State University, Student Show”, Columbus, GA
2007 “Arts Association Membership Screening”, Boca Museum of Art, FL
2004 “Valsalva Maneuver”, Crane Arts Center, Philadelphia PA

CURATED REGISTERIES
2007 Artist Wanted, Brooklyn, NY
2007 NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
2006 The Drawing Center, NY, NY

PUBLICATIONS/MAGASINES/REVIEWS

2008
Ken Procter Art Historian, “Expressive and Structural Line”, American Artist Drawing Magazine, Loveland, CO, November.
A contextual article about the history of expressive and structural line. One double paged photograph of a drawing form
the “Generation Drawing Series” and a contextual description published. (Print)
John Sand, “Unraveling Art- WYSIWYG by Wendy DesChene”, Minnesota Daily, Minneapolis/St. Paul, November 19th.
Review of the “WYSIWYG”, exhibition in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. (Print/Web)
Shane Mercer, “Beyond the Cute”, The Forum Valley Newspaper, Fargo, ND, January.
Review and photographs of the “WYSIWYG” exhibition in Moorhead, MN. (Print/Web)
Kellie Meehlhause, “Visiting Artist ‘Bears” All in Exhibition”, The Advocate, Moorhead, MN, January.
Review and photographs of the “WYSIWYG” exhibition in Moorhead, MN. (Print)
Staff Writer, “MSUM Art Exhibit WYSIWYG”, CONTINEWS, Minnesota State University, Moorhead, January.
Review and photographs of the “WYSIWYG” exhibition in Moorhead, MN. (Print/Web)
Cynthia Marx, “Artists Gives Cute a Subversive Makeover”, The Tennessean, Nashville TN. March
Review of the group exhibit “Cutie Pie” in Nashville, TN. (Print)

2007
David Cohen Curator, “The Seed Issue”, ArtWorld Digest International, New York, NY, Fall.
Curated Print Magazine of Art and Activism. Photographs of “WYSIWYG” exhibition in Jupiter, FL. (Print)
Julie Püttgen, “Zoosphere”, RatSalad Deluxe, University of the South, Sewanee, TN.
Photographs published from “WYSIWYG” exhibitions. (Web)
Laura James, “Whimsy or Not?”, Cincinnati City Beat, Cincinnati, OH, April.
Review of the show “Whimsical Muse” at Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. (Print/Web)
Sara Pearce, “Sara Pearce Art Blog”, Cincinnati.com, Cincinnati, OH, January.
Review of the “WYSIWYG” exhibition in Cincinnati, OH. (Web)
Elizabeth Cannon, “Art Questioning Art or Stuffed Animal Guts”, MacArthur News, Jupiter, Florida, January.
Review of the “WYSIWYG” exhibition in Florida. (Web/Print)