Wendy Wallace is a graduate from the University of Toronto, Sheridan College, and University of Ontario. She received a scholarship in 1985 from the Banff Centre's School of Fine Arts where she completed an independent study session. In 2009 Wallace continued her studies with a Bachelor of Education from the University of Ontario, Institute of Technology.
Wallace's work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions at The Station Gallery, Whitby Arts Inc., Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough College, Durham Art Fest, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Kent Farndale Gallery, Latcham Gallery, Hamilton Artists Inc., Ontario crafts Council, Kent Farndale Gallery, Red Head Gallery, Kunsthaus Gallery in San Miguel and John M. Parrot Gallery. Her works are in several public and private permanent collections.
GRANTS
Ontario Ministry of Education, Speak Up Grant, Visual Arts/Math 2014-2015
Ontario Arts Council, Artist in Education 1999-2011
Ontario Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant, Mid-Career 1999
Ontario Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant, Emerging, 1995
The Canada Council, Short Term Grant 1995, 1997
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant 1986, 1988, 1994, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011,2013,2015
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Iris at 20, OISE, University of Toronto, Faculty of Education 2017
Iris at 20, Robert Mclaughlin Gallery 2016
Filmic, Iris Group, Whitby Station Gallery 2015
Space Invaders, Downtown Oshawa 2014
Space Invaders, Downtown Oshawa 2013
Kent Farndale Gallery, Moirai, Port Perry, Ontario. 2011
Hamilton Artists Inc., Liminal Spaces: City in a New Century, Hamilton, Ontario. 2011
Art House Co-op, Scavenger Project, Brooklyn, New York. 2010
Royal Ontario Museum and Queens Park, Quilt of Possibilities, Greenbelt, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto. 2010 Agnes Jamison Art Gallery, Fluid II, Iris Collective, Minden. 2009
Kunsthaus, Deviant Detours, San Miguel, Mexico. 2009
The Red Head Gallery, Edge,Toronto. 2009
St. Francis Xavier University, The Forest for the Trees, 2008
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Il Gabbiano, La Spezia, Italy, 2007 Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto. 2006
Latcham Gallery, Fluid, Iris Collective, Ola Wlusek, curator, Wendy Wallace, Exhibition Coordinator, Stouffville. 2007 Durham Arts West Centre, Common Threads, Pickering. 2005
Propellor Gallery, Baghdad Museum, Toronto. 2005
Latcham Gallery, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington Bagdad Museum, Stouffville. 2004
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Memory and Nature,Iris Collective at the Millennium, Oshawa. 2000
Niagara Falls Art Gallery, Women in Art, Iris Collective, Niagara Falls. 1996, 1997
Exhibitions in Downtown Oshawa, Durham Art Fest, Empty Retail and Warehouse Spaces. 1993, 1994, 1995
Oakville Galleries, Centennial Gallery, On the Wall, Catherine Siddall, Curator. 1984
SOLO EXHIBITIONS / INSTALLATIONS
John Upjohn Gallery, Shadows, Womens Art Association of Canada, Toronto, Ontario 2022
John M. Parrot Gallery, Woven Webs, Belleville, Ontario 2012
Borealis Forest, There was, once upon a time, a forest, Bracebridge, Ontario 2011
Storefront Downtown Oshawa, Project Fish Bowl, Global Village. 2008
The Red Head Gallery, Fabric of the Land, Toronto. 2007
Latcham Gallery, TOPO, Maura Broadhurst, curator, Stouffville. 2005
Ministry of the Environment, Duffins Creek Watershed, Markham. 2005
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Symbiosis, Outdoor Installation. 1998-2005
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Evolving Artifacts, Linda Jansma, curator, Oshawa. 1999
Art on Public Lands, Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Symbiosis,
Soper Creek, Bowmanville. 1997-1998
Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Telling Frames, Margaret Rodgers, curator. 1993
The Station Gallery, The Human Element, Linda Paulocik, curator/director, Whitby. 1988
Doris McCarthy Gallery, The Sight of Music, Peter Templeton, University of Toronto, Scarborough College. 1986BIBLIOGRAPHY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Olexander Wlasenko, Filmic Catalogue, Curitorial Essay 2015
Ruta, Mike, This Week Newspaper, Arts and Entertainment, Pg12, July 15, 2011
Szeman, Imre, Liminal Spaces: new century for a city, Catalogue Essay 2011
Wright, Amy, Developing an Arts District in Downtown Oshawa, Surfacing Arts Magazine, Durham Region. 2008 Goddard, Barbara, Forest for the Trees, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Il Gabbiano Galleria, a Spezia, Italy. 2007 Cherry, Maralynn, Fluid, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Iris Collective, Latcham Gallery. 2007
Wlusek, Ola, Curator, Fluid Exhibition Catalogue Essay,Iris Collective, Latcham Gallery. 2007
Broadhurst, Maura, Topo, Curator, Exhibition Essay, Latcham Gallery. 2005
CBC World News, Baghdad Museum Exhibition at Propellor Centre, June 16, 5:30pm Radio/June 21 9:30am TV. 2004 Jansma, Linda, Memory and Nature, Iris Collective at the Millennium, Curator, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Robert McLaughlin Gallery and Northumberland Gallery. 2000
Durham News, CHEX TV August 12, 6:15pm. 1999
Jansma, Linda, Evolving Artifacts , Curator, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 1999
O’Callaghan, Anne, Exhibition CD, Scenic View, Art on Public Lands. 2002
Singer, Yvonne, Juror’s Statement, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington. 1996
Reid, Stuart, Jurors Statement, Northumberland Art Gallery Exhibition. 1996
Rodgers, Margaret, Telling Frames, Exhibition Catalogue Essay. 1993
Fischer, Barbara, Imagined Places, Curator, Exhibition Catalogue Essay, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta. 1985
COLLECTIONS
Kunsthaus Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. 2009
Ivan B. Wallace Land Surveyors, Bowmanville and Cobourg. 1996,2004,2006,2011
Ertl Surveyors, Richmond Hill. 2005
Oshawa Little Theatre, Oshawa. 2003
Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa. 1994
Private Collections in Canada and United States, 1988-2018
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
Hamilton Artist Inc., Lecture and Workshop. 2011
UOIT, Faculty of Education, Workshop in Visual Arts Curriculum, primary/Junior. 2010
UOIT, Faculty of Education, Lecture, “The Art of Science”, presentation at the Conference,
“Arts Infused Curriculum”. 2010
Visiting Artist, Lectures, VAC, Trent/York University: Expanded Field. 2004
Trent University, Flora MacDonald Centre, Windy Pines: Intersections/ Conference, Woman in art from Eastern/Central Ontario. 2004 Queens University, Faculty of Education, Special Needs, Teen Programming, Visiting Lecturer/Workshop for Visual Arts Specialist. 1999 Artist in Residence, O’Neill Collegiate Vocational Institute, Visual Arts Department Program, Oshawa, Ontario. 2006- 2012
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Exchange Committee Red Head Gallery, Writing Grants, Coordinating and Installing Exchange Exhibitions, Cultural Exchange Scheduling Events, Artist Talks/Presentations, Mexico, 2008-9, ARC ,Chicago 2009. 2010
Ontario Arts Council, Project Grant to Artist Collectives. 2008
Exhibition Creator and Organizer, Fluid, Latcham Gallery. 2005-2008
Studio Program Coordinator, Gifted Curriculum Conferences, Durham District School Board. 2003-2005