Artist's Biography
Wendy at work in her studio in Manhattan
Wendy Hollender is the coordinator for Botanical Art and Illustration at
The New York Botanical Garden. She had designed textiles
for more than 20 years. Through her work developing floral designs for clients
such as Wedgwood China and Westpoint Stevens,
she became intrigued with the complex beauty of plants.
This fascination inspired Wendy to earn a certificate of Botanical Art and Illustration, and become a full time Botanical Artist and Illustrator. Since 2002 her work has focused in this area.
She is the founder of WH Art & Design, which focuses on original botanical artwork for a variety of uses, including museums and conservation groups. Some of her clients include: the French beauty company Coty Inc., the Riverside Park Fund, the Morven Garden and Museum, the Nantucket Conservation Foundation, Faber-Castell Inc., and the New York Botanical Garden.
Wendy is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design.
She teaches students at the New York Botanical Garden,
the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and leads workshops in locations
such as the ASA Wright Nature Preserve in Trinidad and
the National Tropical Botanical Garden on Kuaii, Hawaii.
She has taught at the Yale University Center for British Art,
Grinnell College, Wellsley College and
the San Francisco Botanical Garden. She also teaches a
yearly workshop for high school students in the south Bronx teaching botany
through botanical drawing.
Exhibitions:
Wendy’s work will be part of the 2010 exhibition
at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation at Carnegie Mellon
University. Her work has been exhibited at the New York
Horticultural Society and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
Her newest solo exhibition was at the Interchurch Center Corridor
Gallery in April 2009. Recent solo exhibits have been: “Riverside
Park and Beyond” at the Interchurch Gallery in New York City Spring
2006, and” Coastal Botanicals, from Nantucket and Beyond” at
Wellesley College December, 2005. She exhibited at the
Royal Horticultural Society of London in February 2007
where she was awarded a silver medal.
Publications:
In January of 2008 Wendy published; “Botanical Drawing, A
Beginner’s Guide”, a workbook for anyone who wants
to learn Botanical Drawing. It has been selling steadily at the New York
Botanical Garden, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Getty Museum, the Smithsonian
Institute and on the artist’s website.
Her new book: Botanical Drawing in Color is being published by Random
House in July, 2010.
Wendy was featured in an extensive article on her botanical work in the Artist’s Magazine, September 2009.
She is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists, the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators,and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society. Wendy is also a member of corporation at The New York Botanical Garden and on the board of the American Society of Botanical Artists.
Inquire at: wendy@whartdesign.com
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