Bio and Work
B.F.A. Studio Art, Louisiana Tech University
Wendy Walker Silverman grew up in the deep woods of north central Louisiana and received a B.F.A. in Studio Art with a concentration in painting from Louisiana Tech University. Her work is inspired by folklore, a strong sense of place, childhood memories, light quality, color, and elements from the natural world which hold symbolic meaning. She has lived in Nashville, Tennessee since 1999.
Wendy is represented by Tinney Contemporary, and her paintings are in private collections in Louisiana, Ohio, Texas, Tennessee, Oregon, North Carolina, Washington, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and California. Corporate collections include The Malin Nashville, Four Seasons Nashville, Pinnacle Bank, and Lindsey Amonette Nemer + Glassford, PLLC.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am a student of the language of edges and color. Each nuanced millimeter is a word; where they meet, an intonation; the whole, a poem or story. Folklore, dreams, family mythology, superstitions, film, conversations—these are some of the things that make indelible impressions on me, appearing like apparitions in my work. I am conveying to the viewer these impressions through abstraction; my sensory experiences are represented through color, line, texture, and mark-making, leaving space and an invitation for the viewer to contemplate, recall their personal memories, or create their own narratives—just as I have within the process of painting.
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EDUCATION B.F.A. Studio Art, Louisiana Tech University
Paintings are currently in private collections in Louisiana, Ohio, Texas, Tennessee, Oregon, North Carolina, Washington, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, California and Canada; Corporate collections, Four Seasons, Nashville, TN; Lindsey, Amonette, and Nemer PLLC; Pinnacle Bank Financial Center Executive Office Building, Murfreesboro TN.
EXHIBITIONS/WORK
“Purple Reign” Group Exhibition, Julia Martin Gallery, Nashville TN, August 10 — September 1, 2024
“The Hive Mind Dreams of Sleeping” Solo Exhibition, Tinney Contemporary, October 15 — November 26, 2022
“In Abstracto” Group Exhibition, Modfellows Art and Design Gallery, August 21 — September 25, 2021
“Aspic and Ambrosia” Solo Exhibition, Tinney Contemporary, November 2 — December 31, 2020
Huntsville Museum of Art, Red Clay Survey, Hunstville AL; Juried groups exhibition; August 9- October 4, 2020. Included works: “Divining Rod and Circling Crow” (Merit Award Honor), “Too Fine A Point”
Christie’s “Educate: A Charity Exhibition, Benefiting the Luminos Fund ; Group Exhibition and Silent Auction, February 7 – 12, 2020; Christie’s NYC, Rockefeller Plaza
“Contrasts”; Group Exhibition, October 23, 2019 – January 3, 2020; Ruston Artisans, Ruston, Louisiana
“An Opal Ring and the Stories That Scared Me” Solo Exhibition, May 9 – August 14, 2019; Galerie Tangerine, Nashville, Tennessee
“SIREN 3” Recurring Arts Series at White Avenue Studio, Group Exhibition, October 25, 2018 (curation and installation of group shows including personal work shown. This event received a Nashville Scene Critic’s Pick listing.
“SIREN 1” Recurring Arts Series at White Avenue Studio; Solo Exhibition, February 2017
“Bevy” Julia Martin Gallery, Nashville; Group Show, August 2014
“An Ephemeral Narrative” Solo Exhibition, October 2013; The Dixie Carter Performing Arts and Academic Enrichment Center, Huntingdon Tennessee