Blue Fusion Studio Sandesh: Man of Dignity II, fibres, foil and acrylic in quilted format. © Wendy Rao.
Biography

Wendy began formal art studies at the University of Alberta in the BFA Art and Design program-1992. She was awarded the Harry Wohlfarth Art Scholarship in 2002, completed a Certificate in Fine Arts at University of Alberta in 2004 and has works hanging in private collections in Canada, USA and Europe.

Exhibitions:

  • Extension Center Gallery –Face To Face - April 2004
  • Harcourt House Members Exhibition – July 2004
  • Alberta Craft Council, Discovery Gallery – Artstravigant Faces - April-May 2005
  • Steeps Gallery - June 2005
  • After Hours Gallery, University of Alberta Hospital, May 1 – June 23, 2006
  • Threads Seen and Unseen Connect Us All, Stanley A. Milner Library, Edmonton, AB, March 1 – 31, 2006
  • Surrey Museum – November, 2006
  • Design Fundamentals Exhibition – Wineberry Fabrics – Sept. 2007

Future Exhibitions:

  • Under the Indian Sun – fibreEssence Gallery, Vancouver. Jan. 24 – Mar. 9, 2008
  • Gibsons Landing Fibre Arts Festival – August 2008

Current activities:

  • Blue Fusion Studio – owner & operator, active studio work
  • Syndicated TV – Linda Mac Phee Workshop, 2006 series- guest artist
  • Freelance instructor in colour theory and Fibre Works Portraiture
  • Facilitator of Touch Drawing by Originator Deborah Koff-Chapin
  • Private art lessons
  • Instructor: Design Fundamentals for Fibre Artists. See Events
  • Trunk Show – White Rock Quilters Guild, November 29, 2007

Additional Accomplishments:

  • Designed Charity Christmas card called Madonna and Child, for Peace Arch Hospital Foundation, White Rock, B.C.-1999.
  • Author of “The Portrait As Quilted Art Guide”, Copyright 2005
  • Author of Design Fun-damentals For Fibre Artists

Published:

  • Edmonton Journal, April 15, 2005.
  • Alberta Legacy Magazine, June 2006 – by Lois Hammond
  • Quilting in Wild Rose Country, April 2006 – by Ada Moyles

Memberships and Associations:

  • Alberta Craft Council
  • Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB
  • Visual Arts Alberta Association
  • The Centre for Touch Drawing, Langley, Washington, USA

Canadian Artist:
Wendy Rao
Wendy Rao photograph

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