WENDY HIRSCHBERG
sculptwh@gmail.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
MANIPULATED LIFE: THE ART OF PUPPETRY, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY, OCT/NOVEMBER, 2018.
“THE HATCHERY”: FRESNO, CA, FALL 2011, co-curator, Bill Doherty.
“THE POSTCARD SHOW”, PIEROGI GALLERY, WILLIAMSBURG, NJ, SEPTEMBER 11, 2011, Curated by Matt Freedman.
“MAKE BELIEVE: NJCU VISUAL ARTS GALLERY, JERSEY CITY, NJ. MARCH/APRIL 2010. Curated by Debra Jenks.
Solo Exhibition: “SEEK AND HIDE: LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY GALLERY, BROOKLYN, NY, NOV/JAN 2009.
“KUF: MOLD: ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, Fall, 2009.
“KUF: MOLD: JAN COLLE GALLERY, GHENT, BELGIUM, September- October, 2008.
“HAPPILY EVER AFTER”, CANCO LOFTS, JERSEY CITY, NJ, September- October, 2007, Debra Jenks, curator.
“KUF: MOLD”: GALLERY IN THE OLD BEDESTEN, GRAND BAZAAR, ISTANBUL, TURKEY, September, 2007.
“BLAST: HOLLAND TUNNEL GALLERY, WILLIAMSBURG, NY, January-February, 2007.Solo Exhibition “LOOKINGOOD”: fivemyles Gallery, BROOKLYN, NY, August- September, ’06, Artist in residence in Crown Heights, site specific installation and collaborative projects. “HOUSE BOUND: SABINA LEE GALLERY, LOS ANGELES, CA, December ‘04/January’05, Mery-Lynn McCorkle, curator.
Solo Exhibition “INCIDENT: NO. 47”: SOLO SHOW/INSTALLATION: HOLLAND TUNNEL GALLERY, WILLIAMBURG, NY, September – October, 2004.
“AFTERMATH”: LEIGH BURTON AND WENDY HIRSCHBERG: A.I.R. GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY, May/June, 2004, ROBERT HULL FLEMING MUSEUM, BURLINGTON, VT, June/July/August, 2004.
“A MATTER OF FACT”: WENDY HIRSCHBERG AND DAVID LINDBERG: SHORES GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, April/May, 2002.
Solo Exhibition “WAITING ROOMS”, LIVING ROOM GALLERY: ST. PETER’S CHURCH AT CITICORP, NEW YORK, NY, November, 2001.
“ELSEWHERE: SELECTIONS”: EYEWASH GALLERY, WILLIAMSBURG, NY, September/ October, 2000.
“TWO PERSON SHOW”: SHORES GALLERY, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, January/ March, 2000
“TWO PERSON SHOW”: CROXHAPOX, GHENT, BRUSSELS, April, 1999.
SOCIAL JUSTICE ART PROJECTS:
WIND OF THE SPIRIT, MORRISTOWN, NJ, 2018, posters and sculpted scenarios in support of Driver’s License Access for immigrants, reinforcement of minimum wage laws, and related legislation in NJ
RIKERS ISLAND JAIL DRAMA THERAPY, 2019, donated Portrait Puppets to support drama therapist men’s groups.
BEYOND THE BARS: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NY, MARCH, 2019, collaboration with Janee Pittman, spoken word poet, in support of annual conference.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sculpture Magazine, “New York: Wendy Hirschberg”, Jonathan Goodman, May, 2005.
LA Times, “The value of having some space”, Holly Myers, December 24, 2004.
City Beat, “Living Proof”, Rebecca Epstein, Thursday January 6, 2005
Offoffoff.com, “Shed Incident”, Lori Ortiz, September 27th, 2004.
Modern Painters, (U.K), “Learning Curves”, Lance Esplund, Spring, 2002.
De Morgan, (Belgium) “Crash with Intimacy”, Luk Lambrecht, April 23, 1999.
REVIEW, “Zone of Risibility”, Matt Freedman, February 1999.
REVIEW, “FRESH”, Annie Herron, March, 1997.
de Volkeskrant, ( The Netherlands) “W139+ New York,” Anna Tilroe, November 5, 1993.
Art News, "Object Lessons: Police Building", George Melrod, May, 1993.
EDUCATION:
QUEENS COLLEGE, M.F.A
SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL, New York, NY.