Biography 简历
Wendy Letven (b.1962, Philadelphia, U.S.)
Wendy Letven is a multidisciplinary artist working in sculpture, installation and painting in the New York area. Raised in Philadelphia, she received a B.F.A. from Tyler School of Art and an M.F.A. from Hunter College. She currently teaches Art and Design at New York University and at Parsons School of Design. She has created installations for Urban Outfitter Headquarter (Philadelphia, 2020), PULSE Art Fair (Miami, 2019), Governor's Island Portal Artfair (New York, 2019), Art on Paper Fair (New York, 2019), Market Art + Design (Bridgehampton, New York, 2019), Flatiron Prow Artspace (New York, 2018), and The Sheila R. Johnson Gallery at the New School (New York, 2018) among others. She is a MacDowell Colony Fellow and a recipient of a Workspace Grant from Dieu Donne Papermill in New York.
Letven is interested in similarities in the range of natural patterns and forms. She explores a personal language of abstraction that universally implies the mechanism of space and time and the fabric of the universe. Many of her works are created from her abstract interpretations of landscapes and natural phenomena, such as motion, resonance, rhythm and harmony. She also absorbs inspiration from other fields, including music, poetry, science and philosophy to build up an aesthetic synaesthesia shared among these different disciplines. She juxtaposes the geometric with the organic, symmetry and asymmetry, and lyricism, seeking to translate and communicate something of the sheer excitement and energy she perceives. She always combines unrelated lines, shapes and symbols to pursue a deeper level of harmony from seemingly disparate visual entities, with a strong belief in an omnipresent, deeper order of life rather than randomness.
温迪·勒特文（b. 1962，美国费城）
温迪·勒特文在费城长大，是一位活跃在大纽约地区的跨媒介艺术家，创作包括雕塑、装置和绘画。她获得了泰勒艺术学院的艺术学士学位和亨特学院的艺术硕士学位，目前在纽约大学和帕森斯设计学院教授艺术与设计。她曾为Urban Outfitter总部（费城），PULSE艺术博览会（迈阿密），总督岛艺术博览会（纽约），Art on Paper艺术博览会（纽约），熨斗大厦Prow艺术空间（纽约），Market Art + Design博览会（布里奇汉普顿）以及帕森斯艺术学院的Sheila R. Johnson画廊（纽约）创作大型场域特定艺术装置。她曾获得MacDowell Colony奖学金以及纽约Dieu Donne Papermill驻地奖学金。
勒特文对自然界图案和形式的规律性非常感兴趣。她探索着自己独到的抽象语言，它们共通地象征着时空的原理和宇宙的运行。她的许多作品来自她对景观和自然现象的抽象解读，例如动态、共鸣、节奏与和谐。她也从其他的领域获取灵感，包括音乐、诗歌、科学和哲学，并渐渐在不同的领域间发展出审美通感。她将几何形态与有机性、对称与非对称性、抒情性进行并列，致力于将她所感受到的纯粹的活力与能量表达、传递出来。她的作品往往开始于将毫无关联的线条、形状和符号连接起来，进而从看似无关的视觉元素的组合中追求深层次的和谐，以表达她所笃信的原则：比起完全的随机性，世上的事物之间一定始终存在着深层的规律和联系。
WENDY LETVEN
Born 1962, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lives and works in Montclair, New Jersey
TEACHING AND EDUCATION
2007—Present Lecturer, First Year Program, Parsons The New School for Design, New York.
2018—Present Lecturer, Professional Studies, New York University.
M.F.A. Painting, Hunter College, New York
B.F.A. Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2022
Wendy Letven: Patterns of Thought, Brookfield Place Winter Garden Gallery, February 1–April 4, 2022.
2020
Wendy Letven: Lines Falling Together in Time, Fou Gallery, New York, February 29—May 10, 2020.
2018
Wendy Letven: Formative, Brasswork Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey, September 28–November 2018
2013
Wendy Letven: Recent Work, Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, May 3–24, 2013.
2005
Wendy Letven: Second Thought, Solo Exhibit, Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 3–5, 2005
1997
Wendy Letven: Paintings, State University of New York at Oneonta, New York, 1997.
1994
Wendy Letven: Recent Works, Kubiak Gallery, Oneonta, New York, 1994
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Reflecting the Sharing Moment (abbr.RTSM) Online Exhibition, CAFA Art Info, September 29—December 2020.
2019
On the Rocks, Susan Ely Fine Art, New York, June—September 2019.
Transformed: Paper in Dimension, Hunterdon Art Museum, May—August, 2019.
2018
Home is Where the Heart is, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, New York, September–December 2018.
Haptic/Optic, Group Show, Equity Gallery, New York, March 2018.
Between the Color, Site Brooklyn, New York, February 2018.
Collage as Matter, Chelsea Gallery District, New York, May 2018.Personal Identity Matter, Gallery MC, New York, January 2018.
Crosstown, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, March 2018.
2017
The Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, New Jersey, 2017.
Conception, Somerville Gallery on Division, New Jersey, September 14—October 28, 2017.
Paperworks 2017, B. J. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York, August 2—27, 2017.
Duality: Glimpses of the Other Side, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, New York, June 24—September 17, 2017.
31st Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, New Jersey, June 7—June 30, 2017.
2016
The Persistent Nature of Urgency, Mayson Gallery, New York, June 7—June 30, 2016.
2015
Viewpoints 2015, Aljira Gallery, Newark, New Jersey, 2015.
2014
Open Studio and Artist’s Talk, Gallery Aferro, Newark, New Jersey, 2014.
Group Show, Friday Studio Gallery, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, 2014
Local Project, Exquisite Collage, Group Show, Long Island City, Queens, NY, 2014
Viewpoints 2014, Aljira Gallery, Newark, New Jersey, 2014.
2012
Wendy Letven and Ruth Borgenicht, Form+Flow, Prudential, Montclair, New Jersey, 2012.
Art Connections 9, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey, 2012.
2010
Faces, MH Art Gallery, New York, 2010.
2009
20@10, 10th Anniversary Exhibit, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, New Jersey, 2009.
2006
Best in Show, Gallery de Soto, Los Angeles, 2006.
Anecdotes: Narrative Painting, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, New Jersey, 2006.
2005
Of Time, Place & People, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, New Jersey, 2005.
Essex Exposed, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, New Jersey, 2005.
2004
23rd Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, New Jersey, 2004.
Figure in Context, Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004.
2002
The Insomnia Show, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, New Jersey, 2002.
1998
New Jersey Arts Annual, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey, 2002.
1996
Selections from the AIM Program, Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York, 1996.
1995
Dieu Donne Editions, 1988-1995, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York City, 1995.
Decorative Subversion, Counterpoint Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware, 1995.
Mothers, Fathers, Sons, and Daughters, Laurie W. and Irvin J. Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995.
Mirror, Mirror, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, New York, 1995.
1994
Line-Up: At the Police Building, OIA, New York, 1994.
Four Artists, Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, 1994.
University of Bridgeport, National Juried Show, Carlson Gallery, Bridgeport, New York, 1994.
Selections, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York, 1994.
1992
Artists in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum, New York, 1992.
National Juried Show, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1992.
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
2020
Flowtopia II, Site-specific installation, Urban Outfitters Headquarters, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 15—April 3, 2020.
2019
Drawing the Invisible, Site-specific installation, Flatiron Prow Artspace, New York, April 2019.
Uprooted, Stairway installation for Portal Art Fair, Governor’s Island, New York, September 2019.
Flowtopia, Market Art and Design, Featured Installation, Bridgehampton, New York, July 2019
Meta Morphologies, Art on Paper Fair, Featured installation, New York, March 2019
2018
Approaching Vibrancy, Site-specific lobby installation, Mary Birmingham of the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Gallery, Morristown, New Jersey, August 2018.
Home is Where the Heart Is, The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons The New School of Design, September 27—December 12, 2018.
Making as Thinking, Site-specific installation for Group Show at Studio Montclair, Montclair, New Jersey, February 2018.
2017
There are Holes in My Perception of the Rainforest, Outdoor installation, Summit Public Art, Summit, New Jersey, Fall 2017—Winter 2019.
2016
Random Misfirings of the Brain, Activate Market Street storefront installation, 77 Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, January 30—May 30, 2016.
The Language of Form, Site-specific installation, Playtime New York, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, July 29—August 2, 2016.
2015
Red Navigating White, Site-specific installation, Red Valentine, Concepto Hudson, Hudson, New York, 2015.
2014
Intermittent Green, Site-specific installation, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC), Brooklyn, New York, 2014.
AWARDS
First Place Award, City Without Walls Gallery, 31st Annual Metro Exhibit, Newark, New Jersey
Workspace Grant, Dieu Donne Paper Mill, New York
Group Show Award, Organization of Independent Artists, New York
Group Show Award, Bridgeport Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Allentown Art Museum, Group Show Award, Allentown, Pennsylvania
RESIDENCIES
MacDowell Colony, Fellowship and Artist Residency, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Gallery Aferro, Newark, New Jersey
Artists in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum, New York
温迪·勒特文
生于1962年，宾夕法尼亚州费城
现工作并生活于新泽西州蒙特克莱尔
教育及工作
2018–2020 纽约大学专业教育学院讲师，纽约
2007–2020 帕森斯艺术设计学院讲师，纽约
艺术硕士，纽约市立大学亨特学院，纽约
艺术学士，泰勒艺术学院，宾夕法尼亚州费城
个展
2022
温迪·勒特文：思考的模式，布鲁克菲尔德广场冬日花园，2022.2.1–4.4.
2020
温迪·勒特文：交会之际，否画廊，纽约，2020.2.29–5.10.
2018
温迪·勒特文：形式，Brasswork画廊，新泽西州蒙特克莱尔， 2018.9–11.
2013
温迪·勒特文：近期画作，Afif画廊， 宾夕法尼亚州费城，2013.5.3–5.24.
2005
温迪·勒特文：三思，Afif 画廊， 宾夕法尼亚州费城，, 2005.11.3–5.
1997
温迪·勒特文: 近期画作，纽约州立大学奥尼昂塔分校，1997.
1994
温迪·勒特文: 近期画作，库比亚克画廊，纽约州奥尼昂塔，1994.
群展
2020
RTSM线上展览，中央美术学院艺术资讯网，2020.9.29–2020.12.
2019
于石之上， Susan Ely画廊，纽约，2019.6.
变化：纸的维度，亨特美术馆，新泽西州克林顿市，2019.5–8.
2018
心在哪家在哪，Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen 画廊，帕森斯艺术设计学院Sheila C. Johnson设计中心，纽约，2019.9.27–12.12.
拼贴为重：艺术和地产，十一大道第100号，纽约，2018.3.11–4.1.
触、见，Equity画廊，纽约，2018.3.2–3.31.
个人身份，MC画廊，纽约，2018.1.30–2.10.
创作即思考，蒙特克莱尔工作室画廊，新泽西蒙特克莱尔市，2018.2.9–3.29.
颜色之间，Site: Brooklyn画廊，纽约，2018.1.11–2.11.
2017
大小展，绘画空间，新泽西州新泽西市， 2017.
概念，分区画廊，新泽西州新泽西市，2017.9.14–10.28.
纸雕2017，B.J.Spoke画廊，纽约州亨廷顿市，2017.8.2–8.27.
二元: 瞥见一方，艾斯利普艺术博物馆，纽约州东艾斯利普，2017.6.24–9.17.
第三十一届年度展览，无樯之城画廊，新泽西州纽瓦克市，2017.6.7–6.30.
2016
紧急之恒，梅森画廊，纽约，2016.5.7–6.30.
2015
观点2015，Aljira画廊，新泽西州纽瓦克市，2015.
2014
开放工作室和艺术家演讲，Aferro画廊，新泽西州纽瓦克市，2014.
群展，周五工作室画廊，纽约，2014.
当地计划•拼贴之精湛，纽约州长岛市， 2014.
观点2014，Aljira画廊，新泽西州纽瓦克市， 2014.
2012
温迪·勒特文和露丝·博根尼迟：形态+流动，明辨画廊， 新泽西州蒙特克莱尔，2012.
艺术连接9，蒙特克莱尔市立大学，新泽西州， 2012.
2010
脸庞，MH画廊，纽约，2010.
2009
20@10，十周年展览，拉威市艺术协会, 新泽西州拉威市，2009.
2006
优秀作品，Soto画廊，洛杉矶， 2006.
奇闻异事， Pierro画廊，新泽西州南奥兰治，2006.
2005
时间、地点、人物，拉威市艺术协会, 新泽西州拉威市，2005.
曝光埃塞克斯， Pierro画廊，新泽西州南奥兰治，2005.
2004
第二十三届年度大展，无樯之城画廊，新泽西州纽瓦克，2004.
语境中的肖像，Afif画廊，宾夕法尼亚州费城， 2004.
2002
失眠，无樯之城画廊，新泽西州纽瓦克， 2002.
1998
新泽西年展，蒙特克莱尔艺术博物馆，新泽西蒙特克莱尔市，2002.
1996
AIM计划之选，布朗克斯博物馆，纽约，1996.
1995
Dieu Donne Editions1988-1995, Dieu Donne Papermil，纽约，1995.
颠覆地装饰，对立点画廊，特拉华威尔明顿市，1995.
父、母、儿、女，Laurie W. and Irvin J. Borowsky 画廊, 费城，宾夕法尼亚州，1995.
魔镜魔镜， 艺术至中心，纽约州皮克斯基尔，1995.
1994
对齐: 警局之中，OIA，纽约，1994.
四个艺术家，艾伦顿艺术博物馆，宾夕法尼亚州艾伦顿，1994.
布里奇波特大学全国评审展览，卡尔森画廊，纽约州布里奇波特市，1994.
选择，雷曼大学画廊，纽约，1994.
1992
艺术家市集，布朗克斯博物馆，纽约，1992.
艾伦顿艺术博物馆全国评审展览，宾夕法尼亚州艾伦顿市，1992.
公共艺术
2019
流动乌托邦II，场域特定装置，Urban Outfitters总部，费城， 宾夕法尼亚州，2020.2.15–4.3.
连根拔起，场域特定装置，总督岛艺术博览会，纽约，2019.9.
流动乌托邦，场域特定装置，Market Art + Design 艺术博览会， 纽约州布里奇汉普顿市，2019.7.
描绘无形，场域特定装置，熨斗大厦Prow艺术空间，纽约，2019.4.
变动形态，场域特定装置，Art on Paper艺术博览会重点公共艺术项目，纽约，2019.3.
家在哪心在哪，Sheila C. Johnson设计中心，帕森斯艺术设计学院，2018.9.27–12.12.
下一站活力，场域特定大厅装置，Geraldine R. Dodge基金画廊，新泽西州莫里斯敦，2018.8.
创想，为群展创作的场域特定装置，蒙特克莱尔工作室，新泽西州蒙特克莱尔市，2018.2.
我所认为的热带雨林是有洞的，户外装置，Summit公共艺术节，新泽西州，2017秋季–2019冬季
横穿市区，场域特定装置，第十三届Playtime国际时尚大秀，大都会展览馆，纽约，2016.7.31–8.2.
大脑随机走火，场域特定店面装置，启动街市，新泽西州纽瓦克市，2016.1.30–5.30.
红白，场域特定装置，红色情人节，哈德森概念，纽约州哈德森市， 2015.
间歇的绿，场域特定装置，BWAC，纽约，2014.
艺术家驻地项目
MacDowell Colony奖学金，新罕布什尔州彼得伯勒市
Aferro画廊驻地项目，新泽西州纽瓦克市
集市中的艺术家，布朗克斯博物馆，纽约
奖项
无樯之城画廊第三十一届年度大展第一名，新泽西州纽瓦克
Dieu Donne Paper Mill驻地奖学金，纽约独立艺术家机构群展奖项，纽约
布里奇波特艺术协会年度评审展览，群体奖项，康乃迪克州布里奇波特市
艾伦顿艺术博物馆，群体展览奖项，宾夕法尼亚州艾伦顿市