WENDY KLEMPERER
393 BUSHWICK AVE
BROOKLYN, NY 11206
tel: (718) 628-4284
e-mail: wenklem@ix.netcom.com
born Boston, MA
EDUCATION:
- Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY B.F.A. Sculpture
- 83 Harvard-Radcliffe College, Cambridge, MA B.A. Biochem
COMMISSIONS/COLLECTIONS:
- L. L. Bean Company, Freeport, ME
- California State University at Bakersfield
- Coastal Maine Botanic Gardens, Boothbay Harbor, ME
- Andalusia Foundation, Bensalom, PA
- Suffield Academy, Suffield, CT
- Henry Lay Sculpture Park, Louisiana, MO
- Cheshire Horse Equestrian Center, Keene, NH
- Newmark & Co. Real Estate, New York, NY
- Summit Medical Group, Summit, NJ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
- 2007 38 Cameron Gallery, Cambridge, MA
- 2000 Suspended Animation, Gallery of South Orange, NJ
- 1999 Urban Pastures, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, 560 Bway, NYC
- 1998 Anima Mundi, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, NYC
- 1997 Featured Artist, Nelson Art Gallery, Nelson, NH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2007
- June LaCombe/Sculpture, Maine Audobon Society, Falmouth, ME
- Sculpture Installation, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown, MA
- Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth, ME
- Sculpture Installation, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
- Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
- June LaCombe/Sculpture, Coastal Maine Botanic Gardens, Boothbay Harbor, ME
- Sculpture Installation, Chapel Hill, NC
- Sculpture Installation, ArtInPlace, Charlottesville, VA
- Sculpture in the Park lll, Rockland Ctr for The Arts, Nyack, NY
- Faculty Exhibit, Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, Ed. Alliance, NYC
- Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Curated by Janice Kean Dorgan, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
- 17th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture, Appalachian State Univ., Boone, NC
- Third Annual Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
- Sculpture Courtyard, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL
- Six Sculptors, Long Island University campus, Brooklyn, NY curated by Kathleen Gilrain
- Earthworks, North Carolina Zoological Park, Ashboro, NC
- Sculpture Installation, Artscape Public Art, Pittsfield, MA
- The Sculpture Path, Forest Hills Educational Trust, Boston, MA
- Sculpture Installation, Pratt Institute Sculpture Park, Brooklyn, NY
- Celebration, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY, 2001
- Sculpture in the Garden 2001, Berkshire Botanical Garden, Stockbridge, MA
- Contemporary Sculpture At Chesterwood 2001, Stockbridge, MA
- The Madison Mile: Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture, Madison, CT
- Harbor Walk: Sculpture on the Boardwalk, West Haven, CT
- Chain-hounds: an Installation, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
- The Dog and Pony Show, curated by Leslie Heller, The Workspace, 96 Spring St, NYC
- Sculpture Installation, Convergence Festival, Providence, RI
- Bridgeport Sculpture Festival, organized by Peter Lundberg, Bridgeport, CT
- Checked, organized by Cindy Tower, Museum of Modern Art (action on coat check room), NYC
- Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, curated by Janice Conner, Chesterwood Museum,Stockbridge, MA
- Examining the Equine, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
- The Horse Show, Sylvia White Gallery, 560 Broadway, NYC
- Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Millbrook Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Concord, NH
- Sculpture Installation, City of Poughkeepsie Sculpture Park, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Signs, Forms, Systems: Site-Specific Outdoor Sculpture, North 9th St and Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY
- Escape Velocity, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
- Indoor/Outdoor Sculpture, Greene Gallery, Guilford, CT
- Crest Hardware and Soho Hardware, curated by Gene Pool, NY
- Brookworld: Installations by 25 Brooklyn Artists in a Soho Tenement Building, curated by Cindy Tower, 24 Thompson St, NYC
- Nine Sculptors Outdoors, Washburn University, Topeka, KS
- Cousins, Cape Gallery, Falmouth, MA (two-person)
- Sculpture Survey Show, curated by Mariella Bisson, One Main St Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY
- Exposure and Vulnerability, Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park Brooklyn, NH
- Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Gallery, 39 Mercer St, NYC
- All Media Summer Exhibition, Contemporary Artist's Ctr, North Adams, MA
- 11211: Williamsburg Artists, Jadite Gallery, 413 W.50th st, NYC
- Art-Terre: A Site-Specific Art Exhibit, Buckingham, Canada
- Four-Walls Fundraiser, David Zwirner Gallery, 97 Green St, NYC
- NY/93/50, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NYC
- Outdoor Sculpture, OIA sponsored exhibition, Ward's Island, NY
- Wild Kingdom, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, NYC
- Reclaiming Land: an Exhibition of Site-Sculptures, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
- The Neurotic Art Show, Artist's Space, NYC
- New Dimensions, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, NYC.
- In the 3rd Dimension, Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, NYC
- Habitat and Plein Air, AMMO, 135 Plymouth St, Bklyn, NY
- Alumni Show, Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Three Artists, The Gallery, 30 Bond St, NYC
- Bridge Space Exhibition, 40 Old Fulton St, Bklyn, NY
- Indoors/Outdoors: a sculpture invitational, curated by David Hacker Charas Cultural Ctr, 9th St at Ave B, NYC
- Room to Swing a Cat: a multimedia exhibit, 40 Hoyt St, Bklyn, NY
VIDEO COLLABORATIONS:
- My Pretty Pony and Summertime, with Chris Schiavo and Kara Cressman, screened at Four Walls, Brooklyn, NY ,The Kitchen, NYC and Artist's Space, NYC
- Award, Rosen Sculpture, Appalachian State U, Boone, NC, 2003
- Lotos Grant, Pratt Institute Outdoor Sculpture, Brooklyn, NY 2001
- Merit Award, Chesterwood Museum and Sculpture garden, 1999
- Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, 1998
- Funded Residency, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY, 1995
- Residency, IKONS, Newfoundland, Canada, 1992
- Residency, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH, 1986
- Residency, Ucross Foundation, Wyoming, 1986
- Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME, 1984
- Welding Instructor, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY, 2006-present
- Instructor, Carving Studio & Sculpture Ctr, Rutland, VT, 2004-present
- Welding Instructor, Educational Alliance Art School, NYC, 2003-present
- Workshop Artist, Morris-Jumel Mansion, NY, 1998
- Workshop Artist, Brooklyn Arts Council, NY, 93-4
- Panel Discussion, Outdoor Sculpture, Madison, CT 2003
- Visiting Artist, Franklin Pierce College, Ringe, NH 2002
- Artists' Talk, Forest Hills Cemetary, Boston, MA, 2002
- Artists' Talk, Gallery of South Orange, NJ, 2000
- Cast Iron Workshop, Convergence Festival, Providence, RI, 1999
- The Job Show Panel, Organized by Four Walls, Ronald Feldman Gallery, NYC, 1996
- Pilgrims:Wayfarers, Visionaries, Eccentrics, organized by Cindy Tower, at Four Walls, Brooklyn, NY 1995
- Outdoor Sculpture Lecture, at BOCES Community College, Utica, NY 1995
- Curator's Choice, Artists Talk on Art, NYC 1993
- Living/Arts, The Boston Globe, Christine. Temin, 8/29/01
- Arts & Entertainment, Sunday Gazette, Karen Bjornland, 7/22/01
- Art Review, The Berkshire Eagle, Charles Bonenti, 8/16/01 & 10/20/01
- Resculpting the DeCordova, Boston Globe, C. Temin, 9/22/00
- Contemporaries at Home, Albany Times Union, W. Jaeger 8/29/99
- Art Perspectives, Boston Globe, Christine Temin, 7/28/99
- Arts and Leisure ,Portfolio Weekly, Catherine Dorsey
- City, New York Times, Douglas Martin, 12/6/98
- Art Review, New York Times, Grace Glueck, 8/21/98
- Pilgrims and Pop Pioneers, New Observations Magazine, 9/95
- Arts and Entertainment, Falmouth Enterprise, W. H. Adelman, 8/27/96
- Visual Heartland, Ottowa Express, Kirk Finken, 8/24/94
- Art - Terre, Ottowa News, Sherry Chayat 8/19/94
- Eye on Art, The New York Post, Jerry Talmer, 7/27/90
- Nature as Subject and Substance, The New York Times, Andy Grundberg, 4/20/90