Wendy Given is an artist and curator living and working in Portland, Oregon, and on Harstine Island, Washington. With a production of vivid, uncanny contemporary photography, sculpture, drawing, and installation, her practice stems from and is profoundly guided by the natural world, myth, and magic. Given’s visual craft conveys an intense yearning to honor and utilize our inherent awareness—to regain the unspoken understanding of the fact that we are all, and always will be (as humans), dependent on Earth and to her integral natural systems and inhabitants.

Given studied painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture during her BFA undergraduate work at Atlanta College of Art in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her MFA from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, California. Given has exhibited nationally and internationally and is represented by Whitespace Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia. She is currently the Art Program Manager for the Port of Portland and Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon, is a wilderness guide, and a certified Wilderness First Responder (WFR).

To contact me directly,
email hello@wendygiven.com

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