WENDY OSHER

Wendy Osher is a visual artist and art educator. Her work is inspired by incongruities in contemporary life and human perception that open windows to deepened experience of community, the natural world, and connections with the past. The media she uses emerge from the dynamics of each exploration. In the recent past, her work has made use of video, installation, and fiber arts. Wendy was an invited artist in 2005 for the Pittsburgh Biennial, Hidden in Plain View / Forest in the City exhibition , and summer Gestures exhibition at the Mattress Factory. She also creates videos documenting art projects connecting art and artist with communities. In 2004, she received a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship in Media Arts and completed a month-long residency in Taipei , Taiwan at The Dream Community, a community arts project. Her work includes sculpture, drawing, and painting and has also been exhibited and awarded at Mattress Factory, Penn Gallery, Andy Warhol Museum, Fe Gallery, Three Rivers Juried Art Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Film des Forets, (France), and The Pump House. Prior to her incarnation as a full-time artist Wendy was Associate Curator of Education at Carnegie Museum of Art directing children's and family programming.