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WENDY WALGATE is a ceramic artist who received a M.F.A. in Ceramics from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1994 and completed a M.A. in History of Art at University of Toronto in April 2003. Wendy also received her B.F.A. in Printmaking and Ceramics at the University of Manitoba, as well as completing the two-year Diploma program in Ceramics at George Brown College.
As a resident at the Harbourfront Crafts Studios, she received the Artists' Residency Scholarship in 1995. Her solo exhibitions include Prime Gallery and Harbourfront Centre in Toronto and Network Gallery in Detroit. In October 2005, Ferrin Gallery featured her work at SOFA in Chicago and in 2006, exhibitions in Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Baltimore will include her work.
Ferrin Gallery in Lenox, Massachusetts represents her work at www.ferringallery.com
From 2001 to 2005, she served as Vice-President and President of the Ontario Crafts Council. In 2005, Wendy was awarded membership in the Royal Canadian Society of Artists. Wendy works full-time at her studio in the historical Distillery District of Toronto and has taught at the Ontario College of Art and Design and Sheridan College.