Artist Talk: Alyssa Taylor Wendt

Austin-based artist Alyssa Taylor Wendt presents a lecture on her expansive artistic practice.

This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition HAINT, on view January 25 – February 22, 2019.

BIO

Alyssa Taylor Wendt (b. 1969, New York) received her B.A. from NYU in 1991 and her M.F.A. from Bard College in 2008. Her performances have been featured at the Museum of Art and Design, New York (2013); Fusebox Festival, Austin (2012); and NuMU Arts Center, Brooklyn (2010). She has had solo exhibitions at Women and Their Work, Austin (2015); Co-Lab Projects, Austin (2012, 2010); Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia (2011); and Lademoen Kunstnerverkstede Babel Gallery, Norway (2009). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles (2018); DEMO Gallery, Austin (2017); Third Man Records, Detroit (2016); Northern-Southern Gallery, Austin (2015); Southern Exposure, San Francisco (2014); New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York (2011); and Miami Art Basel (2008), among others. She is a recipient of numerous awards, including Official Winner at the International Istanbul Experimental Film Festival (2018) and grants from the City of Austin Cultural Council (2015-2018), and has held residencies at the School of Visual Arts, New York (2012); NES, Skagastrond, Iceland (2009); and Lademoen Kunstnerverkstede, Trondheim, Norway (2009).