About

Born in Enniscorthy, Wexford, Ireland, during the height of the ‘Troubles’ to an Irish mother and an English father, Wendy grew up with a deep bodily awareness of the socio-political definitions and boundaries that define and bind us when left unquestioned. The experiences of being unwelcome because of being insufficiently Irish or British profoundly shapes her work and life.

Wendy is a writer, mentor and artist based in Mparntwe-Alice Springs, Central Australia. For more than four decades, she has worked alongside communities, cultural knowledge holders, young people and organisations to create projects grounded in storytelling, learning, and social change. Through generative social justice practices, her work participates in the ongoing creation of more just worlds, recognising that nothing comes into being outside of relationship.

Collaborative-led works have been exhibited in the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA); Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), London, England; Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland; UNSW Galleries, Sydney, Australia; Araluen Art Gallery, Mparntwe-Alice Springs; Parliament House, Canberra, and Watch This Space Gallery, Mparntwe, Central Australia as well as at festivals in Galway, Dublin, Tipperary, Wolverhampton, and Darwin.

Creative works have been recognised with awards from ATOM (Australian Teachers of Media), First Nations Media, and NARIS (National Alliance for Remote Indigenous Schools).