Wendy Hendelman

    Hendelman's work reflects her love of the primitive and the ancient. The small scale and style have established her identity as a sculptor, as was recognized in the following press release by Adele Segal, Paris art dealer:

For me, the most astonishing element within each of Hendelman's stone figures is that she has enabled the stone to speak in understated harmomy. Aside from the restrained carving, it is impossible not to surround the figures with visions of a heroic and compelling human journey. In Hendelman's work, it is the breath of life within the cold artifact that makes the journey irresistible and rewarding.

Berlin gallery owner, Helmut Schulz, states that her work possesses a signature distortion, similar to that of Modigliani, that demands the examination and imagination of the viewer:

Hendelman's sculptures defy' definition by period. They speak of Greco-Roman antiquity, yet flow from her hand With the unspoken simplicity and pure line of the, minimalists. There is power in what she leaves undone m working her stone, with areas of untouched, natural beauty, which enhance or surround the more finished face and torso like the prize of an archaeological dig. These are important works of art.

Hendelman has been represented by galleries and dealers in London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Sidney.

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Education and
Professional Training

Trained with the following sculptors:
Chaim Gross: 1981-86
Andrea Grassi: 1985
Jose deCreeft: 1988
Residency at Pietra Santa, Italy, 1989

Award
1982 Sculpture Award in Excellence
from Educational Alliance Center, NYC

Solo Exhibitions
Courbritt Art, New York City, 2003 - 2005
Murakami Gallery, New York City, 1994 - 1997
Schulz Gallery, Berlin, 1990 - 1993

Group Exhibitions
"Red Windows" Christmas Exhibition, Barney's, New York, 1994
Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA, 1994-1995
Christie's Inc. sculpture auctioned, 1995
Murakami Gallery, New York City, 1995-1996
Thread Waxing Space, New York City, 1997 - 2000
Downtown Association, New York City, 1998
Syda Yoga Foundation 2000
Gallery 1-20, New York City, 2001
Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2001
Martha Clara Gallery, Riverhead, NY 2002

Review
New York Italia, Winter, 1995
Sculpture can be seen at Michael Dawkins, Inc., New York City 2000-2003
Sculpture acquired by collectors in New York City, Berlin, London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Sydney

Credits
Private collection shown in "It Runs in the Family" starring Kirk Douglas and Michael Douglas.
Film to be released 2004.

Donations
Helping Hands For Hope Foundation,2004
The Children's Brain Tumor Foundation, May 2003

Publications
Hendelman - Tribes
Text - Anthony Haden-Guest, 2004

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