Education 

• MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY

• BFA, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Exhibiting History

2023

• Awarded The New Jersey State Council on the Arts 2023 Fellowship for Sculpture

• Amsterdam Art on Paper Fair, exhibiting paper sculptures and suspended installation with NL=US, March 16-19, 2023

• Wendy Letven, recent sculptures, SOLO show, Beth Urdang Gallery, Wellesley, Massachusetts, April 17-May 30, 2023

• Awarded a sculpture commission from The New York Percent for Art Fund, Public Art for Public Schools Program, to be installed at

  PS at Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY, September, 2024

2022

• Patterns of Thought, commissioned public art exhibit at Brookfield Place, NYC, January-May, 2022

• Blue, Group Show, Beth Urdang Gallery, Wellesley, MA, July 20 - September 24, 2022

• Volta Art Fair, exhibiting with NL=US, May, 2022

• Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Artist in Residence Program, Woodstock, NY, August 6-31, 2022

2021

• I Notice The Earth Echoes, Curated by Common Ground Arts for Brookfield Properties at One Liberty Plaza, NYC, September-November, 2021

• Re:GROWTH, An Outdoor Exhibition Across Riverside Park, curated by BravinLee programs, New York City, June-September, 2021

• Undercurrents, SOLO show, K.Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, December 15, 2020 - January 31, 2021

2020

• Travels Inward, 2-person show, NL=US, Rotterdam, September 5-October 17, 2020

• Art off Screen, an international exhibition, organized by Eileen Jeng Lynch, of artwork and performances in outward-facing locations around the globe, July 18 - September 26 2020

• Lines Falling Together in Time, Solo Exhibition, Fou Gallery, Brooklyn, Curated by Lynn Hai, February 28-July 3, 2020

• Flowtopia 2, Urban Outfitters Corporate Headquarters, Philadelphia Navy Yard, PA, March-June, 2020

• Art on Paper Fair, New York, represented by K. Imperial Fine Art, March 5-8, 2020

2019

• Pulse Miami, represented by NL=US, December, 2019

• “Uprooted”, Stairway Installation for Portal, Governor’s Island, New York, September, 2019

• “Flowtopia”, Market Art and Design, Featured Installation, Bridgehampton, NY, July 2019

• “On the Rocks”, Susan Ely Fine Art, New York, NY, June-September, 2019

• “Meta Morphologies”, Art on Paper Fair, Featured Installation, New York, March, 2019

• “Transformed: Paper in Dimension”, Hunterdon Art Museum, Group Show curated by Carol Eckert, May-August, 2019

2018

• “Drawing the Invisible”, Flatiron Prow Artspace, Installation, 23rd Street, New York, through April 2019

• “Formative”, Brasswork Gallery, One Person Show, Montclair, New Jersey, September-November, 2018

• “Haptic/Optic”, Group Show, Equity Gallery, Lower East Side, NY, March, 2018

• “Between the Color”, Site Brooklyn, Gowanus, NY, Group show with artists Emily Berger, Miriam Ancis, Hovey Brock, Karen-Nielsen Fried, Fred Benheim, February, 2018

• “Approaching Vibrancy”, Site Specific Lobby installation, curated by Mary Birmingham of the Visual Arts Center of NJ, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Gallery, Morristown, NJ, Through August, 2018 

• “Collage as Matter”,  Group show with artists Jim Osman, Nanette Carter and others Sponsored by Sothebys Real Estate, Chelsea Gallery District, NY, Through May, 2018

• “Making as Thinking”, Site Specific Installation for Group Show at Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ, February, 2018

• “Personal Identity Matter”, Group Shows at Gallery MC, 549 W 52nd St, New York, January 2018

• “Crosstown”, Featured Installation for I Love Playtime”, Metropolitan Pavillion, New York, March 2018

2017

• “The Big Small Show”, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ,

• JCAST, “Jersey City open studios, Jersey City, NJ, Oct 13-14

• Gallery on Division, “Conception”, Somerville, NJ, Sept 14 - Oct 28

• B.J.Spoke Gallery, “Paperworks 2017”, Huntington, NY, Aug 2 - Aug 27

• Islip Art Museum, “Duality: Glimpses of the Other Side”, East Islip, NY, June 24-September 17

• City Without Walls, 31st Annual Metro Show, Newark, NJ, June 7-June 30, Awarded First Place

2016

• Mayson Gallery, The Persistent Nature of Urgency, works on paper, w. 26th Street, Chelsea, New York, June 7-June 30

• Playtime New York, “The Language of Form” installation, Metropolitan Pavillion, New York, July 29-August 2

• Activate Market Street, “Random Misfirings of the Brain”, storefront installation, 77 Market Street, Newark, New Jersey, Januaury 30 to May 30, 2016

2015

• Momenta Art, 2015 Spring Benefit, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

• Concepto Hudson, Installation for “Red Valentine”, Hudson, New York

• Aljira Gallery, Viewpoints 2015, Newark, NJ

2014

• Gallery Aferro, Open Studio and Artist’s Talk, Newark, NJ

• Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (BWAC), Installation, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY

• Friday Studio Gallery, Group Show, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY

• Local Project, Exquisite Collage, Group Show, Long Island City, Queens, NY

• Aljira Gallery, Viewpoints 2014, Newark, NJ

2013

• Wendy Letven Recent Paintings, Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2012

• Form+Flow, Wendy Letven and Ruth Borgenicht, Prudential, Montclair, NJ

• Art Connections 9, Montclair State University, Montclair, New Jersey

• Afforable Art Fair, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey

2010

• Faces, MH Art gallery, New York City, NY

2009

• 20@10, 10th Anniversary Exhibit, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ

2006

• Best in Show, Gallery de Soto, Los Angeles, CA

• Anecdotes, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, New Jersey

2005

• Second Thought, Solo Exhibit, Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

• Of Time, Place & People, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ

• Essex Exposed, Pierro Gallery of South Orange, New Jersey

• Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, de Soto, Los Angeles, Santa Fe New Mexico

2004

• 23rd Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ

• Figure in Context, Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2002

• The Insomnia Show, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ

1998

• New Jersey Arts Annual, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ

1997

• Wendy Letven: Paintings, Solo Exhibition, State University of New York at Oneonta, New York

1996

• Selections from the AIM Program, Bronx Museum, Bronx, New York

1995

• Dieu Donne Editions, 1988-1995, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York City

• Decorative Subversion, Counterpoint Gallery, Wilmington, DE

• Mothers, Fathers, Sons, and Daughters, Laurie W. and Irvin J. Borowsky Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Mirror, Mirror, Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, New York

1995

• Wendy Letven: Recent Works, Solo Exhibition, Kubiak Gallery, Oneonta, NY

• Line-Up: At the Police Building, OIA, New York, Curators: Jane Farver, Charles Hagen, Elizabeth Hess, Saul Ostrow, Calvin Reid

• Four Artists, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA

• University of Bridgeport, National Juried Show, Carlson Gallery, Bridgeport, Curator: Elizabeth Sussman, Whitney Museum

• Selections, Lehman College Art Gallery, Curator: Susan Hoeltzel, Director

1992

• Artists in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY

• Allentown Art Museum, National Juried Show, Allentown, PA

Residencies, Grants and Awards

• 2023 New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship for Sculpture

• PAFPS, New York Percent For the Arts commission for PS at Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, New York

• MacDowell Colony, Fellowship and Artist Residency, Peterborough, New Hampshire

• Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Artist in Residence Program, Woodstock, NY

• City Without Walls Gallery, 31st Annual Metro Exhibit, Awarded first place, Newark, New Jersey

• Gallery Aferro, Newark, New Jersey

• Dieu Donne Paper Mill, Workspace Grant, New York City, New York

• Organization of Independent Artists, Group Show Award, New York City, NY

• Bridgeport Arts Council Annual Juried Exhibition, Group Show Award, Bridgeport, Connecticut

• Allentown Art Museum, Group Show Award, Allentown, PA

• Artists in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY

Recent Bibliography

• Dominique Musorrafiti | May 11, 2020 | China Magazine, Contemporary art in China, Featured

• Colon, John Micheal, Brooklyn Rail, Some Roads Yet Untraveled in Abstraction, March 5, 2018

• Featured artist, Unvarnished Magazine, First Issue, 2017

• “Creating Art that Savors the Senses” Montclair Times, 2 Aug. 2012

• Finn, Joan, “Creating Art that Savors the Senses” Montclair Times, 2 Aug. 2012

• Bischoff, Dan “A Return to Realism“ Star Ledger, 16 Sept. 2005

• Parks, Andrew “Figure in Context“ Philadelphia’s City Paper, 12 Aug. 2004

• Featured artist, Artsy Magazine, 1998

• Raynor, Vivien, Review of exhibit “Selections, Lehman College Art Gallery” New York Times, 21 Feb. 1993

Teaching Experience

2008–present

• New York University, Professional Studies, Media Design Concepts

• Parsons, The New School For Design, First Year Program, Time Course

• Montclair State University, Process and Media: Surface