Wendy Wilkinson-Gordon

“I believe that my work communicates on several different levels. I am making a statement on nature and the structures it sometimes utilizes to become stronger and thus survive.”
-Wendy Wilkinson-Gordon

Wendy Wilkinson-Gordon has been making sculptures of multiple elements for many years. Her sculpture consists of repeated, organic forms that are covered by a thin skin (paper) to reveal the underlying structure (wire). They hang on the wall, lean up against the wall or are free-standing. They look somehow familiar, as if forms from nature, like seed pods or cocoons, or are reminiscent of ancient utensils, like cups or scoops. Although they are similar in size, color, and form, each element is subtly unique. When presented together, they form a cohesive whole. Wilkinson-Gordon is also very interested in women's work from the past.

Wilkinson-Gordon attended Syracuse University. In 1980, she spent a semester in Florence, Italy and first became interested in three-dimensional form. Upon her return, she spent two years in the sculpture department at Syracuse and then worked at a foundry, Johnson Atelier in Trenton, NJ, for seven years. While there, she learned to weld and metal chase among other things. Wendy has shown her work in numerous galleries and exhibits throughout the Delaware Valley and has won awards from Artsbridge in Lambertville, NJ. She met her husband, sculptor Harry Gordon, at Syracuse in 1981. They have worked many years to create a lifestyle that suits both their personal and creative needs. Wendy is co-owner of Harry H.Gordon Studios and lives in Lambertville, NJ with her husband, Harry, and their two children.

Education
Concentration in Art History, Wells College, Aurora, NY, 1977-1979
Concentration in Sculpture, Syracuse University Program Abroad, Florence, Italy, Spring, 1980
B.F.A. in Sculpture, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1980-1982

Training
Johnson Atelier, Apprentice, Mercerville, NJ, 1983-1984
Johnson Atelier, Technical Assistant, Mercerville, NJ, 1984-1986
Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture, Administrative Assistant, Mercerville, NJ, 1986-1990
Co-Curator, A Celebration of Art, Putting It All Together: Women's Lives in the '90's, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, January 1992, 1993, 1994
Mail Order, Shipping Assistant and Mountblank-maker for museum products, Benchmark catalog, Rosemont, NJ, February, 1992, 1999
Co-owner of sculpture installation business, Harry H. Gordon Studios, LLC, February, 1999-present
Co-Curator, Roosevelt Artists: Past and Present, Artworks, Trenton, NJ and The Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ, 1994
Board Member, New Hope Arts, Inc., New Hope, PA, 2005-present
Juror for Art of the Slate: Pennsylvania 2007, Harrisburg State Museum, Harrisburg, PA, 2007

Teachers
Dr. Rodger Mack, Professor at Syracuse University
Influenced by Eva Hesse, Martin Puryear, Graham Sutherland, Peter Shelton, Bryan Munt

Colleagues
Elizabeth McCue, Kevin Forrest, Mark Kobasz, Kate Graves, Margaret Mattheson

Connection to Bucks County
Wendy Wilkinson-Gordon lives with her husband, sculptor, Harry Gordon and their two children in Lambertville, New Jersey. She is on the board of New Hope Arts Inc. and helps to facilitate sculpture installations in New Hope through the family's company, Harry H. Gordon Studios.

Exhibitions
A Celebration of Art, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1994
Sculpture and Drawing, Solo Exhibition, Program in Women's Studies, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1996
2nd Annual Artsbridge at Prallsville Mills Juried Show, Stockton, NJ, 1996
Phillips' Mill 68th Annual Fall Exhibition, New Hope, PA, 1997
4th Annual Artsbridge at Prallsville Mills Juried Show, Stockton, NJ, 1998
Echoings, New Hope Arts Inc., New Hope, PA, 1998
Buckingham Winery Show, Buckingham, PA, 1998
3rd Annual Indoor Sculpture Exhibit, New Hope, PA, 1998
Transcending Boundaries, Monarch Contemporary Art Center, Tenino, WA, 1999
53rd Annual Juried Sculpture Show, Pen and Brush, Inc. Gallery, New York, NY, 1999
The Artists of Hunterdon County, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ, 2000
Abstraction 2000, Riverrun Gallery, Lambertville, NJ, 2000
Artsbridge Gallery April Show, Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ, 2001
Artsbridge Gallery March Show, Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ, 2001
Contemporary Still Life: Vanitas to Veritas, The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Lawrenceville, NJ, 2001
Many Faces, One Family, Mt. Holly Historic Prison Museum, Mt. Holly, NJ, 2001
Artsbridge Gallery November Show, Canal Studios, Lambertville, NJ, 2002
Family Sculpture, Cafe des Beauxarts, Frenchtown, NJ, 2002
Sculpture: Indoors and Out, New Hope, PA, 2003
Earth and Wind, Main Street Mount Holly, Mt. Holly, NJ, 2003
Gallery in the Garden 6, Hawk Mountain, PA, 2004
Pulp Fiction, BahDeeBahDu Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2004
2nd Annual Indoor Sculpture Exhibit, New Hope, PA, 2004
Winter Solstice IV: Standards & Shifts in Contemporary Art, Westchester Arts Council, Grand Banking Room at the Arts Exchange, White Plains, NY, 2005
Riverfront Renaissance: Sculpture Invitational, 2006, Riverfront Arts Center, Millville, NJ, 2006
Obsessions, Mixed Media Gallery, Doylestown, PA, 2007

Awards
Honorable Mention, 2nd Annual Artsbridge at Prallsville Mills, 1996
Bob Barth Memorial, 4th Annual Artsbridge at Prallsville Mills, 1998