WENDA HABENICHT
Born Elkhart, IN
Lives and works in South Worcester, NY
EDUCATION
1981 MFA Columbia University, New York, NY
1979 MAT Beloit College, Beloit, WI
1978 BA Beloit College, Beloit, WI, Phi Beta Kappa, Cum Laude
1978 & 1979 New York Studio School, New York, NY (Summers)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (*Outdoor Sculpture Installation)
2023 4 Elements Studio Satellite Gallery, Utica, NY, October 2023 to January 2024
2022 Wenda Habenicht Sculpture & Photography, Community Arts Network of Oneonta (CANO), Oneonta, NY
2015 Wenda Habenicht 1978 To Now, More Art Space (MAS), Oneonta, NY
1989 Dream Retreat – City of Tilted Towers, Toronto Sculpture Garden, Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
1988 Stacked Maze, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA*
1987 Sun Cathedral, Operation Greenthumb, Artists in the Gardens Program, Brooklyn, NY*
1986 Garden Meeting Station, Samuell-Grand Park, Dallas, TX*
The Stand Off Ballet (Under the Arches), Montgomery College, Rockville, MD*
Remanence, Society for Clinton Hill Community Garden, Brooklyn, NY*
1985 Summers Dreamers’ Garden Deck, AREA (Artists Representing Environmental Art), Ward’s Island, New York, NY
Invitational Exhibition, WARM Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1984 Barriered Bridge; Phase IV; Scream/Think Boxes, Tiffany Farms, Caledonia, IL*
1982 Barriered Bridge, The Midwest Coast, Art and Agriculture, Caledonia, IL*
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (*Outdoor Sculpture Installation)
2024 Forgotten Spaces, Roxbury Arts Center, Roxbury, NY (February 17 - April 13)
2023 Winter Solstice 2023 Members’ Show, Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Essential Art, 32nd Annual Regional Juried Art Show, Cooperstown Art Association (CAA), Cooperstown, NY (Jurors: Karin Bremer & Lara Bremer)
9th Annual International Open Call, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI (Juror: Paula Tognarelli) (w/catalogue)
9th Annual Allegany National Photography Competition & Exhibition, Allegany Arts Council, Cumberland, MD (Juror: Todd J. Tubutis)
Made in NY 2023, Schweinfurth Art Center, Auburn, NY (Jurors: Kevin Larmon, Gary Sczerbaniewicz and Theda Sandiford)
2022 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY (Juror: Sophie Landres)
Montage/Collage Portfolio Showcase, Davis Orton Gallery, Hudson, NY
8th International Call for Contemporary Photography, Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, Providence, RI (Juror: Jessica Roscio)
Essential Art, 31st Annual Regional Juried Art Show, Cooperstown Art Association (CAA), Cooperstown, NY (Jurors: Frank & Helene Manzo)
The Mansion Show, Emerge/Reflect/Reset, Community Arts Network of Oneonta (CANO), Oneonta, NY
2021 Out of Office, Collar Works, Troy, NY (Juror: Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy)
2019 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY (w/catalogue) (Juror: Victoria Palermo)
White House, Group Photography Show, West Kortright Centre, East Meredith, NY (w/catalogue)
2018 Paul Flippen, Mark Picone and Wenda Habenicht, Community Arts Network of Oneonta (CANO), Oneonta, NY
Art Gallery Grand Opening, Gilbertsville Expressive Movement (G.E.M.), Gilbertsville, NY
2017 Upstate Artists, 6th Annual Juried Group Show, The Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY (Juror: Robert Gullie)
Essential Art, 26th Annual Regional Juried Art Show, Cooperstown Art Association (CAA), Cooperstown, NY.
2016 Grass Roots, Community Arts Network of Oneonta (CANO), Oneonta, NY
2015 I Like These Together, More Art Space (MAS), Oneonta, NY
The 2015 Mansion Show, Community Arts Network of Oneonta (CANO), Oneonta, NY
2014 Upstate Artists, 3rd Annual Juried Group Show, (Juror: Paul Hobart), The Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY
1991 In-House, Kubiak Gallery, Oneonta, NY
1990 Sculpture Tour 90/91, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN* (w/catalogue)
The Toy Show, BACA Downtown, Brooklyn, NY
1988 Insight/On Site, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Brookville, NY* (w/catalogue)
City Habitats, Within and Without, Grace Gallery, New York City Technical College, Brooklyn, NY
1987 Artists Choose Artists, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY* (w/catalogue)
Sculpture, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY*
O.I.A. Tenth Anniversary Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY*
Drawings for Outdoor Projects, Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
What Could Have Been: Unbuilt Architecture of the 80’s, Grace Designs Exhibits, Dallas, TX, traveling exhibitions through 1989. Locations include: Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, IL, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY, Musee des Arts, Montreal, Canada, and Sheldon Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Three Rivers Arts Festival Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Pittsburgh, PA*
Miami Sculpture Exhibition and Competition, Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, FL
Ars Brvklynienis, Part II: Sculpture, Wiesner Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1986 The Engaging Object, The Clocktower, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York, NY (w/catalogue)
Outdoor Sculpture at Connemara, Connemara Conservancy Foundation, Allen, TX*
Sculpture In Place, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY*
The Chair Fair, International Design Center New York, Long Island City, NY (w/book)
Public Art Program, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, Brookville, NY* (w/catalogue)
The Homeless At Home, The Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, NY
The Watermelon Show, Gallery Hirondelle, New York, NY
1985 Sculpture: The Language of Scale, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT* (w/catalogue)
Obstruction/Construction, Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, NY
Red River Revel Arts Festival Sculpture Residency/Exhibition, Shreveport, LA*
On, Of and About Paper, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Sculpture/Penn’s Landing/1985, Philadelphia, PA*
Shelter ’85, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC (w/catalogue)
Art and the Environment, Lever House, New York, NY
Corners, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Current Visions A Contemporary Survey, Germanow Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Big Ideas, Small Pieces, Northside Arts Industries, Brooklyn, NY
The Second International Shoebox Exhibition, The University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, HI (w/catalogue)
1984 Hofstra Sites, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY*
The Ways of Wood, Queens College, Queens, NY* (w/catalogue)
The Ways of Wood, The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
The Artist Views the City, The Old Post Office Gallery, Dayton, OH
Art and Ego, 419 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
Sculptor’s Drawings, the Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
AREA Benefit Exhibition, 133 Greene Street Gallery, New York, NY
Pan Arts Kamikaze Karnival, Kamikaze Club, New York, NY
International Art Competition, Los Angeles, CA
1983 Sculpture On Shoreline Sites, AREA, Ward’s Island, New York, NY* (w/catalogue)
Habitats, Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL
Terminal New York, The Brooklyn Army Terminal, Brooklyn, NY
New Talent, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA (w/catalogue)
Take-A-Peek, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1982 S/300, Sculpture Tricentennial 1982, The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA (w/catalogue)
Outdoor Sculpture In Cadman Plaza Park, Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, NY*
Sculpture 82/Beaver College, Beaver College, Glenside, PA*
The Monument Redefined, Gowanus Annual II, Gowanus Art Memorial Artyard, Brooklyn, NY
1981 Denver Center for the Performing Arts, commissioned proposals & models for the Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver, CO
1979 Wisconsin Sculpture 1979, Charles A Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI (w/catalogue)
1978 Twenty-First Beloit and Vicinity Exhibition, Wright Art Center, Beloit, WI
First Annual Wisconsin Biennale, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
GRANTS
1987 Artists’ Space, Individual Grant, New York, NY
1986 Artists’ Space, Individual Grant, New York, NY
Artist Fellowship, Inc. New York, NY
1985 Artists’ Space, Group Exhibition Grant, New York, NY
1982 Illinois State Art Council, Special Project Grant with The Midwest Coast, Art and Agriculture, Caledonia, IL
RESIDENCIES
1988 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
SELECTED ARTICLES
Aurer, Jim. “Sculpture Stretched”, Milwaukee Journal, 1979
Baxter, Robert. “Penn’s Landing is Offering Provocative Sculpture”, Courier Post, Philadelphia, PA, August 23, 1985
Bowen, Lisa Balfour. “Art In Our Parks”, The Sunday Sun, Toronto, Canada, August 20, 1989
Brenson, Michael. “A Bountiful Season in Outdoor Sculpture Reveals Glimmers of a New Sensibility”, The New York Times, July 18, 1986
Brenson, Michael. “Arts: ‘Engaging Objects’; Audience Participation in Cultural Zoo”, The New York Times, May 30, 1986
Brenson, Michael. “City as Sculpture Garden: Seeing the New and Daring” The New York Times, July 17, 1987 (pictured Garden Streets)
Brenson, Michael. “Sculptors Find New Ways With Wood”, The New York Times, Sunday, December 2, 1984
Doyle, Kevin. “Sitting On A Throne Can Be A Royal Power Trip”, The Times, Shreveport, LA, October 10, 1985
Fressola, Michael J. “20 Sculptors to Exhibit Outdoors at the Harbor:, Staten Island Advance, May 1, 1987
Harrison, Helen A. “Sculpture Adorns Hofstra Campus”, The New York Times, Sunday, December 23, 1984
Hitzeroth, Connie. “Habenicht’s Inviting Retreat”, Now, June 1 – 7, 1989, Toronto Canada
Hodgeson, Kelly. “A Hands-On Labor of Love”, Greenwich Times, Greenwich, CT., August 23, 1985
Kutner, Janet. “Connemara: Art in the Vast Plain”, The Dallas Morning News, Sunday, April 6, 1986.
Morgan, Robert. “Current Visions Are Envisioned in Germnow Gallery”, Sunday Democat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, January 13, 1985
Raven, Arlene. “Why Are You Painting Those Roses?”, The VillageVoice, New York, NY September 13, 1988
Shuck, Jay. “Artists Intrigued With Habitats”, Beloit Daily News, January 25, 1984.
Stingl, Jim. “Artist Bridging Awareness”, Beloit Daily News, August 10, 1982
Tine, Patrick. “‘Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region’ at the Hyde”, Times Union, Albany, NY October, 24, 2019
Yalkut, Jud. “Cityscapes” Dialogue, An Art Journal, Dayton OH. January/February 1985
Yarrow, Andrew L. “Art and History With River View of Manhattan”, The New York Times, July 15, 1988