Resume

CURRICULUM VITAE

Wendy Blickenstaff
1102 North 16th Street
Boise Idaho 83702
Phone: 208-830-6255
Email: wendyblickenstaff@gmail.com Web: wendyblickenstaff.com

Solo Exhibitions
2023 BOSCO Open Studios, Boise, Idaho
2022 BOSCO Open Studios, Boise, Idaho
2021 BOSCO Open Studios, Boise, Idaho
2021 2020/2021 Art Maze, Julius Kleiner Park, Meridian, Idaho
2021 Pandemic Data, Garden City Library, Garden City, Idaho
2020 A 2020 Boise Greenbelt Art Experience, COVID Cultural Commissioning Fund Fall Showcase, Boise Greenbelt, Boise, Idaho
2020 BOSCO, Open Studios, Boise, Idaho
2019 Relationship Series, The Local, Boise, Idaho
2017 Human Justice, Cathedral of the Rockies Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2011 Idaho Landscapes, Artizen Gallery, McCall, Idaho
2009 Idaho Landscapes, Magic Valley Arts Council Gallery, Twin Falls, Idaho
2008 Idaho Landscapes, Browns Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2007 Idaho Landscapes, Thomas Hammer, Boise, Idaho
1996 Into View, El Bosque Apartments, Santiago, Chile

Group Exhibitions
2023 Third Street Gallery, Moscow Idaho
2023 Singers & Song Writer/BOSCO show Riverside Hotel, Boise, Idaho
2023 Small Works show, BOSCO, Surel’s Place, Boise, Idaho
2021 Small Works Show, BOSCO, Surel’s Place, Boise, Idaho
2021 Pandemic Data - Unpacking 2020-2021, Initial Point Gallery, Meridian, Idaho
2021 Pandemic Data, Art and Soul of the Magic Valley, Twin Falls, Idaho
2021 BOSCO Riverside Hotel Show, Riverside Hotel, Boise, Idaho
2020 Pins Out, Reconnection Mural Project 2020, Boise, Idaho
2019 Treasure Valley Open Studios, Wendy Blickenstaff Studio, Boise, Idaho
2019 The Great American Eclipse, Solar, Student Union Fine Arts Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
2019 eARTH Day Exhibition: People, Planet, Solutions, Albertsons Library Gallery, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
2019 Responsibility, Art and Soul of the Magic Valley, Twin Falls, Idaho
2018 Fall 2018 BFA Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
2017 Don’t Throw Stones, Sweater People Glow, Paper & Clay Exhibition, Twain Tippetts Gallery, Utah State University, Logan, Utah
2017 Bird Collection, SGgallery, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica- Venice, Italy
2017 Callie, Art and Soul of the Magic Valley, Twin Falls, Idaho
2016 Monterey Bay, Chalk Full of Fun, Redwood City, California

Guerrilla Art Installations
2021-2022 Hearts For Snow People, Boise, Idaho
2021 Frozen Hearts-Thaw, Hull’s Gulch, Boise, Idaho
2020 Pandemic Telephone Pole Art Installations, Boise, Idaho

Awards and Recognitions
2021 Art and Soul of the Magic Valley, Honorable Mention—2D
2020 Boise City Department of Arts & History COVID Community Collection Awardee 2020 COVID Cultural Commissioning Fund Awardee
2020 Art and Soul of the Magic Valley, Twin Falls, Idaho, Third Place—Printmaking
2019 Art and Soul of the Magic Valley, Judges Choice Award

Commissions
2023 Showing Up Better, Book illustrations, Boise, Idaho
2023 United Methodist Church Pride festival marketing illustration, Boise Idaho 2023 BOSCO & Singers and Song Writers of Idaho, song Illustrations, Boise Idaho
2021 Meridian City Parks and Recreation Department, 150ft Diameter Coronavirus Shaped Outdoor Artwork Maze, Meridian, Idaho
2021 Jenny and Mark Hurst, Happiness Mountain Music Festival, Donnelly, Idaho
2019 Boise State Human Resources Department, Painting, Boise, Idaho
2019 Mark Stoecker, Painting, Prescott, Arizona
2016 Cathedral of the Rockies, Mural, Boise, Idaho
2012 Trish and Greg Charlton, Painting, Boise, Idaho
2004 City of Redwood City, California, Stulsaft Park Map, Redwood City, California
2005 Redwood Parents Nursery School, Mural, Redwood City, California
2004 Zac MacRunnels, Murals, Redwood City, California
2003 Denise and Mike Hountalas, Murals, El Dorado Hills, California 1996 Kevin and Michele Douglas, Murals, Kentfield, California

Professional Experience
2022-Present Activity Therapist, Cottonwood Creek Behavioral Hospital, Meridian, Idaho
2021-Present Printmaking in studio art experience, Blick-Studio, Boise, Idaho
2005-Present Studio artist, printmaking and illustration, Boise, Idaho
2020-Present BOSCO, Boise, Idaho, Board Member, Responsible for Community Outreach and Education
2020-Present Collister United Methodist Church, Boise, Idaho, Member of the Racial Justice Committee
2021-2022 Interfaith Sanctuary, Boise, Idaho, Contracted to Oversee Sanctuary’s Art Collective and Project Wellbeing Art Therapy Program
2021-Present BOSCO, Boise, Idaho, Board Member, Responsible for Community Outreach and Education
2020-Present Interfaith Sanctuary, Boise, Idaho, Volunteer, Art Community Outreach, Art Collaborator
2020-Present Collister United Methodist Church, Boise, Idaho, Member of the Racial Justice Committee
2020-2021 Turning Pages, Racial Justice Art and Literacy Program, Co-Creator
2008-2018 Cathedral of the Rockies, Boise, Idaho, Stage Design and Display
2009-2013 Adjunct Art Instructor, Anser Charter School, Boise, Idaho
2009-2011 Garden City Library, Garden City, Idaho, Creator and Instructor of Minni - Masters Art Classes
1997 Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California, Instructor of Display
1994-1997 Macy’s Department Stores, Northern California Region, Departmental Artist, and Display

Residencies
2017 Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy
2011-2013 Highlands Elementary School, art instructor, Boise, Idaho

Gallery Affiliations
2008 - 2013 Browns Gallery, Boise, Idaho
2007 - 2015 Great American Furniture Store, Bellevue, Idaho
2010 – 2015 Idaho Artizen Gallery, Mc Call, Idaho

Education
2023-Present Grand Cayon University, Grad program for Clinical Mental Health Counseling
2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Art (printmaking) Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
1992 Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, California State University Fullerton, California
2023-Present Grand Cayon University, Grad program for Clinical Mental Health Counseling