Wendy Fairclough

New Zealand born, Wendy Fairclough now lives and works in South Australia.

Fairclough has exhibited throughout Asia, New Zealand, USA, Canada and Australia. Her work is represented in private and public collections including the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs, National Gallery of Australia, Australian National Art Glass Collection, Australian National University Collection, and Museum of Australian Democracy.

Drawing from a background of Printmaking, Sculpture and Applied Arts Fairclough creates compositions and installations using blown and cast glass, cast bronze and aluminium, and found objects. She focuses on what we have in common regardless of culture and religion. This focus has led her to artist residencies in China, New Zealand and India.

“I‘m interested in what we humans have in common – regardless of culture, race, or religious beliefs. I’m looking for the connecting place where we can recognise our sameness. Experiences of home, sense of belonging, food, work, ritual, stories, all feed my curiosity and influence what I make and what material I use to make it with. It matters deeply to me that my work is accessible to people from different walks of life and that they can bring their own meanings to it.”

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