Biography
Wendy Vaughan (maiden name Wendy Kornmiller) grew up in West Bloomfield, outside of Detroit, where her father was a car designer for Chrysler and one of the original designers of the Ford Thunderbird. She won an art scholarship to the Allen R. Hite Institute at the University of Louisville and then graduated from Western Michigan University with a BA in painting. After working in industry as an art director for 22 years, she started painting full time. She has won various awards through the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, has been included in several full color art books featuring top artists, has been on the cover of several animal oriented magazines and was interviewed on a public television art program. Her fantasy animal oil paintings can be found in various art galleries and in many collections across the United States.
Current Representation:
Fredericksburg Good Art Company, Fredericksburg, Texas
Education:
BA in painting from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Art Scholarship to Allen R. Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
Publications:
2011 Fiber Festival magazine cover
Animal World USA, Memphis, TN, Feb. 2010, Cover artwork and interview
Vision Magazine, San Diego, CA, May 2008, Artwork photos
The Animal World Magazine, Memphis, TN, October 2007, Cover artwork and interview
Michigan Fiber Festival, 2004
Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo, MI, March 27, 2004
The Commercial Record, Saugatuck, MI, October 9, 2003
The Commercial Record/Resorter, Saugauck, MI, May 22, 2003
Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo, MI, April 11, 2003
Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo, MI, May 2002
Allegan County News, Allegan, MI, February 7, 2002
Special Awards:
Magazine, Collector's Edition, Best of Artists, 2012
2011 Billboard Contest sponsored through Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and Adams Outdoor Advertising, 1 year with artwork, name and website on 14'x48' billboard
2011 West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, 4th place
Book, Best of America Oil Artists, Vol.II, 2009, published by Kennedy Publishing,
2 pages, color photos
Lively Arts TV interview (WGVU Grand Rapids), July 2008
Book, Best of America; Oil Artists and Artisans, Vol.1, published by Kennedy Publishing
Third Place honors in book, Best of Michigan Artists and Artisans 2006,
published by Kennedy Publishing
West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Ward & Cora Nay ,
Director's Choice Purchase Prize, 2004
West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Martin Maddox
Imaginative Realism Award, 2003
West Michigan Area Show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Martin Maddox
Imaginative Realism Award, 2002
Permanent Collections
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
Exhibitions:
West Michigan Area Show, 2015
West Michigan Area Show, 2014
Double Take, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, September 2014
Fictions & Figments: Fur, Fins, Feathers, Frippery, 2 person show, Boulder, CO, 2012
West Michigan Area Show, 2012
West Michigan Area Show, 2011
Summer Group Exxhibition, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL, June, 2011
Artprize, Grand Rapids, MI, 2010
West Michigan Area Show, 2010
Pipp Hospital, Plainwell, MI 2010
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI 2009
I Hear Your Fragile Voices, WARD Gallery, Harbor Springs, MI, 2009
West Michigan Area Show, 2009
Solo show, WARD Gallery, Harbor Springs, MI, 2008
Solo show, WARD Gallery, Harbor Springs, MI, 2007
Art Chicago, Ann Nathan Gallery, 2007
West Michigan Area Show, 2007
From Fish to Fowl: Animal in Art, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, October, 2006
New Dimensions in the Natural World, 2 person show, WARD Gallery, July 2006
Beyond Human Limits, solo show WARD Gallery, July, 2005
West Michigan Area Show, 2005
West Michigan Area Show, 2004
Flora & Fauna, 2 person show, October, 2003, Mixed Media Gallery, Douglas, MI
West Michigan Area Show, 2003
Animania!, Solo show, Mixed Media Gallery, Douglas, MI, May, 2003
West Michigan Area Show, 2002