Wendy Wilson is an Art Director, Illustrator, and writer with a lifelong passion for visual storytelling. For twenty-four years, she worked in entertainment advertising, creating key art, press kits, and trade show design.
Her illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker, Woman’s Day, and other well-known publications.
Today, Wendy is focused on a more personal body of work. With her narrative images and portraits, she transforms everyday experiences and fleeting moments into meaningful art.
Wendy works digitally on an iPad using Procreate. She then generates archival prints from her files, which are for sale.
INQUIRIES
Archival fine art prints of Wendy’s artwork are available in varying sizes and can be purchased by contacting Wendy through email or direct message in Instagram.
wwilsondesign@gmail.com
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EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design, BFA Illustration
School of Visual Arts, Continuing Education classes
EMPLOYMENT
1997 - 2020 Showtime Networks Inc.
Senior Art Director
Produced Key Art, Photo Shoots, Outdoor Advertising, Marketing, Trade Show Design, Emmy Campaigns, Press Kit Design, and Collateral for the following Showtime Programming:
Queer as Folk, Soul Food, Weeds, Dexter, Nurse Jackie, The Real L Word, This American Life, Masters of Sex, Episodes, Roadies, Twin Peaks, Shameless, The Affair, Patrick Melrose, The Borgias, Kidding, Penny Dreadful
1988- 1998 Freelance Design and Production
Condé Nast Publications, Hachette Publications, Stewart, Tabori and Chang Publishers
ILLUSTRATION
The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Woman’s Day
SKILLS
Drawing, Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, ProCreate, Photography
MENTORING
The Showtime Summer Internship Program
AWARDS
1999 - 2020 Winner of multiple BDA-PROMAX Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards for design.
1986 Winner of a grant from the NEW JERSEY STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS