Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States
In 1999, Wendy entered Montana State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture in 2004.
Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
In 2006, Red Star attained a Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States
In 1999, Wendy entered Montana State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture in 2004.
Los Angeles, California 90095, United States
In 2006, Red Star attained a Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Wendy Red Star was born in 1981, in Billings, Montana, United States. She was raised in Pryor, Montana, United States. Wendy's mother was a public health nurse, who encouraged Crow cultural pursuits. Her father ran a ranch and was a licensed pilot, who also played in the "Maniacs", an Indian rock band.
Also, Wendy has an adopted Korean sister, who, as a child, spoke fluent Crow. Moreover, Wendy Red Star is a niece of Kevin Red Star, an artist.
In 1999, Wendy entered Montana State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture in 2004. Later, in 2006, she attained a Master of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from the University of California, Los Angeles.
During the period from 2012 till 2013, Wendy held a post of a manager at Chief Plenty Coups State Park in Pryor, Montana. In 2013, she began a collaboration with her daughter Beatrice Red Star Fletcher, who occurs prominently in her work and participates as a tour guide for their exhibitions. In 2014, Wendy curated "Wendy Red Star's Wild West & Congress of Rough Riders of the World", the first-ever all-Native contemporary art exhibition at Bumbershoot, which took place in Seattle during the annual musical concert.
Red Star has been exhibiting her works in the United States and abroad at different venues since 2003, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fondation Cartier pour l’ Art Contemporain, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Portland Art Museum, Hood Art Museum, St. Louis Art Museum and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, among others.
Also, during her career, Wendy served as a visiting lecturer at different institutions, including Yale University, the Figge Art Museum, the Banff Centre, National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Dartmouth College, California Institute of the Arts, Flagler College and I.D.E.A. Space in Colorado Springs.
Currently, she works as a full-time artist in Portland, Oregon.
Wendy Red Star gained prominence for her research-based works, that explore her cultural heritage and the role of Native women through a variety of media, including photography, sculpture, video, fiber arts and performance.
She attained numerous awards, including Harriet P. Cushman Award in 2003, Los Angeles Departmental Award in 2005, Louis Comfort Tiffany Award in 2017 and others.
Also, Wendy is a recipient of several fellowships, including Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship in 2009, Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Fellowship in 2016, Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship in 2018 and others.
Her works are kept in the collections of different museums and art institutions, including Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Newark Museum, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Portland Art Museum and others.
Wendy's art often includes cliched representations of Native Americans, colonialism, the environment and her own family. Despite the fact, that she deals with some serious issues in Native American culture, she often includes humor, through inflatable animals, fake scenery and other elements. Concerning her photographs, Red Star often depicts herself in traditional elk-tooth dresses, that she creates.
Moreover, Wendy characterizes her work as research-based, especially as she investigates and explores cliched Hollywood images, like beautiful maidens or western landscapes.
Wendy has a daughter, whose name is Beatrice Red Star Fletcher.
