Wendy McMurdo’s photographic work ‘The Somnambulist’ was exhibited in ‘ON AIME L’ART.. ! Collection Lambert, Avignon, France, (6 July – 5 November 2017) This exhibition comprised over 400 works from the agnès b. collection and took the form of a ‘journey of the senses’. It was organised around artists the … Continue Reading
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Wendy McMurdo named as one of the Royal Photographic Society’s ‘Hundred Heroines’
The Hundred Heroines campaign is an initiative run by The Royal Photographic Society to highlight the significant contribution that women are making to photography globally. As part of the celebrations marking the centenary year of women’s suffrage in the UK,’the Jury believes that its choice of the final hundred showcases … Continue Reading
Link →UNSEEN Film & Photo panel
Starting in the early twentieth century, photography and the moving image have an intimate and intertwined history as filmmakers and photographers drew inspiration from one another. Witness a conversation between artists that utilise both mediums, as they delve into the symbiotic relationship between the two most influential mediums of contemporary … Continue Reading
Link →My Best Shot – ‘Wendy McMurdo’s best photograph: two bears eye up a little girl’
‘The children kept asking the attendant: Are the bears alive or dead?
Interview with Dale Berning Sawa for The Guardian on the making of one image.
Between Realities – Stockholm
I will be participating in Between Realities between 31st Aug – 14th Oct 2018
Anna Uddenberg, Jacob Kirkegaard, Julius von Bismarck, Wendy McMurdo & and Katja Novitskova, Fargfabriken, Stockholm
‘Five contemporary artists participate in the exhibition Between Realities and, in different ways, focus upon what it entails to be human … Continue Reading
Link →Observe, Experiment, Archive.
‘Wendy McMurdo will be giving a talk about her practice on Wednesday 25 April as part of our new project Observe. Experiment. Archive which will explore the links between photography, science and technology. The talk starts at 6.30pm in the Lecture Theatre and will be followed by a … Continue Reading
The Digital Mirror
The Digital Mirror is one of a series of short films on artists commissioned by The National Galleries of Scotland. The film was shot at on location in Edinburgh, directed by Marissa Keating, with cinematography by Kimberley O’Neill and Michael Thomas Jones and produced by Becky Manson.
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Interview on The Photographers’ Gallery digital platform ‘Unthinking Photography’
‘As her project Indeterminate Objects [Classrooms] screens on The Photographers’ Gallery Media Wall, TPG Digital Curator Katrina Sluis interviews the pioneering artist Wendy McMurdo about the trajectory of her work since the 1990s and how debates around photography and digital culture have shifted’
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Media Wall commission, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
A new commission launches on the Media Wall at The Photographers’ Gallery, London in Oct 2017. ‘Indeterminate Objects (Classrooms) is a work by award winning Scottish photographer Wendy McMurdo. The project continues her investigation into the relationship between children and computers, and is inspired by young people’s fascination with immersive … Continue Reading
‘Let’s go to a Place’ at the Museum of Childhood
‘Let’s going to a Place’ was shown at the Museum of Childhood in 2017 as part of the Edinburgh Visual Art Festival.
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Regarding Portraiture – Wendy McMurdo’s Let’s go to a Place’ shows in Berlin
I am exhibiting work from my 2016 project ‘Let’s go to a Place’ in the group exhibition Regarding Portraiture curated by Andreas Schmidt at Galerie Andreas Schmidt in Berlin this Spring.
The show runs from 6th May – 15th July 2017 and includes work by Wendy McMurdo, Louis Porter, Corinne Vionnet, Georgia Metaxas, Oliver Schmidt … Continue Reading
Wendy McMurdo to lead Pairings
‘Award-winning artist Dr Wendy McMurdo has been appointed lead photographer of Pairings, an innovative arts project which celebrates the many and varied ways in which Trinity has inspired students, Fellows, staff and alumni. Pairings is part of the celebrations marking the 40th anniversary of women’s admission to Trinity.’
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