Artist's Statement

Wendy Fulenwider Liszt's paintings are a site of reconstitution. She imagines each work as a body - vulnerable, visceral and alive with presence. Drawing from experiences of impact, imbalance and illumination, she treats paint as both skin and medium, layering translucent and opaque color, then sanding, scraping and carving to reveal fiery forms. Architectural lines, horizons, and anthropomorphic forms drift in and out of legibility as they release themselves from fixed influence. With an MFA in painting from Hunter College in 2017, she makes work in her studios in Somerville, MA and Brooklyn, NY.