I am an artist and designer who’s probably worked on something you’ve come into contact with: an ad on tv, a campaign for a brand you use, and if you live in Chicago you’ve likely crossed paths with something I designed. But you won’t find that work here. Instead you’ll see a more personal side of me expressed through my work and writing.

Welcome to my website. I have been quietly keeping a blog for several years now; it acts as a living journal. As endearing as that may sound, it is also a quiet protest and an experiment in maintaining a slow practice in the internet space—one where I share my life’s thoughts as the years go by and in doing so, build an online archive documenting my time here.

Wendy has received a Clio, a Webby, and an ADC Award, and her work is part of the permanent collection of the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collections. She has also earned recognition from the Society of Typographic Arts, The One Club for Creativity, and the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS).

In 2025, Wendy received a DCASE IAP Grant for her project Specimens, a science memory card game currently in development.

Features:
2026 Faculty Issue 3
2025 PT Zine Inaugural Issue full zine feature
2025 Underscore Podcast
2025 Faculty Issue 2
2019 Where the Wind Blows
2018 Voyage Chicago Spotlight Interview
2017 Wunderkind Magazine
2017 Untitled Magazine : Issue 7

Awards:
2025 DCASE IAP Grant

Ugly Gerry Typeface:
2021 Webby Awards
2021 Clio Awards
2020 ADC Annual Awards
2020 The One Show

The Obama Portraits
2021 STA 100

Where the Wind Blows:
Brancusi Matrix Typeface
2019 STA 100

Villita Typeface:
2018 STA 100

Select Exhibitions:
2026: Roots & Culture: Atmospheres of Possibility*
2026: Verge Frames: Group show
2024: Woman Made Gallery Members Show: Winter: Chicago, IL
2023: Art Prize: The Old Morton Hotel: Fall: Grand Rapids, MI
2021: Mana Contemporary In Good Company: Winter: Chicago, IL
2018: Glamour Girl's "Amuse Bouche": Summer: Chicago, IL
2018: "Typeforce 9": Winter/Spring : Chicago, IL
2017: "Sight Six" Chicago Architectural Biennial: Fall: Chicago, IL

*Original show based on a body of work produced

Permanant Collections:
2017 "Historias De Zapiguri" Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
2017 "How to Meet an Echo" Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection

Select Projects:
Wendy’s Artist Calendar & Resource Guide: Yearly project since 2021

”Noche de Romance”: Winter 2022-23: Punch House, Chicago, IL
An original concept event for Valentines day featuring Spanish romantic ballads from the 70s and signature roses distributed to patrons bearing the inscription “Love is a present state.”

Education:
2012-2016
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BFA in Visual Communications

Employment:
Currently: Senior Designer at Someoddpilot
Previously: Designer at Leo Burnett Chicago

DJ Mixes: