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About
Wendy Robles is a graphic designer and artist who creates printed materials, bespoke typography, visual identities, logos, illustrations, paintings and imagery. Her curiosity with the natural world and science is a driving force to her artistic practice. She often draws inspiration from the cosmos, non-animal life forms, and the metaphysical .
Her work is in the permanent collections of the Joan Flasch Artist Books and has been recognized by the Society of Typographic Arts, The One Club for Creativity, and The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS) .
As part of her practice Wendy maintains an active blog on this site that serves as a living journal.
CV
Features:
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:
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 Group Exhibitions:
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
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
Education:
2012-2016
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BFA in Visual Communications
DJ Mixes: