Wendee Yudis
Male Gaze, 2024
Photo-silkscreen, acrylic and spray paint on wood panels
24" x 48"

Artist Statement

My art turns the definition of femininity on its head, challenging unconscious gender bias, sexuality, objectification, and body image. I question the roles imposed on women-both those assigned to us (child, wife, daughter) and those we embrace (boss, lover, vixen). Why must we be vixens or victims? Can we be both?

Through a playful yet provocative lens, my work explores power dynamics, featuring recurring female icons layered with nuance. I use typography to highlight gendered language-why is a bossy man a leader while a bossy woman is a bitch?

Influenced by Warhol and Pop Art, I merge feminist themes with a bold, retro aesthetic that critiques cultural norms while celebrating women's agency. Using photo-silkscreen, painting, and spray paint, I layer imagery to create new meanings. My silkscreen process mimics a paintbrush, producing originals that explore translucency, opacity, and pattern-revealing both seen and unseen relationships.

Artist Bio

Featured in Philly Style Magazine and CBS Philly online in April 2024, Wendee Yudis is a Printmaker/Painter whose mixed media paintings/photo-silkscreens have been exhibited in solo & group shows in NYC, Chicago, and Philadelphia since the mid-1990's. Select solo exhibitions include James Oliver Gallery in Phila, HMVC Gallery New York-Times Square, Ceres Gallery in NYC and Gallery 1633 in Chicago. A selection of group shows include Women United Art Movement: I am Woman, The Albright/Knox Museum (NY), Manhattan Graphics Center, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Penn Medicine, CFEVA and The Trenton Museum. Select work was in a national competition in the Pheonix Gallery in NYC by juror Thelma Golden, then curator of Whitney Museum of American Art.

Wendee Yudis received an MFA in Printmaking & Painting from Pratt Institute and a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to being a visual artist, Wendee has worked professionally as a Graphic Designer & Art Director for advertising agencies and non-profits in NYC and Philadelphia.

https://wendeeyudis.com/

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