Exhibitions
2023
RWA 170 Open - RWA, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1PX
Summer show - The Royal Academy London
2022
This Is Me’ exhibition - Kenny Gallery, RWA, Queens Road, Bristol, BS8 1PX
Bodies in Trouble, InFems Collective - Haus Kunst Mitte, Heidestraße 54, 10557 Berlin
5 Needle 5 Wire, InFems Group show - Thames-Side Studio Gallery Woolwich
A Woman's Place Is Everywhere - The Cello Factory, London
Nightclubbing: InFems x Carolina Herrera NFT Collection physical display for International Women’s Day 2022 - M&C Saatchi Golden Square, London
2021
No Reserve - InFems @ Leicester Contemporary, Leicester
Where Are We Now (Solo Show) - July 2021 Bermondsey Project Space, Bermondsey St, London
Biting Back and Enjoying the Taste - InFems @ PADA with MOVART Rua Lisbon
2020
RWA (Royal West of England Academy) Summer Exhibition - Bristol
NOT ONLY CAN WOMEN PAINT BUT... Ruth Borchard Viewing Room
Wendy Elia In The Milking Parlour (Solo Show), Guggleton Farm Arts, Dorset
2019
Ruth Borchard Prize Exhibition 2019 - Piano Nobile Kings Place, London
'Just Saying!' (Solo Show) - Someth1ng London, London
LoveCrazy (Solo Show) - Someth1ng London, London
2018
A Dance to the Music of Time (Solo Show) - Westminster Arts Reference Library, London
RWA (Royal West of England Academy) Bristol - Bristol, UK
Contemporary Masters from Britain: 80 British Painters of the 21st Century - Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, China (2018) Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China
2017
‘I Used To Perspire Freely...’ (Solo Show) - Westminster Art Reference Library, Leicester Square, London
National Open Art Exhibition 2017 - Bargehouse, Oxo tower wharf. Southbank, London
Nasty Women UK - in support of End Violence Against Women - STOUR SPACE, London
Contemporary Masters from Britain: 80 British Painters of the 21st Century - The Yantai Art Museum,Yantai, China (2017) - The Yantai Art Museum, Yantai, China
Contemporary Masters from Britain: 80 British Painters of the 21st Century - Artall Gallery,Nanjing, China (2017) - Artall Gallery, Nanjing, China
Contemporary Masters from Britain: 80 British Painters of the 21st Century - Jiangsu Arts & Craft Museum, Nanjing. China (2017) - Jiangsu Arts & Craft Museum, Nanjing, China
Anything Goes? - Contemporary British Painting - Bermondsey Project Space, London
Contemporary Masters - The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk UK
Strange Worlds: The Vision of Angela Carter - Royal West of England Academy - Bristol
2016
Wendy Elia – Paintings 2004 - 2016 (Solo Show) - Thames-Side Gallery, London
Contemporary Women Telling the Self through the Visual Arts, Contemporary British Painting - Summer Exhibition 40 artists - The Usher Gallery, Lincoln
‘Notes from China' Show - Curated by Robert Priseman, Marco Cali & Mengmeng Wang. UCS Anglo-Chinese symposium. - The Waterfront Gallery - UC Suffolk
Contemporary British Painting - Summer Exhibition - The West Gallery - Isle of Wight
2015
'Shifting Subjects' group show with Sarah Lucas, Miranda Whall & Co. Arts Council Commission. - Abbey Walk Gallery - Grimsby UK
Priseman Seabrook Collection of 21st Century, British Painting - Huddersfield Art Gallery
@PaintBritain - Contemporary British Paintings - Ipswich Art School Gallery
2014
International Women’s Day celebration show WIN - Oxo Tower Wharf. Southbank - London
2013
East Contemporary Art: A Collection of 21st Century Practice - UCS Waterfront Gallery, Ipswich
Histories in the Age of Confusion (Solo Show) - Abbey Walk Gallery - Grimsby UK
Royal Society of Portrait Painters - Mall Galleries, London
2012
B-side commission for Cultural Olympiad: Weymouth and Portland
Sherbourne House Arts and B- side maritime mix. (Solo Show)
Body Extreme - portrait for Weymouth and Portland poster and bus stops display. Arts council funded.
Diamond Geezer group show - WW Gallery, London
Sept - Oct Head and Whole 2: Talking Heads - Abbey Walk Gallery - Grimsby UK
Nov - Dec - GFEST Architectural Association - London
2011
July - The MacGuffin - Wilson Williams Gallery - London
Afternoon Tea - WW Gallery 54th: Venice Biennale: part of the ‘UK at Venice Biennale’ programme and the wider Biennale collateral exhibition. - Venice Biennale, Venice
Head and Whole - Abbey Walk Gallery - Grimsby, UK
Aug - Sept: The MacGuffin - Wilson Williams Gallery - London
BP Portrait Award Show - Wolverhampton Art Gallery
BP Portrait Award Show - Aberdeen Art Gallery
BP Portrait Award Show - Aberystwyth Art Gallery
London Art Fair (Art Superstars- WW Gallery) - Business Design Centre, London
NSPCC event W Bogoff charity show - WW Gallery - London
2010
Lynn Painter – Stainers Prize Finalist Painters Hall - London
The Threadneedle Prize (exhibition finalist)
BP Portrait Award Show - Usher Gallery - Lincoln
BP Portrait Award Show - Aberdeen Art Gallery
National Portrait Gallery BP Portrait Award Show - National Portrait Gallery - London
Bodyscapes (Sherborne House Arts project - Artwork and Discourse: Bodyscapes) + seminar and drawing workshops Weymouth college - The Mulberry Centre - Weymouth
2009
Bodyscapes Exhibition - (Sherborne House Arts project - Artwork and Discourse: Bodyscapes) - Kube Gallery - Poole, Dorset
Royal Society of Portrait Painters - Mall Galleries - The Mall, London
It will happen when you least expect it - the Upstairs Gallery, Nellie Dean. (Solo Show) - Dean Street Soho - London
2008
Sovereign European Art Prize Finalist and public vote winner - Rochelle school and Bonhams, London
1992 - 1997
'Love crazy'- collaboration with performance artist Marie-Anne Mancio (Solo Show) - Quicksilver Gallery, London
What is Truth (Solo Show) - Tram Depot Gallery - London
Fifty Quid - DSA Funding Event, London
Cats Cradle (Solo Show) - Cafe Gallery - London
Post Decadence -Cafe Gallery - London
Wendy Elia Paintings (Solo Show) - Portland Design Associates, London