Ishibashi Gallery

GESTATIONS: WENDY EDWARDS

Ishibashi Gallery Exhibition on view January 7 – February 27, 2026

Opening Reception: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 | 6:30–7:30 PM | Free and open to the public

Middlesex School’s Ishibashi Gallery presents GESTATIONS: WENDY EDWARDS. This exhibition brings together recent work with key earlier pieces that illuminate Edwards’ ongoing exploration of abstraction and the cyclical forces of life.

Long recognized for her richly colored and textured abstract paintings, Edwards’ work in Gestations builds through abstracted botanical and bodily forms that overlap and entangle across lush, atmospheric surfaces. Organic floral structures and anatomical references collapse scale and context, creating fertile spaces in which forms appear to bloom and persist. Sensual brushwork and bold color interactions imbue the paintings with physical and emotional intensity.

This body of work emerged in response to the death of Edward’s father and the birth of her first grandson. They confront life’s continuous cycles of birth, loss, sexuality, and regeneration. Edwards draws inspiration from historic floral paintings, particularly works by Vincent van Gogh and Rachel Ruysch, as well as medical and botanical illustrations. 

Wendy Edwards is a painter and Professor Emerita of Visual Art at Brown University. She received a BFA from The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and an MA from The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. Her work has been widely exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the United States and internationally, including recent solo exhibitions at The Currier Museum of Art (Manchester, NH). Her work is held in numerous public collections, including the RISD Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Museum, Orlando Museum of Art, Bowdoin Museum of Art, and San Antonio Museum of Art, among others.