Bio: Wendalena came from an artistic background from South Africa, where her mother was a famous Portrait Sculptor. So Wendalena's schoolbooks were covered all over with her drawings of faces and she made her first Portrait Bust, lifesize, in clay, when she was 10 years old.



Both in Bristol and London, where she lives, she went to Art Schools and obtained an Honours Degree in Painting and a Postgraduate qualification from Goldsmiths in Ceramics.Did a PGCE at London University, institute of Education and has since taught Art and Ceramics for many years in London Secondary Schools.

Last year (2005) she taught Portraiture Painting as well as Toby Jugs made out of clay,at Crisis, the Charity, set up for the Homeless.

Wendalena is a vibrant, exuberant person,(quite unique in appearance!) and relates well to people of all ages. She has exhibited her Artwork extensively, both in London and currently, in Liverpool. She belongs too, to the well - known London Biennale of Artists, group.

She has also been invited to Perform in Liverpool at the end of October (2006) in an Art Gallery, as she is also a Performance Artist. She dances too, in a London Jazz Venue ,where she performs her own style of improvisional Dance, weekly, before a very appreciative audience.,being accompanied by various Jazz Musicians. Last year she was in a Pop Video, dancing for the Band, Texas, which was shown on Television, and previously, she was also on Television, dancing for a Guinness Advert! She says she loathes the stuff!!




Wendalena came working in Clubland six years ago,1st at The Warp, in SE1 Club, then for several alternative parties, culminating in the Synergy Project, three years ago. Here she has introduced and hosted the highly popular and loved Portraiture Workshop, which she runs on a regular basis, in The Cream Room, betweeen12.30 -3.30am, providing models and all Art Materials.

She loves nothing better than to nurture people's latent talents and many who come to her classes, are complete beginners or more advanced students. Several return to her classes, every Synergy Party! She puts their amazing Artwork that emerges, straight up on the wall afterwards, and her greatest joy is to give her students a strong feeling of self - worth, accomplishment and happiness through their wonderful Portraits that they produce, beginners or not!

This summerof 2006 too, has seen her running highly successful Portraiture Workshops in various Festivals in England, amongst others, The Small World Solar Energy Stage,and in the IDSpiral Space, as part of The Glade Festival.