Join us for a powerful & insightful discussion with visual artist Ingrid V. Wells about paving your path while finding moments of delight along the way. Here’s what we discuss:
1. How a guided meditation led Ingrid to completely shift paths and pursue a career as an artist.
2. Thoughtful strategies for moving forward in the direction of your dreams and living with intention.
3. The importance of our daily habits and approaching life one day at a time. Ask yourself - what can I do today to feel good?
4. The power of practicing generosity and sharing knowledge with each other as we further our own careers.
About Ingrid:
Ingrid V. Wells earned her MFA from San Francisco Art Institute and her BFA from Arizona State University. Her artwork has been shown in New York at the Untitled Space, PULSE Miami with Treat Gallery, internationally in South Korea at the CICA Museum and online with PxP Contemporary. She enjoys using playful subject matter to address complex topics including women's issues, mental health, joy and being.
Her work has been featured by The Jealous Curator, The Huffington Post, Daily Mail, BUST Magazine, Create! Magazine and Teen Vogue, among others. Her oil painting was invited to be featured on the front page (print) of El País representing the international women’s movement in 2019. Wells is a multiple-time grant recipient from the Center for Cultural Innovation.
She runs San Francisco Artists Studios, a multidisciplinary artist studio space in the Dogpatch district of San Francisco. There she facilitates programming including ongoing artist professional development series with Sample-Studios (Cork, Ireland) that began during the pandemic with grant funding from the Cork City Council Twinning Cities.
Wells directs TWIRL: A Decade of Artists Interviews, a 10 year annual interview project that began with 40 artists. The project focuses on studying artist resilience and the survival of artist communities despite unforeseen difficult circumstances. The project launched in February 2020.
She was awarded a Certificate of Honor from the City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors in October 2020 for painting uplifting murals in the city's COVID overflow hospital space in the Presidio.
In May of 2022, Create! Magazine named Wells #7 on the list of Top 15 Emerging Artists to Follow on Social Media. You are welcome to visit her on social at @ingridvwells.
Her recent solo exhibition Glimmers with Voss Gallery in San Francisco, received press coverage from The Jealous Curator, DIVIDE Magazine, Thought Art Magazine, All She Makes Magazine, Juniper Rag, Arts to Hearts Project, Friend of the Artist and Visionary Art Collective. Her work is also currently on display in southern California at Brea Gallery with the Pure, Unadulterated Joy exhibition, which was extended for three additional months due to popularity.
Wells currently lives and works in San Francisco.