Caroline Wendling

Caroline Wendling brings art and ecology together in her socially engaged, interdisciplinary practice. Her work ranges across media including drawing, print, performance, sound and film. She devises site-specific experiences in the form of choreographed walks/performances connecting people to land. She takes her audience on a physical, sensory and emotional journey; leaving both the participant and the audience with a poetic encounter and a story to tell. Her walks have been performed in New York, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Aberdeenshire.

In 2016 she received a special commendation for Arts in Public Places from Saltire Society. She is the recipient of several Arts Council England grants. She has been awarded residencies at METAL Southend, Studio459Tomar, BioArt, Helsinki, Cambridge School of Art, Nene Park Trust and Deveron Projects. Commissioners include Whitechapel Gallery, London; Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge; Wysing Arts Centre, Bourn and Deveron Projects, Huntly.

Educated both in France and the UK, Wendling teaches at the University of Reading and West Dean College. Her teaching research is concerned with ways of being and connecting to land, exploring how we understand place and ideas of belonging.

'Caroline was an inspiring, empowering and encouraging teacher.' -  Student, 'Nature Prints' August 2025

'Caroline brought a fresher and deeper feeling for this landscape. I have done other painting courses before but this one spoke to a deeper sense of connection with this land and sea.' - Student, 'Drawing from the Earth' August 2025