Gallery With A Cause • Located in the New Mexico Cancer Center • Benefitting the NMCC Foundation
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Biography
An award-winning photographer, Wendy Kappy is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and has been showing her work locally and nationally since 2011. A long-time member of Albuquerque’s artistic community, she served several years as mentorship chair for the Enchanted Lens Camera Club and more recently as a judge for the Annual New Mexico Photographic Art Show. She is currently active with Photo Salon de New Mexico and Abstract Photographers International. Kappy’s photography has been featured in notable publications such as Shadow & Light Magazine and Hintology Magazine.
Kappy holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Sociology from the University of New Mexico. She retired from the University of New Mexico after working years as an education analyst, demographer, editor, and graphic artist.
Artist Statement
I am an abstract art photographer who has a passion for finding beauty and meaning in the overlooked surfaces of everyday life. I capture images that emerge through the effects of nature, human action, and time on urban and rural environments. Surfaces like weathered walls, crumbling sidewalks, and rusted-out vehicles serve as rich subjects for my work. The more these surfaces are broken down—through decay, defacement, gouging, scratching, rust, or splatter—the more intriguing and beautiful they become. It is a reminder that in life, things are not always as they appear. Beauty can be found almost anywhere.
My photography blurs the line between photography and abstract painting. Rather than focusing on representation, I emphasize the elements of abstraction: color, light, composition, form, line, and texture. I evoke energy, emotion, and imagination. My work is created in-camera with minimal post-processing.
I am particularly drawn to pareidolia—finding and photographing meaningful, recognizable images from random patterns. Decay is especially fertile for this, with nature’s chaotic forces and human intervention leaving their marks on surfaces. Our minds naturally seek meaning from these remnants, tapping into our own experiences, dreams, and memories. My work challenges viewers to see the world around them with fresh eyes, revealing layers of beauty in places where others may only see deterioration.
