Alice Wingwall
Alice Wingwall | |
|---|---|
| Born | Alice Atkinson Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupations | Photographer, sculptor |
| Spouse | Donlyn Lyndon |
Alice Wingwall is an American photographer and sculptor. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a young woman, she has been legally blind since 2000.[1]
Early life and career
Wingwall was born Alice Atkinson in Indianapolis, Indiana. She studied at Indiana University and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in sculpture from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963. Wingwall later taught at the University of Oregon and then became a professor and the director of the studio arts program at Wellesley College.[2][3] She changed her surname to "Wingwall" in 1980, having been inspired by a street shrine on a Roman building with a stone cherub who seemed to be pulling the building forward despite having lost one of her wings.[1] She additionally studied at the École du Louvre, the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art, the Atelier del Debbio and, with a grant from the Danish government, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.[4] She is a member of the Blind Photographers’ Guild alongside Pete Eckert and Bruce Hall.[5]
In 1991, Wingwall created the outdoor fountain and sculpture Cascade Charley, which is currently installed on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. In 2000, she edited a short film, Miss Blindsight/The Wingwall Auditions, alongside Wendy Snyder MacNeil. The film won the Best Independent Film of the Year award at that year's New England Film and Video Festival.[4] In 2015, Wingwall appeared alongside her husband in Erinnisse and Patryk Rebisz's documentary Shoulder the Lion.[6]
Wingwall's work has been included in the California Museum of Photography's Sight Unseen exhibition and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive's Blind at the Museum show.[4] In 2005, her exhibit Portrait Selves was shown at UC Berkeley's Townsend Center for the Humanities.[7] Wingwall's exhibit Beyond All That, created in collaboration with Suzan Friedland and Lis Gladstone, has additionally been shown at the Gualala Arts Center in Mendocino County, California.[8]
Personal life
Wingwall is married to architect Donlyn Lyndon and has three children.[1]
References
- ^ a b c DelVecchio, Rick. "Berkeley: Blind photographer's vision extends beyond her eyes". sfgate.com. SFGate. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
- ^ "Tinkering Tinkerers: Alice Wingwall". exploratorium.edu. Exploratorium. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
- ^ Sosa, Anabel. "Spotlight". alumni.berkeley.edu. Cal Alumni Association. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
- ^ a b c Smithson, Aline. "ALICE WINGWALL: A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO HAPPENS TO BE BLIND". lenscratch.com. Lenscratch. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
- ^ "Blind Photographers' Guild". visualsummit.com. Bruce Hall. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
- ^ "DVD screening of documentary, Q&A with Director, Erinnisse Rebisz, Director of Photography, Patryk Rebisz, and local residents Alice Wingwall and Donlyn Lyndon". gualalaarts.org. Gualala Arts Center. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
- ^ "Portrait Selves". townsendcenter.berkeley.edu. Townsend Center for the Humanities. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
- ^ "Beyond All That: Alice Wingwall, Suzan Friedland and Lis Gladstone Present An Exciting New Exhibit". gualalaarts.org. Gualala Arts Center. Retrieved November 14, 2025.