Wendi is a multidisciplinary artist, ritualist, and grief worker
In the first
I dislike talking about myself in the third person, especially when it comes to my practice. How can I be at a remove from one of the most defining things about me? I want you to understand my passion for what I do, how painful it is sometimes, how invested I am in this work, and how much I am still learning. I am not, nor am I interested in being, a finished product.
As a lost great-grandchild of the diaspora, I find myself constantly searching and identifying. My aim in everything I do is to create entry points into dialogue and discovery. I want to think critically, move through life with love, and be a part of building beautiful, healing, thriving communities. I want to show everyone that they have that ability within them. I don’t adhere to any particular discipline because honestly I don’t know how. I’m largely untrained and therefore incredibly undisciplined. While I do feel this is sometimes a curse, overall I believe it gives me the freedom to let projects speak for themselves and tell me how they should look and feel, which in turn results in a more powerful and honest experience for everyone who is a part of my work. If you’ve experienced what I do, I hope you agree.
In the third
Wendi YuLing a queer non-binary* artist and activist of Filipino, Chinese, Scottish, and Dutch descent. They were born (1973) to a mother from Washington state and a father from Hawai’i. Until late in 2025, she made her home in the PNW, but now they are living and playing across the whole dang country in Rochester, NY.
In their formative years, punk and new wave counterculture informed their practice, and Wendi still rejects conformity. They explore the complexity of existence through the multiple lenses of compassion, liberation, death, and subversion, oftentimes researching deeply into history and culture and working in collaboration with other artists and community. Their projects manifest as everything from installations, to performance pieces, to silkscreened t-shirts and patches.
“A revolution that is based on the people exercising their creativity in the midst of devastation is one of the great historical contributions of humankind.
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