Ingrid V. Wells – It’s Okay to Be Happy

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Ingrid V. Wells enjoys using playful subject matter to address complex topics including
resilience, personal energetics and consciousness. She has exhibited her work professionally
since 2010 in the United States, Japan, Israel, South Korea and Ireland. Wells has produced
over ten solo exhibitions in the San Francisco Bay Area with Glass Rice Gallery, Voss Gallery,
Artists' Television Access, Luna Rienne Gallery, Olive Hyde Gallery, Harrington Gallery and in
Arizona with Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale Public Art and with Eye Lounge:
A Contemporary Art Space. She has exhibited her work in over eighty group exhibitions at
galleries and museums including The Museum of Northern California Art (MONCA), Mystic
Museum of Art, The Museum of Human Achievement, the CICA Museum in Gimpo-si, South
Korea, Tokyo International Art Fair, PULSE Miami Art Fair, The Untitled Space (NY, NY), Foley
Gallery (NY, NY), Times Square (NY, NY), Center for Contemporary Arts (Santa Fe, NM),
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts (Walnut
Creek, CA), Modified Arts, (Phoenix, AZ) and was an invited artist for the ACLU Gala in San
Francisco, CA. Wells has exhibited and spoken about her work at art schools and research
university galleries including Stanford University, (Stanford, CA), Rocky Mountain College of Art
& Design (Denver, CO), Jackson Dinsdale Art Center (Hastings, NE), Skyes Gallery (Millersville,
PA), Zoller Gallery (State College, PA), Diego Rivera Gallery (San Francisco, CA) and with
California College of the Arts.
Her work has been featured and reviewed in The Huffington Post, Daily Mail, BUST Magazine,
Create! Magazine, W Magazine, Girl Talk HQ, Creative Boom, NYLON, Audiofemme, SF
Weekly, Hyperallergic, Flavorwire, KQED, The Jealous Curator, Teen Vogue and in other media
publications. In 2019 her painting was invited to be featured as a cover image in Spain’s leading
newspaper El País representing the international women’s movement. Wells has received
generous support from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Center for Cultural Innovation,
Cork City Council, San Francisco Art Institute and Arizona State University.
Her studio is located in Yelamu, also known as San Francisco, on the unceded territories of
Ramaytush Ohlone peoples. Wells was named by Create! Magazine to be on the list of Top 15
Artists to Follow on Social Media. You are welcome to visit her on social. Wells was recently
interviewed on the New Visionary Podcast with Victoria J. Fry on How to Bring More Joy & Self-
Compassion into Your Art Practice.
Ingrid V. Wells holds an MFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute (2013) and a BFA
in Painting & Art Education from Arizona State University (2010).

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Ingrid V. Wells enjoys using playful subject matter to address complex topics including
resilience, personal energetics and consciousness. Since 2010, her work has been exhibited in
the U.S., Japan, South Korea, Ireland, and Israel.
Wells has produced over ten solo exhibitions in the San Francisco Bay Area with Glass Rice
Gallery, Voss Gallery, Artists’ Television Access, Luna Rienne Gallery, Olive Hyde Gallery,
Harrington Gallery, and in Arizona with Phoenix Institute of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale Public
Art, and Eye Lounge. She has exhibited her work in over 80+ group exhibitions at galleries and
museums including MONCA, CICA Museum, Tokyo International Art Fair, PULSE Miami, Times
Square, and the ACLU Gala in San Francisco.
Ingrid V. Wells holds an MFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute (2013) and a BFA
in Painting & Art Education from Arizona State University (2010).