CONTACT
Wesley@LifeAsMyth.com
ABOUT
WESLEY USHER
Achill Island. Co. Mayo, Ireland.
Wesley Usher is a multi-disciplinary artist and mental health professional who lives in Manhattan. In 2003 she moved from the southeastern United States to attend graduate school in applied psychology at New York University. During her last year at NYU, she did an independent study of self-directed reading and writing. The result of that study has been an on-going interest in the connections between gender bias, narrative and the emergence of the Self. At present she continues her research and writing as a postgraduate student at Columbia University.
Since graduating Ms. Usher has integrated her art into her mental health work, producing commissioned artwork for healthcare and professional spaces. She has also designed and developed expressive arts projects for use in the treatment of individuals with acute and chronic psychiatric illnesses. These projects include an agency art exhibition of solo and group works and a collective polyptych inspired by the work of Henri Matisse.
Before moving to New York, Ms. Usher spent fifteen years in educational and professional theatre, working as both an actor and independent producer. Her freelance projects centered around classic literature and were often collaborative ventures with nonprofit, religious or educational organizations.
