rescue and salvage missions // deterritorializing desire // acts of treason // songs of hope

Wanda Orme is a multidisciplinary artist, anthropologist and poet working through the mediums of photography, sculpture and language to pursue an exploration of the world which is both analytical and visceral.

Born on the Isle of Man and raised in London, she is drawn to wilderness, thresholds and meetings of difference. Her work explores relationships between human and non-human bodies; the power of the unseen, liminality, duality, alterity, resonance and desire. Her artistic practice is a shifting site-specific engagement with an animate world that talks back, she is seeking to learn.

Wanda has most recently been nominated for the 2025 Prix Pictet for her body of work Story of Time. In 2022 she was nominated for the Louis Roederer Photography Prize for Sustainability for her work at the Salton Sea in Southern California. She has previously been twice nominated for the Prix Pictet (2021, 2019) for her photographic series Blue on Fire and Hope's Paradox, both part of her ongoing engagement with issues surrounding water and the environment.

Wanda holds a graduate certificate in Psychotherapy along with graduate degrees in Anthropology (University of California, San Diego) and Psychology (New School for Social Research, New York), during which she specialised in the study of vulnerability.

Wanda has presented talks at spaces across academia and art including Photo London and the American Anthropological Assosciation. Her work has been exhibited internationally and her clients and publications include: The New York Times, AnOther Magazine, Coco de Mer, The Sunday Times, Vogue Italia, Dazed Digital, Port Magazine and The Eye of Photography.

Alongside her artistic practice Wanda works as an integrative coach and therapist, if you are interested in being coached by Wanda you can learn more at: www.rebellightcoaching.com

She is the author of the poetry collection The Becoming Light of Water (Whitefox Press, 2018) and two collections of poetry and photography: Blue on Fire (Calexico Press, 2021) and Volcano Songs (Guest Editions, 2022).