Wendell Gray II is a dance artist based in Brooklyn, NY. He has worked with artists including Joanna Kotze, Tere O’Connor, Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, Kevin Beasley, Pavel Zustiak, Maria Bauman, Jonah Bokaer, Christal Brown, J Bouey, and more. As a maker, Wendell has shown his work at Coffey Street Studio, Kinosaito Arts Center, Gibney, Center for Performance Research (CPR), Movement Research at Judson Church, Chez Bushwick, La Mama Galleria, and Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance. He’s been a resident artist with Sightlines Dance Festival, STUFFED at Judson Church, Work Up 6.0 at Gibney, and Chez Bushwick. He has additionally set work on companies including Michiyaya Dance, Pennsylvania Ballet II, Philadanco II, and Periapsis Music and Dance. In spring of 2023, he and the ensemble of Blackbare in the Basement by Jordan Demetrius Lloyd were nominated for a "Bessie" award for Outstanding Performer. He received his BFA in Dance from the University of the Arts in 2015 under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield and was raised in Atlanta, GA.