ABOUT
Steve Wilde was born in 1961 and lived in London until moving to Penzance in early 2024, With no formal art education, aside from a BTEC in Graphic Design, he started painting in 2018, having previously worked in bookshops, record shops, IT, printing and spot-welding while pursuing numerous unsuccessful attempts to make it in the music business.
Steve's practice focuses on two and three dimensional geometric abstract works evolved from deconstructing and reconstructing cuboid shapes. Steve's works have come to represent boundaries and territories, which he suggests is most likely in reaction to starting his practice just before the pandemic, post-Brexit and the ever increasing conflicts around the world.
Steve has exhibited in the UK and New Zealand, was shortlisted for the 2022 Brixton Art Prize and Longlisted for the Visual Artists Open 2024.
SOLO SHOWS
2026 Outside In, St. Ives Arts Club
2024 Haphazard Juxtapositions, Sprout Café, Penzance
2024 Transitions. Jupiter Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
2023 You Can’t Take It With You, Woodfield Pavilion, London SW16
2023 Liminal Life, Sprout Arts, London SW16
2022 Dante’s Car Park 2022, Brixton Tate Library, London SW2
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2026
Royal West Academy Open, Bristol
Associate Members Summer Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St. Ives
Secret Postcard Exhibition, Poly, Falmouth
Abacus Contemporary at Salthouse Gallery, St. Ives
St. Ives Arts Club, Crypt Gallery, St. Ives
St. Ives Society of Artists Spring Open, St. Ives
Associate Members Spring Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St. Ives
Penzance Studios Spring Exhibition, Penzance
St. Ives Arts Club Easter Exhibition, St. Ives
Associate Members Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St. Ives
2025
St. Ives September Festival, St. Ives
The Poly Members Summer Open, Falmouth
Penzance Studios Summer Exhibition, Penzance
St. Ives Arts Club at the Crypt Gallery, St. Ives
St. Ives Society of Artists Spring Open, St. Ives
St. Ives Arts Club Easter Exhibition, St. Ives
2024
Linden Hall Winter Open, Deal
St. Ives Society of Artists Christmas Open, St. Ives
Penzance Studios Spring Exhibition, Penzance
Woodfield Winter Exhibition, Woodfield Pavilion, London SW16
2023
Common Ground, Ponsonby Central, Auckland, New Zealand
Liminal, Woodfield Pavilion, London SW16
Anna Lovely Gallery Summer Open, London SE26
Through The Looking Glass, Mall Galleries, London SW1
Wilde | Woods, Boxpark, Shoreditch, London E1
2022
Grover, Lenclos and Wilde, Curious Kudu, London SE15
A Matter of Life & Death, Woodfield Pavilion SW16
Townhouse Open, Spitalfields, London E1
Brixton Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition - The Department Store, London SW2
Pavilion People, Woodfield Pavilion, London SW16
Print It, Aire Place Studios, Leeds
Small Is Beautiful], Woodfield Pavilion, London SW16
2021
Grover, Lenclos and Wilde, Curious Kudu, London SE15
Townhouse Open, Spitalfields, London E1
2020
Brixton Winter Art Show, London SW2
Townhouse Open, Spitalfields, London E1
2019
Outsider Arts Festival, Deal Castle, Kent
Brixton Summer Art Show, Brixton Library, London SW2
In the Studio: Art by MoMA’s Online Learning Community- MoMA, New York
PHOTOGRAPHY and DIGITAL ART
2019 Random Features [solo, photography] - The Great North Wood, London SE27
2018 London Calling [photography]: Photocopy Club, V3 Gallery, London SE1
2017 Breathing London [photography], Embassy of Croatia, London W1
2015 Bleeding London [photography], City Hall, London SE1
2013 Untamed [digital art], Mercedes-Benz, Paris
2011 Photocopy Club [photography], Beach Gallery, London E1
2006 Hype [digital art], Amsterdam
COMMISSSIONS
Kudu Grill, Peckham. Commissioned by Chris Corbin
PRESS
Dante’s Car Park In Brixton Library Brixton Bugle
Art Radar, Five Questions With Steve Wilde
Steve's practice focuses on two and three dimensional geometric abstract works evolved from deconstructing and reconstructing cuboid shapes. Steve's works have come to represent boundaries and territories, which he suggests is most likely in reaction to starting his practice just before the pandemic, post-Brexit and the ever increasing conflicts around the world.
Steve has exhibited in the UK and New Zealand, was shortlisted for the 2022 Brixton Art Prize and Longlisted for the Visual Artists Open 2024.
SOLO SHOWS
2026 Outside In, St. Ives Arts Club
2024 Haphazard Juxtapositions, Sprout Café, Penzance
2024 Transitions. Jupiter Gallery, Newlyn, Cornwall
2023 You Can’t Take It With You, Woodfield Pavilion, London SW16
2023 Liminal Life, Sprout Arts, London SW16
2022 Dante’s Car Park 2022, Brixton Tate Library, London SW2
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2026
Royal West Academy Open, Bristol
Associate Members Summer Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St. Ives
Secret Postcard Exhibition, Poly, Falmouth
Abacus Contemporary at Salthouse Gallery, St. Ives
St. Ives Arts Club, Crypt Gallery, St. Ives
St. Ives Society of Artists Spring Open, St. Ives
Associate Members Spring Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St. Ives
Penzance Studios Spring Exhibition, Penzance
St. Ives Arts Club Easter Exhibition, St. Ives
Associate Members Exhibition, Penwith Gallery, St. Ives
2025
St. Ives September Festival, St. Ives
The Poly Members Summer Open, Falmouth
Penzance Studios Summer Exhibition, Penzance
St. Ives Arts Club at the Crypt Gallery, St. Ives
St. Ives Society of Artists Spring Open, St. Ives
St. Ives Arts Club Easter Exhibition, St. Ives
2024
Linden Hall Winter Open, Deal
St. Ives Society of Artists Christmas Open, St. Ives
Penzance Studios Spring Exhibition, Penzance
Woodfield Winter Exhibition, Woodfield Pavilion, London SW16
2023
Common Ground, Ponsonby Central, Auckland, New Zealand
Liminal, Woodfield Pavilion, London SW16
Anna Lovely Gallery Summer Open, London SE26
Through The Looking Glass, Mall Galleries, London SW1
Wilde | Woods, Boxpark, Shoreditch, London E1
2022
Grover, Lenclos and Wilde, Curious Kudu, London SE15
A Matter of Life & Death, Woodfield Pavilion SW16
Townhouse Open, Spitalfields, London E1
Brixton Art Prize Shortlist Exhibition - The Department Store, London SW2
Pavilion People, Woodfield Pavilion, London SW16
Print It, Aire Place Studios, Leeds
Small Is Beautiful], Woodfield Pavilion, London SW16
2021
Grover, Lenclos and Wilde, Curious Kudu, London SE15
Townhouse Open, Spitalfields, London E1
2020
Brixton Winter Art Show, London SW2
Townhouse Open, Spitalfields, London E1
2019
Outsider Arts Festival, Deal Castle, Kent
Brixton Summer Art Show, Brixton Library, London SW2
In the Studio: Art by MoMA’s Online Learning Community- MoMA, New York
PHOTOGRAPHY and DIGITAL ART
2019 Random Features [solo, photography] - The Great North Wood, London SE27
2018 London Calling [photography]: Photocopy Club, V3 Gallery, London SE1
2017 Breathing London [photography], Embassy of Croatia, London W1
2015 Bleeding London [photography], City Hall, London SE1
2013 Untamed [digital art], Mercedes-Benz, Paris
2011 Photocopy Club [photography], Beach Gallery, London E1
2006 Hype [digital art], Amsterdam
COMMISSSIONS
Kudu Grill, Peckham. Commissioned by Chris Corbin
PRESS
Dante’s Car Park In Brixton Library Brixton Bugle
Art Radar, Five Questions With Steve Wilde
You can also find some of my VIDEO work on You Tube and Vimeo