STEVE WILDE – BIOGRAPHY
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.
Steve's practice has evolved from periodically photographing weathered walls, rust and peeling paint to painting textured canvases, moving on to geometric abstract works on wood panels, often with an industrial feel. Steve is now focusing on deconstructing and reconstructing the cube to build a new body of two and three dimensional works.
Steve's works have come to represent boundaries and territories and what walls mean to us: Inclusion, exclusion, protecting, imprisoning. Steve suggests this is most likely in reaction to taking up painting 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.
* Sales at show
SOLO SHOWS
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
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 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.
Steve's practice has evolved from periodically photographing weathered walls, rust and peeling paint to painting textured canvases, moving on to geometric abstract works on wood panels, often with an industrial feel. Steve is now focusing on deconstructing and reconstructing the cube to build a new body of two and three dimensional works.
Steve's works have come to represent boundaries and territories and what walls mean to us: Inclusion, exclusion, protecting, imprisoning. Steve suggests this is most likely in reaction to taking up painting 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.
* Sales at show
SOLO SHOWS
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
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