Gavin Wade

Gavin Wade is an artist-curator working with public art, exhibition making, writing, and publishing over the last three decades. Wade is the founding director and artist-curator of artist-run space Eastside Projects, an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation in partnership with Birmingham City University. He pioneers new ways for the processes and production of art, supported by research into new art sites, art as support structure, new models for public galleries, the uses of art within urban regeneration contexts, collaborative practices, exploration of architectural and display systems, and performative re-enactment processes. Wade is currently part of the collaborative team with David Kohn Architects and Eastside Projects co-designing the future Smithfield Market, Birmingham (2027). His ongoing collaboration with artist-poet Paul Conneally as a performative public art practice crosses disciplines of visual art, performance, spoken word and poetry, and connects to his ongoing series of albums Songs of the Modern World.