MAX WADE

Born 1985 in London, moved to Somerset aged six, Max Wade, studied Art Foundation at City of Bath College in 2003 gaining a distinction before moving to Brighton in 2004 to begin a Fine Art degree in Painting. He moved to London in 2007 and has been working in a studio in Dalston since.

He says "I use my drawings and prints as starting points for my paintings, places I’ve been and conversations emerge on the canvas alongside a combination of memories and dreams, transitory events, everyday occurences and connections from years ago to yesterday are plucked from the subconsious and butted together on the canvas."

Max Wade draws, paints and scratches on the surface of a canvas, building up layers and a physical history on the surface. The mood, tone and narrative of the pieces are born from the physical act of painting. He likes to  play with colour planes and patterns, layering, moving and smearing the hues.