Tony Wade
Studio 27
The Art House
Wakefield
WF1 2TE
CV
Education
1986 – BA(Hons) Fine Art – Bretton Hall College (Leeds University), West Yorkshire.
Exhibitions (Selected)
2023 – Landmarks – Wakefield
2023 – The Butterfly Effect – Wakefield Cathedral
2022 – Not Even A Mouse – Redbox Gallery, Horbury (with Helen Thomas)
2022 – From The Quiet Earth – ArtSocial Gallery, Sheffield (Group Exhibition)
2022 – This Must Be The Place – Wakefield (Group Exhibition)
2022 – In The Garden – Hepworth Wakefield (Group Exhibition)
2021 – A Place for Places – Wakefield (as part of the group exhibition Together and Apart)
2020 – Prosaic Generous – Globe Arts Studio, Slaithwaite (Group Exhibition)
2019 – If I Was Sitting Here – Birmingham (Group Exhibition)
2019 – Boundary No Boundary – Junction Goole
2019 – Boundary – Wakefield Cathedral
2019 – Jungle Tiger Moon – Redbox Gallery, Horbury
2018 – Birds on a Wire – Redbox Gallery, Horbury
2018 – Horse and Bow Top Caravan – Wakefield Museum
2018 – Boundary No Boundary – The Art House, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (Curator – David Gilbert)
2017 – Harrisons Wood – Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire.
2016 – Stories in Wire – Touring exhibition, South Holland District, Lincolnshire
2015 – Faceless 25 – The Calder at The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire (group exhibition)
2014 – Peloton – Transpennine Cycle Trail, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
2014 – Cast – The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire
2014 – The Old Barbed Wire – Pontefract Museum, West Yorkshire
2012 – Wired for Wellbeing – Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Yorkshire
Commissions (selected – public)
2021 – Line Dancing – Junction Goole
2021 – The Butterfly Effect – Wakefield Council
2020 – Learning Disability Nursing Banner – Health Education England
2020 – Paper Boats – NHS Inclusion
2020 – Rhubarb Shed – Wakefield Council
2019 – Railway Terrace – Fitzwilliam Station
2018 – Songs for Holmfirth – Holmfirth Arts Festival, West Yorkshire
2018 – South Elmsall Landscapes – Wakefield Libraries, West Yorkshire
2018 – Buildings of Pontefract – Wakefield Libraries, West Yorkshire
2018 – Wave – Goole, East Yorkshire
2018 – Bow Top Caravan – Wakefield Museum, West Yorkshire
2017 – Wood Street Panorama – Wakefield Council
2017 – Memory Lane, Wakefield Libraries, West Yorkshire
2017 – Normanton Square, Wakefield Libraries, West Yorkshire
2017 – Streets of Featherstone, Wakefield Libraries, West Yorkshire
2015 – The Light – Arts And Minds, Leeds, West Yorkshire
2014 – Poppies, Barnsley Council
2014 – Knottingley Glass, Knottingley Council
2013 – Communities in Time, Wakefield Council, West Yorkshire
2012 – Exchanging the Baton, Barnsley Council
2012 – Canals Connect, Wakefield Council, West Yorkshire
Commission (Selected – Corporate)
2017 – Castle on the hill – Barrett Homes, Pontefract, West Yorkshire
2017 – Backdrop – Grand Northern Ukulele Festival, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
2017 – Under The Arches – Merseyway Shopping Centre, Stockport
2017 – Hartlepool Heritage Trail – Middleton Grange Shopping Centre, Hartlepool
2017 – Insect Food Chain – Victoria Shopping Centre, Brighton, East Sussex
2017 – Hoylandswaine – David Wilson Homes, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
2016 – Crompton Place Quilt – Crompton Place Shopping Centre, Bolton, Lancashire
2016 – A Dozen Birds – St Marks Shopping Centre, Lincoln
2016 – Gorau Chwarae Cyd – Eagles Meadow Shopping Centre, Wrexham
2015 – Poetree – Artizan Shopping Centre, Dunbarton Scotland
2015 – Swan Mosaic – Swan Walk Shopping Centre, Horsham, West Sussex
2014 – Who’s Shoes – The Grosvenor Centre, Northampton, Northamptonshire
2013 – Stained Glass – Royal Priors Shopping Centre, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
Music
Selected compositions & sound collages
Boundary No Boundary – (found sounds and interviews)
Follow The Diversion – Faceless Arts (3 tours with existing music and sound collages)
Up The Pylon – Faceless Arts (original music for touring production)
Cyclops – Faceless Arts (original music for touring production)
Enids Clash With The Red Demon – Pilot Theatre (original music for touring production)
Whatever Happened to the 8:35 – Pilot Theatre (original music for community production)
Viking Boat Burning Ceremony – Jorvik Centre (original music for outdoor production)
Professional Affiliations
2017 – Co-Artistic Director, Edgelands Arts, Wakefield.
2002 to 2017 – Creative Director, Faceless Arts, Wakefield.
1989 to 1994 – Board member of Wakefield District Arts
1994 to 1995 – Board member of Local Arts Co-ordinator
1994 to 2000 – Co-ordinator of Wakefield Youth Arts Forum
Workshop Facilitation
I am an experienced workshop facilitator with the vast majority of the work undertaken as community co-creation.
In schools, I’ve worked with Key Stages 1,2,3 and 4.
I’ve delivered work with 16 to 21 years old through Wakefield Youth Service
I’ve delivered pilot projects for Wakefield Council specialising in dementia-friendly arts activities.
Throughout my career I’ve aimed to create access to the arts for people that have little or no previous experience, finding techniques and materials that help them to respond to and comment on the world around them.
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