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June Exhibitions

‘Summers Past,’ can be seen at Saltaire Art Gallery and school, Summer show from 10th May -15th September 2024 https://www.saltaire.art/ Available to buy online too.

A bigger selection of my work will be available thoughout Warwickshire Open studios Summer Art Weeks. From 22nd June – 7th July. See flyer below for opening hours and location warwickshireopenstudios/jo-wade

Ironstone Prize

‘In a climate of change,’ can be seen at Banbury Museum and Art Gallery https://www.banburymuseum.org/ from 27th January-10th March 2024. The Ironstone Art Prize is a biennual award, which I’m happy to say I have been selected for.

Wells Art Contemporary

I’m over the moon to have my painting ‘English Summer,’ selected for The Wells Art Contemporary exhibition.

Wells Art Contemporary (WAC) was established in 2012 by a group of artists in Wells, the beautiful cathedral city in the South-West of England. Wells Cathedral, dedicated to St Andrew the Apostle, is the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Its magnificent West Front dates from the 13th Century and in August each year the Cathedral becomes the venue for the annual WAC exhibition.

WAC is an open competition and exhibition for contemporary visual arts which has established a strong presence in the UK art world and which is drawing artists from places as diverse as Australia, Azerbaijan, India, Italy, Korea, Japan and the United States.

The exhibition runs from the 5th August- 2nd September 2023

Coventry Open Exhibition

I have been selected for Coventry Open 2023 which showcases work by West Midlands artists. On from the 24th March to the 21st May 2023.
This is a competition that has been set up to display local talent and provide selling opportunities for artists.
Coventry Open celebrates the quality and diversity of art being produced in Coventry and the wider region. Visual artists working in any medium were invited
to submit their work.
There were 1014 submissions, shortlisted to 248 and 109 works selected by the judges for the final hang.

‘Eternity,’ is an oil on canvas. A painting which is intended to capture the sense of eternal time through an ocean that stretches seemingly endlessly into the distance.

My latest news

In recent times I’m happy to have been shortlisted for the RA Summer exhibition. Since then my energies have gone into completing new paintings and prints in readiness for Warwickshire Open Studios. Exhibiting from the 18th June to 3rd July. I am again showing with seven other artists in Ettington Church, 3 Halford Rd, Ettington, Stratford-upon-Avon CV37 7TH

Some of the paintings I intend to show During Warwickshire Open Studios

‘The sweet smell of summer.’
Oil on board.
23 cm x 28 cm unframed.

‘Changing days.’
Oil on board.
36 cm x 29 cm unframed.

‘Drift away.’
Oil on board.
23 cm x 28 cm unframed.

Print opportunity

My prints will be appearing at the Derby Open 2022. The Derby Print Open is an exhibition showcasing contemporary printmaking from artists based in the United Kingdom. The Derby Print Open was created in 2018, by Green Door Printmaking Studio, with a simple ideology; to promote printmaking and printmakers around the UK. The show will be on display from 1st June – 30th June. The prints below are amongst the ones I have on show. https://www.derbyprintopen.org/

‘A waft of memory.’
Collagraph print.
18cm x 18cm.

‘Rolling days.’
Collagraph print in editions of 12.
31 x 22 cm

‘The journey through life.’
Monoprint.
25cm x 20cm