Wade Taylor is an artist from Perth, Western Australia. Working primarily with paint his practice explores issues surrounding Australian identity, conveying notions of suburbia, nostalgia, and the everyday. With a focus on the materiality of paint and the emotive properties of colour and light, works centre on the familiar yet strange qualities to the contemporary Australian landscape.
Wade Taylor has been painting professionally and exhibiting since 2014. Launching with a curated group that won best visual arts show at Perth Fringe Festival of that year, Wade has gone on to have 6 solo shows in both commercial and artist run galleries such as Stala contemporary, Turner Galleries, Spectrum ECU, Paper Mountain and Nyizstor Studios. Throughout he has been exhibiting consistently in group shows locally and interstate, most recently the fantastic In Suburbia: Recent Detours exhibition curated by Gavin Wilson at S.H Ervin Gallery NSW. Wade has been curated into festivals such as The Fremantle Biennale, Perth Festival in 2020 and also 2022 for Perth Festival at Lawrence Wilson Gallery. Other highlights include two large scale commission works for the Art Gallery of WA exhibition A View from Here as well as public art commissions for the City of Kwinana and a two-time Lester Prize finalist. Wade has been the recipient of awards such as the overall winner of Melville art award and the Minnawarra art award. Represented by Stala Contemporary Wade’s work is held in many private and public collections such as the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Cities of Perth, Melville, Armadale, Joondalup, Stirling and the universities of Western Australia and Edith Cowen
Collections
Art Gallery of Western Australia
City of Perth Art Collection
University of Western Australia Collection
Edith Cowan University Art Collection
City of Joondalup
City of Stirling
City of Armadale
Santa Maria College Collection
Elizabeth and Lloyd Horn Collection
Selected Exhibition Record
2025
In Suburbia: Recent Detours, S.H Ervin Gallery NSW
Collie Art Prize, Collie Regional Gallery WA
Autumn Salon, Stala Contemporary WA
Locals, Outre Gallery VIC
PCWK, Nyizstor Studio WA
2024
Salon, Anya Brock Gallery, group show
Locals, Outre Gallery (Melb), group show
Summer Salon, Stala contemporary, group show
2023
Minnawarra Art Awards, group. Overall winner
Melville Art Awards, group. Second place winner
Between the Eye and the Heart, Lost Eden Creative, group
Here On In, Brunswick St Gallery (Melbourne), group
Place(s) Called Home, Brunswick St Gallery(Malbourne), group
Locals, Outre Gallery (Melbourne), group
2022
Orange&Mango, Stala Contemporary, solo
Nocturne, Brunswick Street Gallery (Melbourne), group
Vanguard, Outre Gallery (Melbourne), group
Don’t Be a Stranger, Brunswick Street Gallery (Melbourne), group
Still Life Expander, Stala Contemporary, group
Ariels Song, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, group - (Perth Festival)
Locals, Outré Gallery (Melbourne), group
2021
Solastalgia, Lost Eden Creative, group
Expander: Colour, Stala Contemporary, group
The View From Here, Art Gallery of Western Australia, 2 large commission works
Vanguard, Outre Gallery Melbourne, group
Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, group
Painting the Screen, Nyisztor Studio, group
2020
Wide Open Road, Nyisztor Studio, group
Beauty Salon, Peekaboo Gallery, group
The Lester Prize for Portraiture, Art Gallery of WA
2019
Western Currents, Fremantle Arts Centre, group (Fremantle Biennale)
The Lester Prize for Portraiture, Art Gallery of WA, group
Hearsay, Wanneroo Cultural Centre Gallery, group museum show
Bunbury Biennale, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, group
Looking Now Anyone Here, Paper Mountain, with Ben Bannan and Brent Harrison
Two Guys a Girl and a Pizza Place, Nyisztor Studio, trio show
Bloom, Stala Contemporary, solo show
WIP, Stala Contemporary, group show
2018
Treasured, Wanneroo Cultural Centre Gallery, group museum show
Pure Contemplation Without Knowledge, Nyisztor Studio, group show
Cut it Out, Smart Casual Gallery, group show
Totalled, Nyisztor Studio, solo show
Untitled, Traffic Jam Galleries (NSW), group show
Reincarnation, Friday’s Studio, Stala Contemporary, group show
Untitled, The Orangery, group show
2017
Joondalup Invitation Art Award
Inland Sea, Turner Galleries, solo show
Bin Night, Hive Art Space
2016
Fertile, Free. Spectrum Gallery, solo show
I think I'm a Genius, Ink Remedy Gallery, group show
2015
Eshay, Paper Mountain, solo show
Mate, Paper Mountain, group show
2014
Rough Diamond, Free Range Gallery, dual solo show
Recognition
Minnawarra Art Prize 2023, WA, Winner Main Award
Perth Royal Art Prize 2023, WA, Winner Highly Commended
Midwest Art Prize, WA, 2021, Finalist
Melville Art Award, WA, 2020, Winner Main Award
The Lester Prize for Portraiture, Art Gallery of WA, 2020, Finalist
The Lester Prize for Portraiture, Art Gallery of WA, 2019, Finalist
Bunbury Biennale 2019
Minnawarra Art Award, WA, 2019, Finalist
Midwest Art Prize, WA, 2019, Finalist
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, NSW, 2018, Finalist
Busselton Art Award, WA, 2018, Emerging artist winner
Perth Royal Show Landscape Prize, WA, 2018, Finalist
City of Melville Art Award, WA, 2018, Melville award winner
Wanneroo Art Prize, WA, 2018. Finalist
Collie Art Prize, WA, 2018. Finalist
Joondalup Invitation Art Award, 2017
South Perth Art prize, WA, 2017, Winner Local Theme award
Perth Royal Show Landscape Prize, WA, 2017, Finalist
Busselton Art Award, WA, 2016. Finalist
Noosa Art Award, NSW, 2016. Finalist
Perth Fringe Festival 2015. Winner Best Visual Arts Show for Mate (group)