Dot Wade is a British abstract artist who grew up in Cornwall. After several years living and working in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, she now resides on the edge of Bodmin Moor in an old Cornish cottage, the granite dug from the quarry just a stone's throw away.
Dot's distinctive approach to painting embodies structural compositions and a reductive palette, searching for a place of stillness and meditation. The drive to simplify is strong and reflects her belief in a spiritual and minimal approach to life. Dot believes all landscapes inform the artist's work. This includes intellectual landscapes formed from the books we read, our emotions, and our politics. In her work there is no pictorial evidence to be found; with the possible exception of the colors: bracken, slate, granite, and the ever-changing sky of the moor.
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2024
“From the Studio” solo show, Lemon Street Gallery, Withiel, Cornwall
“Tacet” solo show, Francis Gallery, Bath, UK
Spring group show, Lemon Street Gallery, Withiel, Cornwall
London Art Fair group show, Lemon Street Gallery, London
2023
“Unspoken” solo show, Lemon Street Gallery, Withiel, Cornwall
“Still” solo show, Gallery at Home, Usk, Wales
British Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery, group show, Lemon Street Gallery, London
London Art Fair group show, Lemon Street Gallery, London
2022
Spring group show, Lemon Street Gallery, Withiel, Cornwall
“Wabi Sabi” group show, Gallery at Home, Usk, Wales
Summer group show, Lemon Street Gallery, Rock, Cornwall
2021
“Coming Home” solo show, Tregony Gallery, Roseland Peninsula, Cornwall
2020
Summer group show, Eastwood Fine Art, Stockbridge, Hampshire
2019
Winter group show, Georgia Stoneman Fine Art, London
2018
Winter group show, Georgia Stoneman Fine Art, London
2007 – 2014
Represented by the Stoneman Gallery, Cornwall
2012
Modelled for the artist Rose Hilton
2011
Cornwall Today Magazine names Dot as one of Cornwall’s best abstract artists.
Group show, Belgrave St. Ives, Cornwall
2010
Group show, Hilton Gallery, Bath
Group show, Russell Gallery, London
Group show, Foss Fine Art, London
2009
Solo show, Yew Tree Gallery, St. Just, Cornwall
Group show, Summerhouse Gallery, Marazion, Cornwall
2008
Solo show, The Tyler Gallery, Penzance, Cornwall
2006
Solo show, The Burford Art Gallery, Oxfordshire
Education History
Falmouth School of Art – foundation degree
Dartington College of Art - studied art and design in social context
Oxford Polytechnic – studied art history
