Gavin Wade

Gavin Wade is an artist-curator, Director of Eastside Projects, Birmingham and Publisher of Strategic Questions. Wade lived and worked in London from 1991-2004. His major curated exhibition ‘In the Midst of Things’, set in Bournville Village in 1999, was heralded as ‘perhaps the most intriguing example of a site-specific project I’ve seen in Britain’ by Alex Farquharson in Frieze magazine. Wade’s diverse sites for commissioning art projects cover a range of contexts including a Naval Frigate, Portsmouth Cathedral, Greenham Common, London Underground, and Dudley Zoo. He has curated solo exhibitions with Cao Fei, Gunilla Klingberg, Mike Nelson, Yelena Popova, Yangjiang Group, William Pope.L, Dan Graham, Carey Young, Jennifer Tee, hobbypopMUSEUM, Liam Gillick, Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan, Simon & Tom Bloor, Nathan Coley and Bas Jan Ader. Curated projects include: ‘Painting Show’ (2011-12), ‘Narrative Show’ (2011), & ‘This Is The Gallery And The Gallery Is Many Things’, (2008), Eastside Projects; ‘Strategic Questions Venice’, 52nd Venice Biennale (2007); ‘Thin Cities’, Piccadilly Line Centenary, Platform for Art, London Underground (2006-8); ‘Public Structures’, Guangzhou Triennial, China (2005); ‘ArtSheffield05: Spectator T’, cross city Festival (2005). Wade is a prolific book maker, tweeter (as @eprjcts) and publisher. His books include the forthcoming UPCYCLE THIS BOOK, Sternberg Press (2013) of his collected writings; Missing Houses (2012) National Trust; Support Structure (with Celine Condorelli), Sternberg Press (2009); Has Man A Function In Universe?, Bookworks (2008); STRIKE (adjusted by Liam Gillick), Alberta Press London (2002); In The Midst Of Things, Bournville, August Media (2000).

About M HKA / Mission Statement

The M HKA is a museum for contemporary art, film and visual culture in its widest sense. It is an open place of encounter for art, artists and the public. The M HKA aspires to play a leading role in Flanders and to extend its international profile by building upon Antwerp's avant-garde tradition. The M HKA bridges the relationship between artistic questions and wider societal issues, between the international and the regional, artists and public, tradition and innovation, reflection and presentation. Central here is the museum's collection with its ongoing acquisitions, as well as related areas of management and research.

About M HKA Ensembles

The M HKA Ensembles represent our first steps towards initiating the public to today's art-related digital landscape. With the help of these new media, our aim is to offer our artworks a better and fuller array of support for their presentation and public understanding.