About
"I expanded my understanding of space to include emotional dimensions. Where once I designed with concrete and glass, now I compose with pigment and language, building worlds that exist both on canvas and in the mind's eye." — E. Wilde
E. Wilde is an Australian Painter, Writer and materials researcher, living and practising on Whadjuk Noongar country in Western Australia.
E has a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours, majoring in Painting. She is an independent artist and researcher working from her studio in Fremantle. Her research interest investigates how the human body interacts with sound, light, materials and space; of people’s sensory response to art and how art can contribute to wellbeing and human health.
E transitioned from her career in architecture to pursue her passion for fine art, driven by a vision to create an innovative semi-translucent sound space. Architecture still informs her fine arts practice, in particular in painting with aspects of mark making, line, space, form; also contemplating the body and the material, incorporating material installation works, and most of all her sound-material project – the resonosphere, a sensory space for people’s wellbeing
E has a MPhil Research in Architecture, with first class honours from the University of Melbourne. Her research investigated silica-activated concretes: in particular design attributes, material performance and carbon dioxide emissions analyses of geopolymer concretes. The Masters Research was co-supervised with Dept ABP and Dept Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Minerals Processing, Geopolymers Group at UniMelb
E is passionate about transdisciplinary research, and believes through collaboaration we can find powerful ways to generate technology advancement and support human health. E loves to work with other artists, dancers, musicians. Her current project involves working with a materials scientist, an acoustic engineer, a musician, 3 dancers, a curator…
Her recent exhibition Shroud and Silks Performance (3 bodies, 5 Silks) E worked with three talented contemporary dancers Briannah, Aimee and Kim to combine visual arts into a performance. A short film about this work, titled ‘Shroud’ was selected in the Maker and Smith Short Film Festival Selection in 2021 and has been exhibited in Seoul, South Korea and Australia.
E’s work incorporates the written word, painting, textiles, concretes and steel.
Exhibitions
2023
- Lost Eden Gallery, Dwellingup WA, Open the Gate, three Abstract Painters
- January Month Residency, Lost Eden Gallery, Dwellingup
2022
- Cullity Gallery, University of Western Australia, Post-Graduate Exhibition (Nov 2022)
- Lost Eden Gallery, Dwellingup WA, IONIII Exhibition (May 2022)
2021
- Lost Eden Gallery, Dwellingup WA, Solastalgia, Group Exhibition
2020
- Shroud, Gallery, PSAS, Fremantle, Western Australia
- Shroud Performance, 3 Bodies 5 Silks, Ground Floor Gallery, PSAS, Fremantle, Western Australia
2019
- Studio Exhibitions, Pakenham Street Art Studios (PSAS), Fremantle, Western Australia
- Resonosphere development, Upper Hand Limit Silk Screens, Last Drillhole artworks
2018
- Studio Exhibitions, Pakenham Street Art Studios (PSAS), Fremantle, Western Australia
- Resonosphere and Hand Installations
2017
- Studio Exhibitions, Pakenham Street Art Studios (PSAS), Fremantle, Western Australia
- Studio practice and materials research
2016
- WA World Aids Day Zero Exhibition, Perth, Western Australia
- WA World Aids Day Zero Exhibition
2015
- Geosonics Sound Space Project
- Endangered Species Series
- ArtShakti. Food Art, Health Body
2014
- Shakespeare Grove Artists Group Exhibition, St Kilda, Melbourne
- Art for Space/Space for Art Project
- Meditate Create Tythe Project
2013
- Shakespeare Grove Artists Group Exhibition, St Kilda, Melbourne
- Sound Body Health Project
2012
- Shakespeare Grove Art Studios St Kilda Melbourne
- Current Pakenham Street Art Studios Fremantle Western Australia
- House, Fitout and Steel Screens Design and Installations
2011
- Masters Research Geopolymer Concretes
- M.Phil, 1 year APA Scholarship
2009-2010
- Swinging Lantern Exhibition Melbourne
- Research & Professional Practice
2008
- Design of High Performance Concretes
- Red Box Art Studios Fitzroy Melbourne Artistic Development
2007
- Red Box Art Studios Fitzroy Melbourne Artistic Development
2006
- Red Box Art Studios Fitzroy Melbourne Artistic Development
2004-2007
- Steel Screens, Silk Screens; Lighting Exhibition and Installation
2000-2004
- Residential Architectural Design and Construction Delivery / Fitouts
Awards
2022
- Maker and Smith Film Festival: Short Film Selection
- Exhibited at: Denmark Arts, WA (November 2022)
- Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, WA (date TBA)
- Centre for Rare Trades, VIC (date TBA)
2021
- Maker and Smith Film Festival: Short Film Selection
Exhibited at:
- Seoul Museum of Craft Art, Seoul, South Korea
- WA Maritime Museum, Fremantle
- Indian Ocean Craft Triennial
- Exmouth Regional Arts, WA
- Cowra Regional Art Gallery, NSW
- Araluen Arts Centre, NT, Australian Ceramics Triennale
2020
- Finalist, Collie Art Prize, WA
- Exhibited work (May 2020, Collie, WA)
2011
- Australian Postgraduate Award
- Masters Phil Research in Architecture: Geopolymer Concretes
1999
Dean's List for Academic Excellence, Architecture, QUT
1998
- Bachelor Architecture 5th Year Award for Excellence, QUT
- Dean's List for Academic Excellence, Architecture, QUT
- Fulton Trotter Moss Research Award
Academic Qualifications
2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Honours - The University of Western Australia
Honours Year in Fine Arts:
- Exegesis: "Code in Abstraction – The Symbolic and the Sensory"
- Art Practice: Mural Scale Paintings exploring process-driven abstraction
- Exhibition: "Code in Abstraction" - Cullity/ALVA Gallery, Fine Arts Majors Exhibition (November 2022)
Exhibition Catalogue:
FAM+22 // UWA Fine Arts + Electronic Music and Sound Design Graduate Exhibition Catalogue, page 30
Research focus: Painting, Neuro-aesthetics – how the brain processes our sensory world
Course: ARTF1054: Drawing Studio
2021
The University of Western Australia
Course: ARTF2054: Drawing, Painting and Print Studio
Professional Background
Registered Architect
- Housing & fit-out design; specialised steel screens and fit-out detailing
- Consulting in Ecologically Sustainable Design (ESD) on projects in Australia, Asia, Pacific, UK and South America
- Residential through to large scale industrial design; principal consultant roles
Research & Development
- Research Masters Scholarship – Technology and Innovation - The University of Melbourne with the Minerals Processing Group: Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Department of Architecture, researching low-carbon geopolymer concrete systems
- Specialitist CO2 Emissions analysis for geopolymer versus Portland cement based concretes/concrete sector analysis
- Product Development Manager for Acid and Fire Resistant Geopolymer Concretes, Startup, Solidrok Pty Ltd, WA
Carbon Consulting
- Carbon Measurement and Mitigation reporting for engineering/construction projects
- Embodied energy analysis of materials; Energy and greenhouse gas emissions reporting
- Abatement strategy for corporate and government projects
- Carbon Consulting to Construction, NGO & Mining Sectors; carbon compliance and reporting
- Carbon mitigation projects NE Africa: voluntary carbon market
- Carbon reporting and design strategies for energy efficient infrastructure and construction systems
- Prefabricated housing; lightweight panel systems
Business Development
- Client Manager / Tenders / Construction Proposals / Corporate Bids