Photo: Jenny Lewis
AIDA [Wilde] is an Iranian born, London based printmaker/visual artist and Educator and is the founder of Print Is Power (2013) and Sisters in Print (2016) Projects.
Wilde’s pre-dominantly, screen printed installations and social commentary posters have been featured on city streets around the world and are responsive commentary works on displacement, education & equality. Her Fine Art studio-based serigraphs are well collected throughout the world and push the boundaries in contemporary printmaking today.
Her outdoor billboard and public art installations include, Shangri-La at Glastonbury Festival, Wood Street Walls, Adblock, Bristol’s Berg Arts Project, Croydon Rise Festival, Honk Kong Walls, Nuart Aberdeen, Art In Ad Places NYC and Build-Hollywood (Jack Arts) & UNCLE. Her HASHTAG series has been used in subversive projects with Brandalism in Paris to highlight climate change in response to the COP21 Summit, as well as the global project Subvert The City, the world’s first coordinated international ad takeover.
Wilde’s academic career includes, associate lecturer, course director and alumni, on the Surface Design course and Foundation For The Applied Arts at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London (2003- 2015).
Aida’s fine art serigraphy has been exhibited widely nationally and internationally. Her residency at the Women’s Art Library at Goldsmiths titled Empowered PrintWorks (2015) was exhibited as part of the WARM Guerrillas: Feminist Visions exhibition in Minneapolis’s Grain Belt Botteling House Gallery (2016). In recent years Wilde has continued to build on her seminal body of work exhibited in her solo show HABROS, Sheffield. Wilde was key exhibitor & speaker at Design Galway Ireland (2016) Her Credit Crunch poster was acquired (2009) and exhibited in the Victoria & Albert Museum’s touring exhibition, A World To Win: Posters of Protest & Revolution (2014-2016) curated by Catherine Flood. More recently exhibiting in Vienna’s Fine Art Academy, in Dark Energy, Feminist Organizing, Working Collectively (2019) and collaborating with Help Refugees UK “Choose Love” on a number of projects that was exhibited in Somerset House and Saatchi Gallery (2019).
In 2020, Aida was commissioned & acquired by the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge to create one of her Iconic CHOOSE LOVE boat pieces of works for the Museums major exhibition, Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest, curated by Dr. Richard Kelleher that opened in October 2022. Also in 2020 during the London lockdown, Aida worked on the international cross culture exhibition disCONNECT, a collaborative project with Schoeni Projects and Hong Kong Walls creating a pandemic related immersive installation which was installed in London, Clapham in July 2020 & a tenement building in Hong Kong October 2020.
Aida has been working collaboratively with The Other Art Fair (2017-20) in both at an Artist/Fair Features Project’s and in October 2021 co-curated/presented, 20/20: A Brief Survey, as part of their Featured Programming, that included 39 national & international artists as well as a curated featured event & workshop programming for the Other Art Fair [London] in the Truman Brewery.
Aida is an active artist within the Hackney Wick community for 14 years, where she creates responsive works to the dramatic changes that have been happening in the area, also curating the 2016, 48 hour artist take over of the Lord Napier pub during Hackney Wicked Festival as well as the coinciding urban community exhibition ‘Save Yourselves’ in October of the same year.
Instagram: aida_wilde/ Print is Power
Twitter: aidaprints
Selected Exhibitions/Projects:
2023
Exhibitions/Projects:
January – Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest, Exhibition, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
January- Creative Resilience; Scene But Not Heard [Group Exhibition] Yard Life Gallery, SWG3, Glasgow
March- The Silence Of The Veil- AIDA WILDE X UNCLE for International Women’s Day 2023, Public Intervention, London, Bristol & Manchester
June- Nuart Aberdeen Festival- REWILDING, Collaborative Public Instillation, Crooked Lane, Aberdeen
June- Constant Pressure [A Visual Exploration of Identity, Activism and Collaboration] Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois USA
November- BAD COFFEE X AIDA WILDE= LOUSY COFFEE, Collaboration project in support of Hackney Quest + Mind In The City
November- The Big Issue, Limited Edition Art Wrapping Paper Project- Nationwide Campaign
Talks:
Nuart Plus Conference: Love, Labour & Loss, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
Inspiring Talks: Art On The Streets [Panel Discussion] Camden Inspired 2023, Camden Collective, London
Workshops:
Nuart Aberdeen- REWILDING – Northfield Academy, Aberdeen
Nuart Aberdeen- REWILDING – Dyce Academy, Aberdeen
Nuart Aberdeen- REWILDING – St Machar Academy, Aberdeen
Reclamation Nation- Camden Collective- London
Publications:
Nuart Journal: TRESPASS Issue- Visual Essay, The Silence Of The Veil
Constant Pressure, Exhibition Catalogue, Rockford Art Museum
The Big Issue [Issue 1590]
2022
Exhibitions/Projects:
March- Auction 2022 with Terrence Higgins Trust with The Auction Collective, Christies, London
September- The Modest Magnificent [Group Exhibition] WellHung Gallery, Hoxton Arches, London
September- Art Of Ping Pong x Civic (Barnsley) x CHOOSE LOVE, Exhibition & Charity Auction, Civic, Barnsley
October- Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest, Exhibition, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
November- Creative Resilience; Scene But Not Heard [Group Exhibition] Yard Life Gallery, SWG3, Glasgow
December- Breaking Bread…..& Soup, A Public Intervention, Hackney Wick, London
Publications:
City Of Women-Tools For Occupying Space by Sara Kärpänen
Nuart Journal IV- Reconnect- Dream Boat II
Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest (Exhibition Catalogue) Edited by Richard Kelleher, published in association with Holberton Publishing
Consumer Activism [Promotional Culture And Resistance] Eleftheria J. Lekakis, published by University of Sussex
Podcasts & Talks:
New Art, New Perspectives: Currencies- Fitzwilliam Museum
Alternative London Podcast: Conversation About Life, Art & East London
Women Of The Wick: Nasty Women Revive: Panel Talk Conversation Recording
Nuart Journal VI Launch; Presentation for Dream Boat II – Money Talks, Basement Space, London
Nuart Journal VI Launch; Presentation for Dream Boat II, Money Talks- [Virtual] Urban Creativity Conference, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Workshops:
Paper Dreams- The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Defaced! Museum Lates Event, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Paper Dreams- for Fitzwilliam Museum Society, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
2021
Exhibions/Projects:
January-March- Dotting The I’s & Crossing The T’s at The Depot (Group Exhibition) Old Street, London
March- Auction 2021 with Terrence Higgins Trust with The Auction Collective, London
March- LEGACY for Art In Ad Places (Public Instillation) New York, USA
March- HELL HATH NO FURY, Mural, Hackney Wick/ Fish Island, London
June- If You Can’t Beat’em, Mural, Pearl Hackney Wick, London
July- Small Wonders (Group Exhibition) Well Hung Gallery, Hoxton, London
August- ‘STUCK UP’ Project (Curated Selection by Martyn Reed) Outdoor Public Artworks for Nuart Aberdeen [Nuart festival] Aberdeen, Scotland
August- Digs at The Depot Shoreditch (Group Exhibition), Shoreditch, London
October- 20/20 A Brief Survey, The Other Art Fair-(Featured Programming) Curation/Exhibiting for The Other Art Fair LDN, Truman Brewery, London
November- Change Everything- Group Exhibition, The Depot, London
Commissions/ Acquisitions
Dream Boat II [2021] Commissioned & acquired for Permanent Collection, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Publications:
Nuart Journal, Issue V: Lockdown. Notes From A Phantom ( A Visual Essay) May 2021
The Word Is Art (Paper Back Edition) Michael Petry, Thames & Hudson 2021
Workshops:
September- Reclamation Nation Poster Making workshop- The Festival Of Home- Museum Of The Home, London
November- Changed Priorities Ahead: Paste-up workshop at The Depot, London
November- Radical Tea-towel screen print workshop, Museum Of The Home, London
November- The Bristol Belonging Banner Making Workshop, for Shangri-La Art/ Lost Horizon HQ, Bristol
Panel Talk: November- Change Everything at The Depot mediated by Anthony Burrill, London
2020
April- I’M The Queen…..Skate Board Collaboration with Lucy Adams x LovenSkate
July- disCONNECT (LDN); A ‘Locked-Down’ Artist Takeover. Schoeni Projects x Hong Kong Walls, Clapham, London
September- LOUSY MURAL with Build Hollywood (Jack Arts/Jack Agency) Curated by Olly Walker, Shoreditch, London
October- disCONNECT (HK) A ‘Locked-Down’ Artist Takeover. Schoeni Projects x Hong Kong Walls, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
November- Changed Priorities Mural for The Depot, Old Street, London
December- Dotting The I’s & Crossing The T’s at The Depot (Group Exhibition) Old Street, London
Publication:
The Street Art Manual by Bill Posters, Laurence King 2020
Workshop:
Pandemik Panik Room poster workshop, Hackney Wick, London- June 2020
2019
January- Urban Creativity Lund: “Daddy I Want To Be A Street Artist When I Grow Up” Seminar: Pufendorf Institute, Lund University, Sweden
March- The Other Art Fair: Creative Giants [Analogue/Digital] Space, Exhibition, London
March- HK Walls Festival: External & Internal Installations, The Club House, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
March- Print Is Power presents Reclamation Nation Hong Kong- Poster Making Workshop, HK Walls, The Clubhouse, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
March- Dark Energy. Feminist Organizing, Working Collectively, Group Exhibition, Xe Exhibition Room of Fine Arts Vienna, Eschenbachgasse, Vienna
March- Reclamation Nation- Poster Making Workshop with the NMS Dr.Bruno Kreisky Schule, Fine Arts Academy Of Vienna, Vienna
July- Choose Love/ Help Refugees, Group Show Curated by Print Club London, Somerset House, London
July- Glastonbury Festival, Shangrila-La, Disruption Bureau, Fun With Flags Workshop & Installation
July- Still Life & White Gold, Selected Fine Art Editions, Felstead Studios, Hackney Wick, London
July- Who Are We, Group Show, Hackney Wicked DIY Open Studios, Trampery, Hackney Wick, London
August- Cash Is King 2 [Group Exhibition] Aida Wilde For Help Refugees/Choose Love, Saatchi Gallery, London
October- British Textile Biennale, T-Shirt: Cult, Culture, Subversion, Blackburn Cathedral, Blackburn
October- This Must Be The Place, V&A Friday Late: Panel Discussion “What is the future of creative space?”, Stour Space, London
November- A Space Is A Space; Something Written Or Recorded. Group exhibition, Instagram App
Publication:
Cash Is King 2 {Money Talks} by Bob Osborne and Carrie Reichardt, 2019
2018
January-March- OUTSIDER, ShangrilArt x Bruton Art Factory, Group Exhibition , Somerset, UK
February- Decolonising Feminist Art Archives (Decolonise Translation) Poster Workshop, Centre For Feminist Research, Goldsmiths University
March- The Other Art Fair LDN, Project Space, Print Is Power X Sisters In Print (Print Workshops & Exhibition), Victoria House, London
April- Creative Economy Networks [Research, Policy & Exchange] UK>Brazil. Talk: Creative Networks Hackney Wick, London
May- Moniker Art Fair [NYC] Nelly Duff Gallery, New York, USA
May- CRAZE, Art No Cube, Group Exhibition, Culvery City, Los Angeles , USA
May- Revolution Festival, Outdoor Art Work Installation, Timisoara, Romania
July- Art On The Postcard, The Other Art Fair, Bristol
September- My Mother’s Aspirations: Print is Power Workshop, St Werburghs, Bristol
September- Art On The Streets, Talk, London
September- LESS HOMES 4U, Rise Festival, Outdoor Installation, St Georges Walk, Croydon, London
September- My Mother’s Aspirations, Billboard Installation, Commission by AdBlock Bristol, Berg Arts Community Billboard Project, St Werburghs, Bristol
September- Dignity At Work, Print is Power Workshop, with the Union of Domestic workers, UNITE, London
October- The Word Is Art By Michael Petry, Thames & Hudson, Book
Nov-December- INTERVENTION- Group Exhibition, Hackney Creative Social Club, Dalston, London
2017
November- OUTSIDER, ShangrilArt x Bruton Art Factory, Group Exhibition , Somerset, UK
October – ROWDY & WILDE, Clifton Fine Art, Bristol
October- The Other Art Fair with Shangrila (Art), London
September- HOME/Interior Show at The House Of Parakeet, BlackHeath, London
July- Left Outside Residency: Two day “Street” residency which included site specific work and Roaming trolly, Hackney Wick, London
July- Splice (Post) Three Month Artist in Resident. Installation & Prints, Shoreditch, London
June- Shangri-La, Galstonbury Festival
March- Subvert The City, (Subvertisers International) the world’s first coordinated international ad takeover & over 60 creative actions in 38 cities in 18 countries around the world.
Talks/Panel Discussions/ Workshop
November- Print Is Power (Talk) UEL Fine Art Guest Lecture Series, University Of East London, London
April- Adidas x Refinery29 Run Club- Talk (The Accidental Everything). Adidas Women’s London Studio, 152 Brick Lane, London
April- Protest Factory, Speaker/ Panel discussion (The Accidental Everything) organized by the Finnish Institute in London & The Artist Association MUU. Stour Space, London
May- The Art of Resistance- Panel discussion and workshop, Red Gallery, London
May- Workshop: Reclamation Nation, Red Gallery, London
2016
December- Christmas Bizzare Exhibition- Well Hung Gallery, Hoxton, London
November- Weapon of Choice, Paste Up Instillation. Bite Club. Galway, Ireland
November- Design Galway ’16. Talk: The Accidental ArtiVist. Galway, Ireland
November- Design Galway ’16. Unfolding the Wilde: Solo show. Galway, Ireland
October- Co-Curration. Quality Street, outdoor instillation. Hackney Wick, London
October- Curration & Art Direction: Save YourSelves, Hackney Wick, London
October- A World to Win: Posters of Protest & Revolution. The William Morris Gallery, London
October- Bag of Tricks, Green Rooms Hotel, London
August- Dust to Dust Project: Video/Art Direction
August- Co- Curraton & Art Direction. The Burning of Homoginazation (A Hackney Wick Funeral) Hackney Wicked closing ceremony. Hackney Wick, London
July- Curration & Outdoor instillation. Lord Napier Pub: “Shit House To Pent House”. Hackney Wick, London
March- WARM Guerrillas: Feminist Visions- Grain Belt Bottling House Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
2015
November- Brandalism Project- Paris
November- A World to Win: Posters of Protest & Revolution, Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery, UK
November- Paste Modernism- Ambush Gallery, Sydney, Australia
November-Empowered Print Works: Women’s Art Library Residency Exhibition, Goldsmiths University, London
September- A World to Win: Posters of Protest & Revolution, The National Print Museum, Dublin
January- Revolution, Wall Street Gallery, Los Angeles
January- Art Foyer Project, Get Living London, East Village E20 (Former Athletes Village)- London
January- Converse Cons x Footpatrol Zine Project- Footpatrol, Soho, London
2014
November– Meanwhile Back In The Wick- Prompt Gallery, London
November– A world to Win: Posters of Protest & Revolution- The McManus: Art Gallery & Museum, Dundee
November– Textile Festival by Concordia Design- Poznan, Poland
October– Wawa Design Festival- Textile Show, Poland
June- HABROS- Bradbury & Blanchard, Sheffield – Solo Show
May- A World to Win: Posters of Protest & Revolution- Victoria & Albert Museum, London
May– Suburbs Of Sin- Fun Factory, London
March– Greetings from Shoreditch- Fun Factory at Donau115, Berlin
March- Hysteria at Maison Bertaux- London (Hysteria Collective- Aida, Shuby & Collagism)
February- End of The World: Emperor Yes single launch, London
2013
December– This Is Not A Xmas Show- Fun Factory, London
December– Winter Group Show- Bradbury & Blanchard Gallery, Sheffield
November– Print is Power-Reclamation Nation- Back To The 80’s, Victoria & Albert Museum, London (Print Workshop)
October– Hysteria at the Vestibule- Instillation (with Shuby & Collagism) London
September– Over The Rainbow, Bradbury & Blanchard Gallery, Sheffield
August- VNA Issue 23- Faile Cover Release, Reed Space, New York
August- VNA Issue 23- Faile Cover Release, Lazarides, Rathbone- London
August- Roll Over Play Dead- High Roller Society, London
July– Whitecross Street Party- The Lion From Zanzibar: Outdoor Instillation, London
April– Pick Me Up: Contemporary Graphics Festival- Inaugural Flower show: Nelly Duff Gallery, Somerset House, London
March– Cosmos- Emperor Yes single launch, Top Office Machines, London
2012
September– You Are Here- London Framing Workshop, London
June- Love Box Festival- Banger Art: Nelly Duff Gallery, London
June- Banger Art- Nelly Duff Gallery- St.Peters Est, London
May– Wild Food Kitchen- Instillation– London
March- Pick Me Up, Contemporary Graphics Festival- Nelly Duff: Zoo Somerset House, London
2011
December– Season Ticket- High Roller Society- Shoreditch Underground Art Fair- London (Wallpaper Instillation & Group Show)
August– Hackney Wicked Art Festival- Outdoor Instillation, London
2010
January– New Year New Danger- HighRoller Society London
2009
December– Mutate Britain: One Foot In the Grove – Under The West Way, London
May– Line Steppers – Birmingham
For enquiries and commissions please contact: info@aidaprints.com