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Brent Wadden

Brent Wadden’s work references both the historical and social constructs of craft and modernism through dialogues between weaving and various modes of modernist art making. Working within the vein of assemblage, Wadden makes paintings by piecing together his hand-woven weavings to create large-scale, hard-edge geometric abstractions. In contrast to traditional painting, the composition is decided during the final stages of preparation, and the use of light and dark creates a positive / negative space which shifts between foreground to background.

He has participated in exhibitions at institutions including at Almine Rech Brussels, Belgium (2025, 2019); X Museum, Beijing, China (2023); the Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2021); the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (2018); The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Japan (2017); and the Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, Brazil (2017), among others.

Wadden's work is held in collections including the Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL, US; the Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, US; and the LVMH Foundation, Paris, France.

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Selected artworks

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2019

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2019

    Hand woven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    230 x 144 x 3 cm (framed)
    90 1/2 x 56 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2019

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2019

    Hand woven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    116 x 172 x 3 cm (framed)
    45 5/8 x 67 3/4 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2019

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2019

    Hand woven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    182 x 119 x 3 cm (framed)
    71 5/8 x 46 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2019

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2019

    Hand woven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    180 x 120 x 3 cm (framed)
    70 7/8 x 47 1/4 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2019

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2019

    Hand woven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    184 x 171 x 3 cm (framed)
    72 1/2 x 67 3/8 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2019

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2019

    Hand woven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    183 x 175 x 3 cm (framed)
    72 x 68 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2019

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2019

    Hand woven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    230 x 141 x 3 cm (framed)
    90 1/2 x 55 1/2 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2019

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2019

    Hand woven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    230 x 152 x 3 cm (framed)
    90 1/2 x 59 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2016

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2016

    Handwoven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    279,2 x 205,2 cm (framed)
    109 7/8 x 80 3/4 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2016

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2016

    Handwoven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    279,2 x 216,4 cm (framed)
    109 7/8 x 85 1/4 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2016

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2016

    Handwoven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    279,2 x 216 cm (framed)
    109 7/8 x 85 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2016

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2016

    Handwoven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    279,2 x 212,2 cm (framed)
    109 7/8 x 83 1/2 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2016

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2016

    Handwoven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    279,2 x 216,5 cm (framed)
    109 7/8 x 85 1/4 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2016

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2016

    Handwoven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    279,2 x 289,5 cm (framed)
    109 7/8 x 114 inches (framed)

  • Brent Wadden,                                      Untitled, 2016

    Brent Wadden Untitled, 2016

    Handwoven fibers, wool, cotton and acrylic on canvas
    279,2 x 218,4 cm (framed)
    109 7/8 x 86 inches (framed)

Museum exhibitions

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