Terence Wilde

Terence Wilde (b.1963) is a visual artist based in London. He gained a degree in textiles at Winchester School of Art and used this to work as a fashion print designer in the West End for many years. He then retrained through Croydon's voluntary mental health services. It was here that he was able to use his creativity to help people express themselves and he still does this today within a hospital setting. Wilde draws on his own mental health journey, from the perspective of an adult survivor, in all his black and white works. Working mainly in pen drawing or ceramic, Wilde describes his works as responses to different periods in his life and personal situations. They show struggles, fears and dreams, and help Wilde to heal and to make sense of his life at any given time.

Wilde’s work has been widely exhibited including in group exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Art, London; Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; and with the Jennifer Lauren Gallery in London.

2024 Cass Art Prize 2024 exhibition, Copeland Art Gallery, London
2023 Manchester Contemporary Art Fair, Manchester Central
2023 Why We Linger, Darbyshire, London
2023 Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York
2022 Walking a Torn Edge (solo show), One New Street Gallery, Herne Bay
2022 Raw Intuitive, Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art, Serbia
2022 Oxmarket Open, Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester
2022 To all the Kings who have no Crowns, Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate
2021 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2021 Unfortunately, Online Exhibition with Jennifer Lauren Gallery
2020 Monochromatic Minds: Lines of Revelation, Candid Arts Trust, London
2019 Saudade, The Stables Gallery, Folkestone
2019 Uncertainty and the Unknown, Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham
2016 The Mind Machine, Menier Gallery, London
2016 Radical Craft: Alternative Ways of Making, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
2014 The Inner Self: Drawings from the Subconscious, CGP Gallery, London

This video is about London based artist and adult survivor Terence Wilde. He explains why art is so beneficial, not just to his health, but his life in general. Wilde talks about his work, why he creates and the differences between his colour work and his black and white work. Filmed in 2020 and edited in 2021 by Luca Productions. Funded by Arts Council England. Film length is 4.5 minutes and it is subtitled.

Transcript in PDF format HERE and Word format HERE.