Brent Wadden was born in Nova Scotia, Canada in 1979 and has been living between Berlin and Vancouver for the past eight years. He graduated from the College of Art and Design in Nova Scotia with a BFA in 2003. He is part of a group of young artists who have decided to go against the norm of contemporary society and instead return to the origins and the hand-made. 

Earlier this year he participated in a solo exhibition at Peres Projects in Berlin and in the group exhibition Abstract American Today at the Saatchi Gallery in London. In 2013, he exhibited in About Time at Peres Projects in Berlin and in Brent Wadden at Sorry We’re Closed gallery in Brussels, as well as in a group show at Peres Projects in New York City.

His work can be seen as a rejection of modern Western notions that strive for immediate satisfaction and realisation. By returning to the practical, creative side of art, he has delved into the exploration of the relationship between craft and high art. Focusing his oeuvre around the method of progressive assemblage and meticulous, progressive conception, his most recent works return to the use of wool in art making, using weaving to create large-scale, geometric pieces. Constructed using various sources, Wadden reflects technique in result in the amalgamation of materials to create interwoven and cohesive products. In contrast to much contemporary work, his method requires careful, pre-emptive planning and preparation, studying the establishment of positive and negative space in the interaction of white and black threads and patterns. The detail and specificity that the process involves encourages the viewer to consider the development of a piece of art as well as its ultimate outcome and presents an innovative interpretation of craftsmanship within the current technological age.