Searching Minds

Searching Minds

A group exhibition including Carole Gibbons, Roy Oxlade and Max Wade

Opening Reception: 1 June, 3 - 6 pm

For London Gallery Weekend, Sid Motion Gallery presents an exhibition of works by Carole Gibbons, Roy Oxlade and Max Wade. The exhibition brings together three artists, spanning different generations whose work sits on the edge of abstraction and figuration.

Artist Biographies

Carole Gibbons (b. 1935, Glasgow) lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. She studied Fine Art Painting at Glasgow University. Gibbons’ solo exhibitions include; ‘Carole Gibbons’, White Column, New York, USA, 2024; ‘Carole Gibbons’, Celine, Glasgow, UK, 2023; ‘I Suppose in a Dream’ with Luke Samuel, Kupfer Gallery, London, UK, 2022; ‘Manderley’ at Gimpel Fils with Lucy Stein, London, UK, 2012; ‘Carole Gibbons Paintings’, Leeds City Art Centre, Leeds, UK, 1979; ‘Carole Gibbons - An Exhibition’, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, UK, 1975 and ‘Modern Scottish Pictures’, The Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, UK, 1969. Group exhibitions have included ‘Women in Revolt’, Tate Britain, London, UK, 2023; ‘Obscura Luz’, Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil; ‘Workaround’, Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, UK; ‘Conversations’, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern One), Edinburgh, UK, 2022. Gibbons’ work is owned by multiple collections including, Glasgow Museums, National Galleries of Scotland and Leeds Museums and Galleries.

Roy Oxlade (b. 1929 in London, UK, d. 2014 in Kent, UK) Oxlade’s solo exhibitions include; ‘Imagination Rooms: Pippa El-Kadhi Brown & Roy Oxlade’, New Normal projects at Cromwell Place, London, UK, 2023; ‘Roy Oxlade: Art & Instinct’, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK, in collaboration with London Collective and Vortic Collect, 2020; Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK, ’Shine Out Fair Sun’, Hastings Contemporary, UK, 2019; ‘Roy Oxlade: Work from the 80s & 90s’, Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK, 2018; Roy Oxlade and Rose Wylie Paintings’ (with Rose Wylie), Rutherford College, University of Kent, UK, 2006 and Hullo Lawrence, Hullo Leo’ (with Rose Wylie), Aberystwyth Arts Centre, touring to Wrexham Arts Centre, UK, 1998. Group exhibitions have included ‘Towards Night’, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK ‘That’ll Teach You’, The Observer Building, Hastings, UK, 2016; ‘FLASHBACK: Celebrating 25 years of Exhibitions’, Art Space Gallery, London, UK, 2011; As It Seems: An Exhibition of Drawings’, Cheltenham Museum and Art Gallery, UK; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK, 2002; ‘Rocks and Flesh’, Stephanie Burns Gallery, Canberra, Australia, 2001.

Max Wade (b. 1985, London) lives and works in London, UK. He studied Fine Art Painting at Brighton University. Wade’s recent solo exhibitions include; ‘Go Bang’, Sid Motion Gallery, London, UK 'Whisper Down the Lane', Sid Motion Gallery, London, 2021; ‘Sowing the Soil with Salt’, Sid Motion Gallery, London, 2020; ‘Platform: London’, hosted by David Zwirner (online), 2020; ‘ Wind for the Sails’, Messums Wiltshire, Salisbury, 2020; ‘Between the Dog and the Wolf’, Sid Motion Gallery, London, 2019; ‘For Tina’, curated by Roxie Warder hosted at Cob Gallery, London, 2019. Recent group exhibitions have included ‘Abstract Colour’, Marlborough Gallery, 2023. ’Stand with Ukraine', Hales London, 2022. His residencies include Artist’s workshop & exchange, Muscat, Oman, Muscat, Gasworks gallery & Triangle network 2013.