Alex Wilde

Alex Wilde, Broth Mix, 2009, photo copyright Alex Wilde

Alex Wilde
Alex’s works cannot be described simply by their media or dimensions. She has been working on different socially engaged art projects and has developed an interest in how food relates to the sharing and exchange of information and views. She co-produced the very popular project ‘Broth Mix’ with art critic Leigh French in the Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow in 2007, where community spaces were turned into a free vegetarian cafe & platform for the sharing of food, ideas, seeds and produce. She continues to bring the concept of Broth Mix to different venues.

Graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a BA (Hons) in Environmental Art, Alex lives and works in Glasgow on different projects with various organisations related to public art. After the success of Broth Mix, Alex was invited to take part do a food project as part of the Sh[OUT] programme in with the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow and the exhibition ‘This Land is Your Land’ in the Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow.

A Fertile Ground (Soup and Conversation)
talks, discussions, internet applications; 2010

Engaging the public in events and producing work from their ideas is what interests Alex as an artist. ‘A Fertile Ground’ will grow has grown from a series of four discussion events organised by her over four Sundays during the course of the exhibition. It continues her concept of exchange and sharing food and ideas. Each Sunday people are invited to have conversations about different topics concerning local food and the local area over a bowl of soup made from local ingredients, giving participants the chance to ‘throw’ different views into the soup pot. Statements and discussion from the events will be shown in the gallery among other art works.

Find out more in the Artist's and Project's website links on the right!!