An Art on a Postcard Mini Auction Curated by India Rose James

About 

Nettie Wakefield (b.1987) is a British artist based in London. She spent summers at the Charles Cecil studios in Florence before completing a foundation year at Chelsea College of Art, a BA in Art History at Leeds University and her Master's degree in Drawing at Wimbledon College of Art, graduating September 2013. 

Nettie has been exhibiting in London since early 2013. She was selected as 1 of 75 out of 3,000 shortlisted for the prestigious Jerwood Drawing Prize 2013 which was shown at Jerwood Visual Arts Space 2013, before touring to venues across the UK in 2014. 

Wakefield had her debut solo show at the Rook and Raven Gallery in Fitzrovia, February 2014, where she exhibited her Reverse Portrait series which she then gained recognition for. In June 2014 she donated work charity auction organised by Christies alongside Tracey Emin, The Chapman brothers and Jonathan Yeo to raise money for The Old Vic. The auction was supported by a pop-up exhibition in London’s Soho. 

Wakefield also showcased her work at Banksy’s bemusement park, ‘Dismaland’, in 2015. Alongside artists such as Banksy himself, Damien Hirst and 55 other artists by doing a live demonstration of her Reverse Portrait series. 

She has recently been shortlisted for The John Ruskin Prize 2015 with supporting exhibitions in February and again in May 2016. During Frieze week 2017, Wakefield had a one woman, one night only show of hand drawn found objects at the Groucho club in Londons Soho. The exhibition was about seeing the beauty in ordinary objects, toying with image and wordplay. 

Wakefield has been in a number of group shows and fairs such as Art Below and British Art Weekend in November 2017, a tightly concentrated selection of art made by British artists, or artists working in Britain from the 1960’s to the present day. The selection consists of around fifty museum quality works on paper and editions, paintings, photography and sculpture by some of the most iconic and respected names in modern and contemporary art, alongside artists such as Sir Peter Blake. In between working on private commissions, Wakefield showed with Context art fair With LA based Corey Helford gallery in both New York and Miami 2017. 

Wakefield later teamed up with KODAK and Jigsaw under the hashtag #KodakWoman to promote females working within the creative industries 

Wakefield has been exhibiting between London and Los Angeles and Had her third solo show, ‘Brandy’ at the Jason Vass Gallery in Downtown LA. 

In 2019, 46 artists are putting their work on the line charity as part of a bold exhibition entitled FaceValue3 (DIRTY WORK). Half of the artists have donated artwork, while the other half will be manipulating these pieces. The creations will be on show from 18th April and then auctioned off by the gallery. All proceeds will go to the Katie Piper foundation, which aims to make it easier for people living with burns and scars. Wakefield donated a piece to this exhibition and her piece was worked on by Dave Bounaguidi. Some other artists include, Charming baker, Rankin, Hayden Kays, Ronnie Wood, The Connor Brothers and Gary Hume. Wakefield and Bounaguidi then went on to do their own collaboration which is available at Jealous Gallery. 

Wakefield has been commissioned to illustrate Mark Hix's new anecdotal cook book, 'Hooked'. The book launch will coincide with an exhibition of all the drawings at HixArt, Shoreditch, in June 2019. 

In August of 2019, Wakefield and fellow artist and friend, Nichole Fitch double up for their duo show ‘Painted Blind’ based around dreams and mythology at the Soho Revue Gallery on Brewer street, which continues until 25th September. Wakefield returned to the Soho Revue gallery in December for ‘Corner shop’ alongside the likes of Hayden Kays and David Shillinglaw. 

In 2020, Wakefield has joined the Art on a Postcard Auction in its first all-female auction of original postcard sized art to observe International Women’s Day. All proceeds towards its campaign to eliminate Hepatitis C by the year 2025. Closely followed will be another group show with many well known names. The Big Issue are set to join forces with street artist Ben Eine and Jealous Gallery for a group exhibition in March 2020. 

Wakefield returned to the Soho Revue gallery in August 2020 for a group show full of art created only during quarantine called 'Idle Thoughts'. 

In November 2020, Wakefield's social distancing series 'Lost in Time and Space' was shortlisted for the Circle Foundation themed contest, 'Art in the time of Coronavirus & Social Distancing' and was awarded an online exhibition alongside other shortlisted artists. 

During 2021, Nettie teamed up with fashion brand, POAN to create a limited edition capsule collection using her watercolours and colour pencil works. Launching in 2022, The Print is called Ocean Trash, printed on linen and made in Florence. 

The nature of human neglect has resulted in human nature itself to suffer. The “Ocean Trash'' print has been mindfully created by London based artist, Nettie Wakefield, raising the awareness into the way in which we live each day. The print highlights the polluting of our seas, oceans and the harm to animals - an issue close to our heart - POAN 

During easter of 2021, MATCHESFASHION and Helium London host an exclusive live discussion with disc jockey Norman Cook (better known as Fatboy Slim), tattoo artist Grace Neutral, and artists Nettie Wakefield and Patrick Morales-Lee, to celebrate the Pressing Matters online auction and exhibition at 5 Carlos Place. Curated by Pavement Licker, the exhibition and auction of rare vinyl reworked by contemporary artists is all in aid of charity Music Support. 

In the summer of 2021, Wakefield exhibited with world renowned 'Beyond the Streets' ON PAPER, curated by Kim Stephens and Evan Prico (editor of Juxtapoz mag) in the Hamptons NY, including the likes of Shepard Fairey and Conor Harrington. 

Wakefield will show again with BTS at Perrotin Gallery in Hong Kong and Los Angeles in late 2022. 

Later in 2021, Nettie also collaborated with RANKIN x Wateraid where a host of artists, fashion designers and celebrities have created their own unique toilet seats as part of a project with WaterAid and the Rankin Agency to help elevate the status of the humble loo and celebrate them for the lifesavers they are. They were exhibited in London early 2022 

Wakefield returned to Soho Revue Gallery curated by India Rose James for two group shows and again for Art on a Postcard in February and April 2022 

Wakefield is also currently working on capsule collection with Maddox Gallery 

Please do not bid on artwork in our Art on a Postcard auctions if you intend on selling the artwork after you have purchased it. This auction has been organised for charity and all artworks have been generously donated by the artists to raise money for the Hepatitis C Trust. When the work produced for the charity is sold on the secondary market it damages our relationship with the artist and prevents us from fundraising.