Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Sarah's research focuses on human-animal relations and representations of wildlife in contemporary art, exhibitions and museum display, particularly with regards to ecological concerns. She has published on extinction and wildlife conservation issues in artistic and curatorial practice and is co-founder of the Curating the Sea research project, which resulted in a co-edited special issue of the Journal of Curatorial Studies (2020) and Oceans (2023) for the Whitechapel Gallery/MIT Press Documents of Contemporary Art Series.
Over the years Sarah has worked with various museums and heritage organisations in research, project management and curatorial capacities and continues to collaborate with museum colleagues on research projects.
Academic Background
Ph.D. History of Art, University College London
M.A. Arts Policy & Management, Birkbeck, University of London
Administrative Posts
Postgraduate Research Director, School of Art, Media and American Studies: January 2023 - present
Organiser, World Art Research Seminar Series: July 2021-December 2022
Member: Equality, Diversity & Inclusion committee, School of Art, Media & American Studies: November 2021 - present
Research Coordinator for Art History: July 2021-October 2021
Teaching Interests
Sarah teaches modules on the BA Art History with Gallery & Museum Studies and MA Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies.
PhD Supervision:
Dorothea Fox - ‘Curating Climate Change: Collecting and Displaying Ecological Crisis in UK Museums’
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Projects
- 2 Active
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Exhibiting Oceans in the UK Today
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
1/01/23 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Curating Climate Change: Collecting and Displaying Ecological Crisis in UK Museums
1/10/21 → 30/09/25
Project: Training
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Introduction: Towards an Oceanic Art History
Syperek, P. & Wade, S., Mar 2023, Oceans. Syperek, P. & Wade, S. (eds.). MIT Press, p. 12-20 (Documents of Contemporary Art).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Oceans
Syperek, P. (ed.) & Wade, S. (ed.), Mar 2023, MIT Press. 240 p. (Documents of Contemporary Art)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology
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Ecologies of display: Contemporary art, natural history collections and environmental crisis
Wade, S., 2 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Natural Science Collections. 10, p. 94-106 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The art and craftivism of exhibiting species and habitat loss in natural history museums
Wade, S., 27 Jun 2022, In: Museum and Society. 20, 1, p. 131-146 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Extinction, De-Extinction, and Re-Extinction of the Bucardo in the Work of Christian Kosmas Mayer
Wade, S., 16 Dec 2022, (Accepted/In press) First Monographs: Christian Kosmas Mayer. DistanzResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities
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Environmentalism in the 19th Century
Sarah Wade (Speaker)
26 Apr 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Measuring Heritage Loss and Damage from Climate Change for Effective Policy Reporting
Sarah Wade (Speaker)
30 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Living Styles, Gender Constructions and the Appropriation of Nature Under the Sign of the Slain Animal
Sarah Wade (Speaker)
Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Invertebrate Art: Ecologies, Practices, Ethics
Sarah Wade (Organiser)
Apr 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Artists/Oceans, a series of artist talks featuring Klara Hobza, Bergit Arends, Kasia Molga, Shimabuku and Sonia Levy
Sarah Wade (Organiser)
Feb 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Public lecture/debate/seminar