ABOUT SAM WILDE
A trailblazer dubbed the future of surface design, Sam Wilde is a multidisciplinary British artist redefining the creative industry with his contemporary take on fine art patterns.
A modern-day master of colour and illustration and spotlighted as one of this generation’s leading talents. Wilde’s awardwinning artworks subvert audiences’ expectations with his signature worldbuilding approach to the genre. Breaking the boundaries of traditional surface design with unabashed playfulness and triumphant flair.
Sam Wilde is a master’s graduate from the Royal College of Art. His approach encompasses illustration, oil painting, animation, sculpture, and large-scale art installations. He cites his personal experience as a synesthete and love for evolutionary biology as his key artistic influences.
Artist collaborations with industry-leading brands including Adobe, Apple, Liberty, Nvidia, Sanderson and Svenskt Tenn.
Art meets science, with both a master’s degree from the Royal College of Art London and a Natural Sciences honours BSc from Durham University Eco-conservationist officially partnered with British charity the World Land Trust.
Multidisciplinary approach which encompasses animation, ceramics, illustration, oil painting, product design, screen printing and sculpture.
Featured in key press publications including Elle, Vogue, House & Garden, Frieze, World of Interiors and Yahoo! Japan.
Sam Wilde is a visual artist, each and every fine art pattern has been created solely and entirely by Wilde himself.
Fine art patterns, seamless repeating worlds illustrated by hand, personally crafted with imaginative nuance and immersive detail.
Multiple international awards and grants recipient, including a British Design Award for the fine art pattern Precarious Pangolins.
International exhibitions at renowned galleries, including Strandvägen 5, Svenskt Tenn, Turner Contemporary and Young V&A.
Cultural ties to Japan with artist-in-residency stays at historic sites in Kobe and the Fuji Five Lakes.
Strong presence in China with citywide exhibitions across major municipals Jinan, Taiyuan, Wuhan, and Zhuhai.
“Dramatic, illustrative printed patterns at the intersection of visual art and surface design.”
- VIEW
“Fearless fusion of classical and contemporary.”
- ELLE DECORATION
“Expands the limits of painting, ceramics, and fabrics to imbue objects with richly detailed narrative scenes and landscapes.”
- SAATCHI ART
“Surface designs to immerse, empower, engage and educate.”
- FREIZE
The Adobe x Sam Wilde collaboration launched with the release of a limited edition maple wood skateboard, suede T-shirt and highperformance towel featuring the optical illusion fine art pattern Wild Side. The release coincided with their worldwide creativity conference Adobe MAX.
The artwork Precarious Pangolins was predominantly featured in a major global campaign by the world’s largest consumer technology company, Apple. The campaign was seen by an audience of over half a billion people. Read more here
Precarious Pangolins
Four collaborations with iconic Swedish brand Svenskt Tenn. Including two record-breaking Christmas collections Fruits of Eden and Flowers of Eden, as well as the release of the much beloved printed textile Hubris Tree.
Multiple collaborations with British heritage brand Sanderson Design Group. Including the internationally acclaimed Fuubutsushi River and Precarious Pangolins wallpaper, the latter of which was commended with a British Design Award.
Wilde has collaborated twice with luxury London department store Liberty, with the edition of bespoke fine art patterns on Liberty’s signature Tana Lawn™ cotton and silk twill, for the Atlas of Dreams and Beauty and Chaos collections.
POLLUTION PALACE, CHINA
Sam Wilde collaborated with both the municipals of Zhuhai and Jinan, China to create a series of street art sculptures themed around the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil from the garden of Eden.
This reimagined rendition of Eden plays on the tension between the organic and the man-made. Envisioning a world where artificial fertilisers and genetically-modified crops have leaked into the ecosystem and ‘super-charged’ the environment. Causing the fruits and flowers of paradise to undergo a remarkable transformation and proliferate in abundance.
FIFTH SEASON, CHINA
In a collaboration with the municipality of Shenzhen, China, Sam Wilde has created a series of street art sculptures themed around a radioactive reimagining of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The art installation opened in May 2025 and will be on display for three months.
Step inside a giant hedge maze alive with glowing plant forms, towering flowers and drifting islands, as Sam Wilde has created a world where nature has mutated beyond its own rules. At its centre, a vast blue monarch butter fly hovers. An omen hinting at paradise while pulsing in warning at something more toxic that lies beneath.
Part living organism, part synthetic spectacle, an artificial Eden in perpetual bloom — enticing, distorted, and impossible to trust.
CAT’S CHARADE, CHINA
Sam Wilde collaborated with both the municipals of Wuhan and Taiyuan, China to create a series of street art sculptures themed around the Cheshire Cat from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Venture down the rabbit hole and into a world of oddities where reality has been flipped on it's head. Here the themes from Wonderland have been reconceptualised, playfully intermixing both familiar and unfamiliar motifs to create a sense of delirium for visitors.
DEEPSTARIA UMBRA, ENGLAND
Sam Wilde was commissioned by the Victoria & Albert Museum to create an eco-conscious sculpture constructed from umbrellas donated by the TfL Lost Property Office for their Japan: Myths to Manga exhibition.
A commentary on the growing threat of mining exploitation and plastic pollution on the deep sea environment.
Deepstaria umbra is a fully mechanised biosynthetic lifeform born from the fusion between a deep sea jelly fish and six discarded umbrellas that floated to the ocean’s floor.
EQUI- II INSTALLATION ENGLAND
In June 2025, Sam Wilde debuted an interactive fine art pattern exhibition Equi–II at the V&A in South Kensington as part of the museum’s flagship programme curated by Kristian Volsing and produced by Adonis Fuyana and Faunsia Tucker.
Over the course of the installation, more than one thousand visitors placed their own unique wooden Frog Tessellation tile into a growing communal mural at the centre of the museum's grand hall. Placed one-by-one the tiles locked together forming a large-scale organic artwork shaped by personal choices, collective interaction and social dynamics of the crowd.
VESPERTINE PRODUCT SELECTION
VESPERTINE
Sam Wilde founded the luxury British interiors, fashion and homeware brand Vespertine as a means to enrich our bodies, homes and spaces with expertly crafted fine art patterns.
Painted Ceramics
Linen Tablecloths
ONLINE PRESENCE
www.vespertine.uk , www.samwilde.uk
Instagram @vespertine
Substantial growing Instagram presence with over thirteen thousand organic followers.
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Brand Manager
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