Sticker Club: THE GAY ONE!

My work explores portraiture as a form of world-building. Through paintings, sculptures, and objects, I create intimate portraits of people of color and others whose bodies have historically existed outside the bounds of traditional portraiture, representing them as whole, complex individuals.

Wade Mickley is a Virginia-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice integrates drawing, graphic design, and mixed-media assemblage. He works primarily with found objects—especially worn, weathered, and decayed elements—to create dimensional works that investigate memory, natural forms, and emotional resonance.