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. Craig Wood
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"Safeway Gel Air Freshener", 1994
Acrylic on MDF
230x130x120cm
"Small Change", 1996
10 Pfennig coins & adhesive pads
"Me, Me, Me, Me", 1998
photo on aluminium
240x180cm(collection Rimmara Turin; 2=private collection; 3=artist's collection)
Craig Wood was born in 1960 in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1985/86 he took a Foundation Course at Dyfed College of Art, Carmarthen/Wales. From 1986 to 1989 he studied Fine Art at Goldsmith College of Art, London. He has since settled in Wales and has his studio in West Wales. Artist's Statements: (as quoted by J.Watkins in 'Craig Wood', 2002, pp.5 & 13) For his When Ideas become Pattern installation consisting largely of wallpaper designs Wood says: "I chose buildings that were to do with a Welsh culture that has gone or been removed. The chapel culture has gone because of Charles Darwin probably. The mines have gone because of multinational capitalism. The culture that grew up around them has disappeared. I chose farms because perhaps they're the next to go. That's why I've titled it When Ideas Become Pattern"
and later: "I make a lot of work in response to particular situations. In this respect, my work about my family is site specific - not about pattern in the floor [or on the wall] but rather about having two children, living in Wales, about what it's like living in the world now. The site-specificity is about context rather than format".
Jonathan Watkins remarks in a note: "Concerning the development of Wood's art practice, an interesting comparison is with the difference between the earlier minimal and later figurative paintings of American artist Philip Guston".Awards: 1993-94 Faber Castell Fellowship, Kunsthalle Nuernberg/Germany; Art History Dept. University of Warwick in Venice/Italy; 1996 DAAD Fellowship Berlin/Germany; 1997-2000 Gregory Fellow in Sculpture Leeds University/UK; 2003 winner of the Richard&Rosemary Wakelin Purchase Award (Glynn Vivian Art Gallery).
International Links:
exhibitions abroad=1990 Galerie Etienne Ficheroulle Brussels/Belgium (solo); Galerie des Archives Paris/France (solo); Exposition 1-1990 Montreal/Canada (mixed); 1991 Galerie des Archives Paris/France (solo); 1991 Galerie Ag.d.l.Motta Barcelona/Spain (mixed); IKOS Florence/Italy (mixed); Fort Kugelbake Cuxhaven/Germany (mixed); Itinerari Castello di Rivara/Italy (mixed); Galerie des Archives Paris/France (mixed); 1992 Museum Abteiberg Moenchengladbach/Germany (solo); Galeria Franz Paludetto Turin/Italy (solo); Galerie des Archives Paris/France (mixed); San Miniato Pisa/Italy (mixed); Musee des Beaux Arts Le Havre/France (mixed); Arti et Amicitae Amsterdam/Holland (mixed); Monica de Cardenas Milan/Italy (mixed); 1993 Kunsthalle Nuernberg/Germany (solo); Ludwig Museum Budapest/Hungary (mixed); Burnett Miller Gallery Los Angeles/USA (mixed); Nat.Mus.of Cont.Art Oslo/Norway (mixed); Gal.d'Arte Mod. Bologna/Italy (mixed); 1994 Castello di Rivara Turin/Italy (solo); Chapelle Jeanne d'Arc Thouars/France (solo); Galerie des Archives Paris/France (solo); La Col.Rim.Radiomarelli Turin/Italy (mixed); Gal.Valentina Moncada Rome/Italy (mixed); Center d'Art Cont. Thiers/France (mixed); Galerie M.Detterer Frankfurt/Germany (mixed); Massimo Minini Brescia/Italy (mixed); 1995 Querini Stampalia Library Venice/Italy (solo); Centre d'Art Cont.Thiers/France (mixed); 1996 Kunstverein Elsterpark Leipzig/Germany (solo); DAAD Galerie Berlin/Germany (solo); FRAC Picardie/France (mixed); Kunsthaus Muthaseus Drewen/Germany (mixed); Museum D'Art Barcelona/Spain (mixed); 1997 Ville de Chatelleraut/France (mixed); Sculptor's Soc.of Ireland Dublin (mixed); Sandra Gering Gallery New York/USA (mixed). 1998 Kunstraum Innsbruck/Austria (mixed); 2000 Villa Arson Nice/France (mixed)
collections abroad=several....................................................................
publications abroad=1990 Lambrecht 'Prototypes' in Knack Weekend Amsterdam/Holland; Zahm 'Craig Wood' in Flash Art International Milan/Italy; 'Vision 90' Bull.Cent.Inter.d'Art Cont.de Montreal/Canada; D.Drateln 'Craig Wood' in Kunstforum Cologne/Germany; S.Tamashige 'Craig Wood' in Nikkei Art Tokyo/Japan; 1992 'A Marked Difference in ARTI Amsterdam/Holland; C.Guido 'Craig Wood' in Flash Art Milan/Italy; 1993 (5th July) The Hungarian Times Budapest; (18th June) Daily News Budapest/Hungary; (1st Feb.) Dagblatet & Aftenposte Oslo/Norway; LA Weekly 15/20 Los Angeles/USA; 1993 (27th March) The Los Angeles Times; Terskel/Threshold Bul.Nat.Mus.Cont.Art 9 Oslo/Norway; 1994 Il Giornale dell'Arte 26 Rome/Italy; 1996 F.Meschede 'Craig Wood' DAAD Magazin 3 Berlin/Germany; (8/10th Oct.) Berliner Zeitung, Berliner Morgenpost, Der Tages Spiegel Berlin/Germany; (27th June) La Vanguardia & El Mundo Barcelona/Spain; (4th April) Der Tages Spiegel Berlin/Germany; M.Coomer in Flash Art International Milan/Italy; (June) M.Feldman 'Craig Wood' in Art in America New York/USA; 2000 G.Bertolino in Nice Matin (24th Feb. & 7th Apr.) Nice/France.
