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Jesse Wood
Born in Marina del Rey, California in 1972 Attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA from 1990-91 Attended Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia in 1994 Lives and paints in Santa Fe, New Mexico
There was a period when I considered my three chief interests in life to be reading, traveling and painting. That was about 15 years ago when I first considered leaving school for something more conducive to the life of an artist. Since then I have followed that troika relentlessly, allowing one dream to lead me to the next in a fluid dance of books, brushes and backpacking. I spent the better part of a decade living in Europe, South Africa and various American ports of call while traveling to Asia and South America. Most currently I am settled in New Mexico and focused on painting. Here I have rediscovered my enthusiasm for the limitless Southwestern desert, though my artwork reflects the variety of places I visited in the past. Reading still provides inspiration in the form of titles and ideas for many of my paintings and serves as a less exhaustive way to travel. Artistically, the influences on my artwork can be traced to a variety of places. Rather than list them, I would encourage the viewer to try and decipher my canvases as they might a menu in a foreign language, to let their imagination fill in the gaps while the stomach rumbles in anticipation.
Collections and Special Projects:
Southwest Art Magazine "21 under 31" September 03
Permanent Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe NM
Permanent Collection, The Santa Fe Preparatory School, Santa Fe NM
Selected Shows:
May Daze, Platform Gallery, Tucson Arizona, May 06
ArtXtrA Week, Van Nelle Fabirek, Rotterdam NL, November 05
Bloc Busta, Art & Industry, SFNM, July 05
Go Nomad, Tweedelaan & Kellner, Bloemfontein RSA, Oct.
04
Three Visions, Meyer East(formerly Munson Gallery), Santa Fe NM, July 04
Surface & Structure, 3Falk Gallery, Tucson AZ, Oct. 03
Every War is a Class War, Skeleton Art, SFNM, Sept. 03
A Riot, Art & Industry, SFNM, May 03
The Duck Never Sleeps, ZV Creative, Tucson AZ, Feb. 03
Berlin Babylon, Art & Industry, SFNM, August 02
Banale Grande, Wetterkrank, Leipzig Germany, May 02
Lyonel's Rescue, Kunsthoff, Magdeburg Germany, April
02
Holiday on the Moon, Art & Industry, SFNM, Sept. 01
Painting is Dead, Plan B Evolving Arts, SFNM, Jan. 01
Oil Change, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson AZ, Sept. 00
Grizaje, Helix Fine Art, SFNM, August 00
Pop Am Ring Festival, Waschhaus, Potsdam Germany, June 00
Art Pod IV, Pod Shack, SFNM, July 99
Scrambling Wall, Site 2121, Albuquerque NM, January 99
Ship from the Desert, Waschhaus, Potsdam Germany, Sept. 98
Safe Journey, New Mexico International Academy of Art,
98
Art Pod III, One Ledoux, Taos NM, 98
Art Pod II, West Side Bronze, SFNM, 97
Art Pod I, Design Center, SFNM, 97
Allegorory, Plan B, SFNM, 97
Al Fiercely, Schuim, Amsterdam NL, 96
Dyslexicon, OffSITE, SFNM, 95
Collections and Special Projects:
Southwest Art Magazine "21 under 31" September 03
Permanent Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe NM
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