Resume


John Wood
Cambridge MA 02138
(71 Langdon Street)
(617) 661-7628
JAWood@alum.mit.edu


Education
BS and PhD degrees in science
Art training (none in degree programs) at
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute
    School of the Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC
    School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    Massachusetts College of Art
    Cambridge Center for Adult Education


Memberships
Cambridge Art Association
Concord Art Association


Juried and Invited Shows
Dec. 6-20 2005, Cambridge Art Association Members Prize Show, 109.*
Jan. 7-29 2006, Concord Art Association Members Juried I Show, 106.
Feb. 8-28 2006, “Simple Gifts,” Cambridge Art Association, 103., 110.
Mar. 14-Apr. 8 2006, “The Way We Live,” Cambridge Art Association, 111.
April 27-May 12 2006, Concord Art Association “Paint the Town” Preview Show,
    103.,112.
June 15-July 17 2006, Cape Cod Art Association, 2006 Annual New England
    Exhibition, 104.
Oct. 10-Nov 1 2006, Cambridge Art Association Members Prize Show, 105.
Nov. 16 2006-Jan. 4 2007, “Blue,” Cambridge Art Association, 114.
Jan. 11-Feb. 18 2007, Concord Art Association Members Juried I Show, 104.
Feb. 8-28 2007, “Cool,” Cambridge Art Association, 118.
Mar. 13-April 19 2007, “Spring,” Cambridge Art Association, 121.
May 3-18 2007, Concord Art Association “Paint the Town” Preview Show, 123
Oct. 9-Nov. 7 2007, Cambridge Art Association Members Prize Show, 128.
Nov. 20 2007-Jan. 19 2008, “Red,” Cambridge Art Association, 129.
April 4-29 2008, “Interiors and Exteriors,” Cambridge Art Association, 133.
Oct. 7-Nov. 5 2008, Cambridge Art Association Members Prize Show, 138.
Nov. 15-Jan. 13 2009, “Blue,” Cambridge Art Association, 126.
Feb. 27-Mar. 27 2009, “Stratum,” Cambridge Art Association, 141.
Jan. 12-Feb. 7 2010, Concord Art Association Members Juried I Show, 144.

*Numbers correspond to entries on the Galleries pages of this web site.


Solo Exhibits
Wainwright Bank & Trust Company, 1 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge,
   and the Cambridge Art Association; April 3 - June 28 2007.   SeeIt
Holzman Alumni Center, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
   Blacksburg, Va.; August 20 - December 3 2007.   SeeIt
Brookhaven at Lexington, 1010 Waltham Street, Lexington, Mass.; April 1 - May 30,
   2008.   SeeIt
Monroe C. Gutman Library, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge,
   Mass.; July 2 - August 31, 2008.   SeeIt

Joint Exhibits
Shared Exhibit at Harvard Neighbors, Quincy House, Harvard University, Nov. 10-
    Dec. 12 2008, 107, 118, 130,136, 138.   SeeIt
Joint Exhibit at Adams House, Harvard University, Oct. 25-Nov. 1 2009, 101, 107,
    109,110, 113, 115, 117, 118, 122, 124, 125, 126, 129, 130, 136, 137, 138, 144, 145,
    147.   SeeIt


Statement

My paintings are representational, and they tend to be large and detailed. It is traditional to discount the content of art works relative to their design and art technique, but I attach more importance to content than this. In a lifetime many arresting images are recorded in a person's memory (and perhaps by his camera), and some of these deserve to be developed into paintings. I paint a wide variety of subjects. This also seems to be unusual; most painters appear to concentrate on a particular subject or class of subjects.

Many of my paintings are based on photographs I have taken, but always subject to artistic license and judicious transpositions. I work in a studio: my paintings are too large and take too long to complete for work on site to be practical. The work is methodical and calculated, involving a (partly) planned sequence of layers and scumbles, though my paint layer never gets very thick. The process can hardly be called spontaneous, yet things always happen that surprise and usually please me. I have not consciously tried to develop a distinctive style of painting.

My goal is not to paint “pretty” pictures or wall decoration. Instead I try to choose themes that make a statement, record an ambience, or pose a question or contain ambiguity that is provocative enough to make a gallery visitor pause and think for a few heartbeats during his scan of the works in an exhibition.