Bio
Ken Wood received his BA from Rice University in Houston Texas and his MFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA / Rome, Italy. His recent solo exhibitions include Gemelli, at Haw Contemporary (2019), Writ Large at the Schmidt Art Center in Belleville, IL (2017), Me I’m Just Typing at The Courtyard House Presents in Brooklyn, NY (2017), Snakes and Ladders at the Sidney Larson Gallery in Columbia, MO (2016), Each to Other at Fort Gondo in St Louis (2015), and Scripta Volant (Written Words Fly) at the Print Center Philadelphia (2015). He has shown his work at the International Print Center New York, The Turner Print Museum in Chico, CA, Normal Editions Workshop in Normal, IL, The Luminary in St Louis, Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, Big Medium Gallery in Austin, Flatbed Press and Gallery in Austin, the Art on Paper Fair in New York, and the Aqua Art Fair in Miami. His work has been published in Art in Print, Graphic Impressions, Create Magazine, Number: An Independent Arts Journal, The HAND Magazine, the Mid-America Print Council Journal, and Fresh Paint Magazine, and his paintings and prints have been included in the collections of Twitter, STL Venture Works, Polsinelli Law Offices, Sun City Tower in Kobe, Japan, Rice University, and the cruise line The Norwegian. He is a Professor of Printmaking and Foundations at St Louis Community College Meramec.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Gemelli, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)
2018 Solo Exhibition, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
2018 Solo Exhibition, Osage Arts Community, Belle, MO
2017 Writ Large, Schmidt Art Center, Southwestern Illinois College, Belleville, IL
2017 Me I’m Just Typing, Courtyard House, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Snakes and Ladders, Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia, MO
2015 Each to Other, Beverly Space, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, St Louis, MO
2015 Scripta Volant: Written Words Fly, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Loose Group, Haw Contemporary, Kansas City, MO (details)
2018 Evident: Recent Work by Ken Wood and Arny Nadler, Meramec Contemporary, St Louis, MO
2018 Friends with Benefits, Bingham Art Gallery, Columbia, MO
2018 Imprint, International Juried Printmaking Exhibit, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2018 Ebb/Flow: Artists of St Louis, Intersect Arts, St Louis, MO
2018 9th Douro Print Biennial, Invitational Printmaking Exhibition, Douro Museum, Portugal
2018 Pele Prints, Epsten Gallery, curated by Heather Lustfeldt, Kansas City, MO
2018 Lot 49, The Luminary, St Louis, MO
2017 11th National Print Competition, Janet Turner Print Museum, CSU Chico, CA
2017 Sister Cities: Artists from St Louis and Stuttgart, Stuttgart City Hall, Germany
2017 Embark, George Stout Fellowships for Art in the Public Sphere, Wilkins Hall, Des Moines, IA
2017 Louisiana International Printmaking Exhibition, curated by Ben Hickey, LA
2017 Tech Full Court Press, juried by Margaret Simpson and Tom Druecker, Islander Gallery, TACC, Corpus Christi, TX
2017 8th Tribuna Graphica Invitational Printmaking Exhibition, Museum of Art, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2017 Lot 49, The Luminary, St Louis, MO
2017 Mudras, Leedy-Voulkos Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2017 3rd Global Print Biennial, Invitational Printmaking Exhibition, Douro Museum, Portugal
2017 Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Japan
2017 25th National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin Parkside, WI
2017 Paperworks, B.J.Spoke Gallery, Huntington, NY Art on Paper Fair, New York, NY
2016 The Norm: International Juried Print Exhibition, Normal Editions Workshop, School of Art, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2016 Fresh Ink, Wonder Fair Gallery, Lawrence, KS
2016 Printmaking in St Louis Now, Bellwether Gallery, The Sheldon, St Louis, MO
2016 Craft of Art., Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
2016 Lot 49, The Luminary, St Louis, MO
2016 St. Louis University Invitational, McNamee Gallery, St Louis, MO
2016 Inspiration: Foundations, Hewes Library, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL
2016 Four Rivers Print Biennial, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL
2016 37th Annual Paper in Particular exhibition, Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia, MO
2016 Automic, The Small Engine Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2016 Print Austin: The Contemporary Print, O2 Space at Flatbed Press, Austin, TX
2016 Layers, Link & Pin Gallery, Austin, TX
2015 New Prints Summer 2015, International Print Center New York Tectonic Shifts, Herron Galleries, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2015 Pentimento, Intersect Arts, St Louis, MO
2015 Mutable Matrix, Printmaking Department Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2015 Compendium: an Examination of the Artist’s Sketch, Intersect Arts, St. Louis, MO
2015 Print Austin: The Contemporary Print, Big Medium Gallery, Austin, TX