Alumni Association

John Wood '54

alumni-artist

 

Where: Holtzman Alumni Center (2nd floor)
When: August 20 - December 3, 2007 -- Monday - Friday (8am - 5pm)

Mex

JAWood@alum.mit.edu
www.woodjohn.net

Education

BS in Geology, VPI, 1954; PhD in Geology and Geophysics, MIT, 1958
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 (member, Board of Directors)
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.

Exhibits

Wainwright Bank & Trust Company, 1 Broadway, Kendall Square, Cambridge, and the Cambridge Art Association; April 3 - June 28, 2007.

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 tend not to paint “pretty” pictures, instead favoring images 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.