Artist statement
My work consists of assemblages/sculptures using found objects, both natural and man-made; mixed media paintings and works in oil.
The assemblages could be described as "transfigurations" of objects lost and found. The works evolve either through initial aesthetic responses to the dynamics of individual pieces, which are then assembled and take on a new life and meaning; or, are ideas based, rooted in memory and experiences and result in sculptures that confront expectations and challenge the viewer, taking them beyond the familiar.
The paintings, both mixed media and oil, evolve through observation drawings, photographs and imagination. They are re-presentations of the subject matter, through screened memories and experiences and explore a sense of place, moment and time through colour, light and uneasy space
Current and forthcoming events
- May - July 2013: Everyman Art Gallery, Summer Exhibition, Everyman Art Gallery, Manchester (more info)
- June - August 2013: Marie Wood: Mind's Eye, The Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham (more info)
Public realm
- 2012 Gallery Artist, Number Nine The Gallery, Contemporary Art Gallery, 9, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2JA
- 2012 Summer Exhibition 2012, The Public, West Bromich (more info)
- 2011 Ilkley Art Trail 2011, Langwith, Cragg Drive, Off The Drive, Ben Rhydding, Ilkley (more info)
- 2011 Marie Wood, Ilkley Art Trail, Ilkley
- 2011 Gallery Artist, Lost Gallery, Scottish & International Contemporary Art, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
Solo exhibitions
- 2010 Marie Wood: An Exhibition of Paintings, Sculptures and Collages, Trinity Arts Centre, Gainsborough (more info)
- 2007 Dances at the Edge, Mezzanine Gallery, Elgin Museum, Elgin
- 2004 Drifting Back, High Head Sculpture Valley, Cumbria
- 2004 "The Ocean Doesn't Want Me Today" (Tom Waits), National Gallery of Scotland, Duff House, Banff
- 2003 Marie Wood, Cluny Bank Hotel, Forres
Group exhibitions
- 2013 Everyman Art Gallery Summer Exhibition, Everyman Art Gallery, 50, Beech Rd, Chorlton, Manchester, M20 9EG
- 2012 Winter Art Show, Everyman Art Gallery, Chorlton, Manchester
- 2012 Winter Art Show, Everyman Art Gallery, Manchester (more info)
- 2012 The Edingburgh Art Fair, c/o Number Nine The Gallery Birmingham, Edinburgh
- 2012 Summer Exhibition, The Public, West Bromwich, West Midlands
- 2009 Summer Show, The Lost Gallery, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
- 2009 Glasgow Art Fair '09, c/o The Lost Gallery, George Square, Glasgow
- 2008 Midsummer at The Lost Gallery, The Lost Gallery, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
- 2008 Mixed Show, Milton Gallery, Crathes, Aberdeenshire
- 2008 Society of Scottish Artists Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
- 2008 Gallery Artist, The Lost Gallery, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
- 2007 Christmas Exhibition, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
- 2007 Summer Show, The Lost Gallery, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
- 2007 Lithoscapes, The Beetroot Tree Gallery, Draycott, Derbyshire
- 2007 Society of Scottish Artists Open, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
- 2007 Corporate Exhibition, Organon Limited, Cambridge
- 2005 Winter Exhibition, Tore Gallery, Highlands
- 2005 Whisky Themes, Old Pulteney Distillery, Wick
- 2005 Midsummer, The Lost Gallery, Strathdon
- 2005 Timothy Niall-Harris & Marie Wood, Leap Gallery, Craigellachie
- 2004 Lost in Aberdeen, Carby Art Gallery, Aberdeen
- 2004 Inaugural Exhibition - Ian Gray, Jack Vettriano, Marie Wood, Leap Gallery, Craigellachie
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