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“I'm often surprised by what emerges as I tweak the images” (Sono spesso sorpreso da ciò che emerge modificando le immagini).
Nato: 1948, North Carolina (USA), vive a Oberlin, Ohio (USA).
Reid Wood è nato nel 1948 nella Carolina del Nord (USA). Ha conseguito lauree BA e MA in studio d'arte presso l'Oberlin College. Lavora con una varietà di media, tra cui disegno, incisione, collage, libri d'artista, mail art, digital imaging e performance art. Ha esposto il suo lavoro sia a livello nazionale che internazionale in più di 145 sedi dal 1975. Esempi del suo lavoro si trovano in numerose collezioni e archivi pubblici e privati, tra cui MoMA (Franklin Furnace Archive), The Sackner Archive, The Avant Writing Collection (Ohio State University), Archives of American Art (John Held, Jr. Papers), The National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad, India), Lalit Kala Akademi (New Delhi, India), The National Postal Museum of Canada, The Emily Fondazione Harvey (Venezia), Museo Re Santo Stefano d'Ungheria, Museo Minimo (Napoli) e Museo Nazionale El Reina Sofia, Madrid (Archivio Sztuka Fabryka). Diverse opere sono permanentemente presenti nella Collezione del Museo d'Arte Bongiani di Salerno (Italia).
Website: http://havent-gardeart.blogspot.com
Born: 1948, North Carolina (USA), lives in Oberlin, Ohio (Usa).
Reid Wood was born in 1948 in North Carolina (USA). He holds BA and MA degrees in studio art from Oberlin College. He works in a variety of media, including drawing, printmaking, collage, artists books, mail art, digital imaging, and performance art. He has exhibited his work both nationally and internationally in more than 145 venues since 1975. Examples of his work can be found in a number of public and private collections and archives, including MoMA (Franklin Furnace Archive), The Sackner Archive, The Avant Writing Collection (Ohio State University), Archives of American Art (John Held, Jr. Papers), The National Institute of Design (Ahmedabad, India), Lalit Kala Akademi (New Delhi, India), The National Postal Museum of Canada, The Emily Harvey Foundation (Venice), the King St. Stephen Museum of Hungary, Museo Minimo (Naples), and The National Museum El Reina Sofia, Madrid (Sztuka Fabryka Archive). Several works are permanently present in the Bongiani Art Museum Collection in Salerno (Italy).