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NICHOLAS WOOD
NICHOLAS W.WOOD
Associate Professor of Art
University of Texas at Arlington
1982 - present
EDUCATION
M.F.A. 1977 New YorkState College at AlfredUniversity, Alfred, New York
B.A. 1972 San Francisco State University, California (Painting/Ceramics, Sociology)
GRANTS/AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
Hawn Foundation Millenium Award - 2000
Connemara Conservancy Foundation Artist Grant (Sculpture) - 1992.
Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award in Drawing - 1990.
National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship Grant (Sculpture) – 1981/82.
Individual Research Project Grant, University of Texas at Arlington - 1981.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Tangents & Adjustments - Nicholas Wood: Drawings/Sculptural Objects“, Ft. Worth
Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, Texas
2010 New Works - flats & rounds, Gallery 76102, Fort Worth, Texas
2009 Skulpturen und Zeichnung, Galerie Palais Walderdorff, Trier, Germany
2008 capsulated…mostly – Langdon Arts & Cultural Center, Granbury, Texas
Nicholas Wood- Creative Arts Center, New Haven, Connecticut
2007 Return/Restart/Re-: Sculpture/Works on Paper, Lakeview Gallery, Tarrant County College NW, Ft.Worth, Texas
2003 Strata, American Institute of Architects - D/AIA Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2002 Hung Up – sculptural objects in wood/works on paper, McCormick Gallery, Midland, Texas.
2000Wallworks, Texas Wesleyan University Art Gallery, Fort Worth.
1999Nicholas Wood - Mixed Media, Sculpture, Emily G. Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Ohio.
1996Field Theories, Moreau Center for the Arts, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana.
1994Constellations- Installation , University Art Gallery, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
1992Borders- Installation , Visual Arts Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas.
1989Thicket, Center for Research in Contemporary Art Gallery, CRCA, University of Texas at Arlington. (Brochure).
Sculpture & Drawings, University of Texas at PermianBasin, Odessa, Texas.
1987Sculpture, Drawings, Prints, Ida Green Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, Texas.
1986Sculpture and Drawings- University of Houston at Clear Lake, Texas.
1985Sculpture and Drawings- East Texas State University Art Gallery, Commerce, Texas.
1984Recent Works, Sculpture and Drawings, University Art Gallery, University of Texas, Arlington.
Recent Sculpture, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1981Nicholas Wood - New Work, Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1980Recent Works, Sculpture, Midwestern State University Art Gallery, Wichita Falls, Texas.
1979FOCUS, Nicholas Wood- Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (Catalogue/Brochure).
1978Nicholas Wood – New Sculpture, Texas Christian University Art Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas.
1977New Sculpture, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, New York State University, Alfred, New York.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2011 Sculpture: Inside Out, Lakeview Gallery, Tarrant County College NW, Ft. Worth, Texas
2010 Der Zeitgenosse, Eastern Washington University Gallery of Art, Cheney, Washington.
TX/OK Art Prize, Wichita Falls Museum of Art, Texas
Regional Expressions in Vitrification, School of Art Studio Gallery, Texas Tech University
2009 Schaab / Wood, Kunst Raumprojekt Temporare, Trier, Germany
Material/Object, Nicholas Wood, Chris Powell, Fred Spaulding, Gallery 414, Ft.Worth, Texas
2007 Ceramic Abstraction: Exploration & Evidence in Contemporary Ceramics, Hilles Gallery,
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut.
“Trier Project”, Tuchfabrick Trier Galleries, Trier, Germany
2006 “Fire & Ice”, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington Museum of Art, (Catalogue).
“ Wish”, DallasCenter for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas (Catalogue).
“ Artists Against AIDS”, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, Texas (Catalogue)
2005 “Recent Works- Sally Packard / Nicholas Wood”, Center for the Arts,MontgomeryCollege, Conroe, Texas.
“On the Wall”, Landmark Arts,TexasTechUniversity, Lubbock, Texas(Brochure).
“Wish”, DallasCenter for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas(Catalogue).
“Moonglow”, ArlingtonMuseum of Art”, Arlington, Texas(Catalogue).
“Artists Against AIDS”, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, Texas (Catalogue)
2004“Ceramics: Texas & Beyond”, Charles & Dorothy Clark Gallery, UT Pan American, Edinburgh.
“Texas Clay III Invitational”, University Art Galleries, Texas State University, San Marcos.
“Group Show-Works on Paper”, Upstairs Gallery, Arlington, Texas.
“Shine”, ArlingtonMuseum of Art, Arlington, Texas. (Catalogue)
“5x7xX”, Arthouse at the JonesCenter for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas.
“Wish”, DallasCenter for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas.(Catalogue)
2003 “Six Visions: Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture”, University Art Gallery, UTSan Antonio.
“The Bridge”, ArlingtonMuseum of Art, Arlington, Texas. (video interviews & documentation)
“Europa”, UniversityArtGallery, University of Texas at Arlington.
“dessins et lignes (par interim)”, Espace Pieter Broulle, Paris, France.
2002 “Texas Mud”, DallasCenter for Contemporary Art, Dallas, Texas(Catalogue)
“Holga in Germany”, Vorgeschichts -Archaologischen Museum, Bad Konigshofen, Germany.
“Holga in Trier”, Fort Worth International Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
“Wish”, DallasCenter for Contemporary Arts, Dallas , Texas. (Brochure)
“ Snapshots”, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut(CD-ROM catalogue)
“ligne et forme“, Galerie Espace Marais, Paris, France.
“ 5 x 7 x X”, JonesCenter for Contemporary Art. Austin, Texas.
2001 “Diverse Works”, NRH Gallery, North Richland Hills, Texas.
“Holga in Germany: Photographs”, ArlingtonMuseum of Art, Arlington, Texas. (Brochure)
“The Bridge”, public sculpture project, Bad Konigshofen, Germany.
“Within Sight: Contemporary Arlington Artists”, ArlingtonMuseum of Art. (catalogue)
“Biennial Exhibition”, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas.
2000 “Snapshots”, ContemporaryMuseum, Baltimore, Maryland. (CD-ROM cataloque)
“Hello Walls”, The Art Corridor Gallery, TarrantCounty College, Arlington, Texas.
“Art in the Metroplex”, TexasChristianUniversity, Fort Worth, Texas(Best of Show Award)
“Black and Blue”, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas.
“Current Work”, Rosenthal Gallery, FayettevilleStateUniversity - UNC, North Carolina. “San Angelo National Ceramic Exhibiton”,San Angelo Museum Of Fine Arts, Texas (catalogue).
“Vision & Movement : Public Art”, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington Texas(catalogue)
“Three Artists: Sculpture and Paintings”, Gaddis Geeslin Gallery, SHSU, Texas.
“Paint the Town Red”, ArlingtonMuseum of Art, Arlington, Texas(Brochure).
1999“Deliberations in Clay”, Pillsbury-Peters Fine Art, Dallas, Texas.
“Kennedy-DouglassCenter for the Arts Ceramic National,” Florence, Alabama(catalogue)
“Une Couleur”- Blanc”, Galerie Pixetcie, Paris, France.
“Art in the Metroplex,” Moudy Gallery, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth.
“Objets Mureaux et Dessins”, Galerie Charles St. Rose, Paris, France.
“Ceramics '99,” Grossmont College, El Cajon, California.
1998“Raised, Assembled, Constructed,” Center for Research in Contemporary Art, CRCA- TheGallery at UTA, Arlington, Texas. (Catalogue)
“Elemental Spaces”- Installation , Contemporary Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas (catalogue).“Viewpoint,” Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, El Cajon, California (catalogue).
“Fireworks: On and Off the Wall,” Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas.
1997“From the Ground Up-Contemporary Clay in Texas,” Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas. “Contemporary Texas Clay,” Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, Texas.
“A Space Time: The Fourth Dimension,” McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, Texas.
“Clay on the Wall,” FOVA Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
“Act Naturally-Artist's Responses to Nature and Environment,” Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas (Catalogue).
1996“Altered States: Contemporary American Ceramics,” Center for the Visual Arts, Metropolitan State College, Denver , Colorado(Catalogue).
“Black & White: Notions of Nostalgia,” Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas(brochure)
1995“Virtual Ceramics,” World Wide Web. URL:
“Nicholas Wood/Marlene Matalon - Paths Crossing”, Gallery 1114, Midland, Texas.
“House and Garden,” ArlingtonMuseum of Art, Arlington, Texas
1994“Small Works,” Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, California.
“Drawing in 1994,” UniversityArtGallery, BrighamYoungUniversity, Provo, Utah(Catalogue).
“Art in the Metroplex,” University Art Gallery, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas. Selected by Marti Mayo.
“Hats Off,” TrammelCrowBuilding Exhibition Space, Dallas, Texas.
“Exquisite Corpse,” Dallas Artists Research and Exhibition, McKinney Avenue Contemporary (MAC), Dallas, Texas(Catalogue).
“Summer Small Works,” 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
“Critic's Choice,” D-ArtVisualArtsCenter, Dallas, Texas.
“Abstract Matters: Recapitulation and Transcendence,” Forum Gallery, BrookhavenCollege, Dallas, Texas.
“Item and Image,” Haggar Gallery, University of Dallas, Texas.
1993“Texas Biennial,” Food and Fiber Building, Texas State Fairgrounds, Dallas, Texas(Catalogue).
“New Blood,” Clara M. Eagle Gallery, MurrayStateUniversity, Murray, Kentucky(Catalogue).
“Made in Texas,” ArlingtonMuseum of Art (Catalogue).
“Texas Clay II,” Visual Arts Gallery, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos; University Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches; Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington; Baylor University, Waco; Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi (Catalogue).
“Dare: A to Z,” Bath House Cultural Central, Dallas, Texas.
1992“Drawn West,” NoraEcclesHarrisonMuseum of Art, UtahStateUniversity, Logan, Utah(Museum Collection Purchase Award) (Brochure).
“Artist Working With Nature,” - Plano Cultural ArtsCenter, Plano, Texas.
“Forty + Views” ArlingtonMuseum of Art, Arlington, Texas(Brochure).
Connemara Conservancy Outdoor Sculpture Installations, Plano, Texas(Brochure, Video).
“Presence,” Center for Research in Contemporary Art, CRCA, Arlington, Texas(Brochure).
1991“Critics Choice,” D-ArtVisualArtsCenter, Dallas, Texas. Juried by Dallas Art Dealers Association (Catalogue).
“Wood Spirits,” MesaArtCenter, Tempe, Arizona(Brochure).
“Flux and Mutability” - Installation , Center for Research in Contemporary Art, Arlington,Texas.
LongviewMuseum and ArtsCenter Invitational, Longview, Texas.
“Common Ground - Diverse Expressions in Clay,” Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina(Catalogue).
1990“Art in the Metroplex,” TexasChristianUniversityArtGallery, Fort Worth, Texas, Juried by Ned Rifkin.
“At the Edge,” LagunaGloriaArt Museum, Austin, Texas. Juried by Wendy Weitman (Catalogue);LonMorrisCollege, Jacksonville, Texas; Wichita Falls Art Association, Wichita Falls, Texas; Del Rio Cultural For The Arts, Del Rio, Texas. (Best of Show Award and Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award.)
“Excellence '90,” National Sculpture Exhibit - Plaza of the Americas Gallery, Dallas, Texas(Catalogue).
“Making Metaphors: An Exhibition of Works on Paper,” LakesideArtGallery, RichlandCollege, Dallas, Texas. Curated by Nancy Chambers.
“Works on Paper Biennial,” University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas. Juried by Jim Fisher.
“A Century of Texas Sculpture,” Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin; Amarillo Art Museum, Amarillo, Texas; San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, Texas; El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas; Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas (Catalogue). Curated by Becky Reese.
1989“Drawing Conclusions,” University Art Gallery, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos.
“Ceramic Sculpture Invitational,” Haggar University Gallery, University of Dallas
1988“Flights of Fancy,” The Congress Atrium, 301 Congress Ave., Austin, Texas( TFAA Invitational)
“7 Texas Artists: Small Paintings and Drawings,” AndrewsGallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.
1987“Wall Sculpture: Construction and Relief,” Frito Lay Corporation, Plano, Texas.
“American Ceramics Now,” Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York; American Craft Museum, New York; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Calif.; De Cordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, Maine; Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska and Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama (Catalogue). Juried by Barbara Haskell, Henry Hopkins and Michael Mctwigan.
1986Invited Print Project, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas ( Edition of 12 aquatint etchings).
“Sixth Texas Sculpture Symposum Exhibition,” San Antonio, Texas(Catalogue).
“Mask Invitational,” Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
“Sculpture '86,” Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas. Juried by Clyde Connell.
“Five Clay Sculptors,” Art Corner Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas.
“Art in the Metroplex,” TexasChristianUniversityArtGallery, Fort Worth, Texas. Juried by Peter Frank.
“Texas Visions,” Transco Tower Gallery, Houston, Texas(Catalogue).
1985“Drawings by Sculptors”- 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
“Fifth Texas Sculpture Symposium Invitational Exhibition,” Dallas, Texas(Catalogue).
1984“Nine Sculptors,” MidtownArtCenter, Houston, Texas(Catalogue).
“Two Dimensions/New Dimensions in Clay”- BrookfieldArtCenter, Brookfield, Connecticut.
“Art in the Metroplex,” Texas Christian University, Ft.Worth , Texas. Juried by Robert Murdock.
“Summer Show”, Carpenter + Hochman Galleries, Dallas, TX & New York, NY.
“Line, Color, Form, Texture,” DallasMuseum of Art, Dallas, Texas. Curated by Paul Harris.
“Dallas Sculpture Exhibition,” Dallas Central Public Library, Dallas, Texas.
“Joseph Havel/Nicholas Wood” (two person exhibition), 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1983“Sculpture on the Wall,” San Antonio Art Institute, San Antonio, Texas.
“Showdown - Perspective on the Southwest,” Alternative Museum, New York, New York. Curated by Peter Frank (Catalogue) .
“Houston Showdown,” Center for Art & Performance, Houston, Texas(Catalogue).
“Survey of Texas Clay,” Objects Gallery, San Antonio, Texas.
“Texas Clay,” SouthwestTexasStateUniversityArtGallery, San Marcos, Texas and University of Texas at San Antonio, MainArtGallery.
“Texas Ceramics Invitational,” College of the MainlandArtGallery, Texas City, Texas.
“Object as Metaphor,” PatrickGallery, Austin, Texas.
1982“Texas Sculpture Invitational,” Visual Arts Gallery, Pensacola Junior College, Florida(Catalogue).
“Fire,” Ida Green Gallery, AustinCollege, Sherman, Texas.
“Summer Show,” Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas/New York.
“Sculpture - A Direction”- Corpus ChristiStateUniversityArtGallery, Corpus Christi, Texas.
“Gallery Artists,” Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1981“Clay,” Janus Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
“Summer Group Show,” Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1980“Response,” TylerMuseum of Art, Tyler, Texas(Catalogue). Text by Ned Rifkin, Curated by Ron Gleason.
“Art of the Spirit,” TexasChristianUniversityArtGallery, Fort Worth, Texas.
“Fifteen From Dallas,” The ArtCenter, Waco, Texas. Curated by Paul Harris.
“Sculptural Clay,” (Invitational) Oldmarket Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska(Catalogue).
“Group Show,” Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
1979“12-Twelve Artists Working in North Texas,” DallasMuseum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas (Catalogue). Curated by David McManaway, Sue Graze and Mac Whitney.
“Made in Texas,” UniversityArt Museum, Austin, Texas(Catalogue).
1978“Clayworks,” Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
“Group Invitational” - Five Hundred Exposition Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
“A'Mano '78,” New MexicoStateUniversityArtGallery, Las Cruces, New Mexico(Catalogue).
1977Spring Residency - ARTPARK, Artist-in-Residence, Lewiston, New York.
1975“The Rainbow Show,” M.H. De Young Museum, San Francisco, California(Catalogue).
1974“Micro-Environments,” BerkeleyArtGallery, Berkeley, California.
“California Ceramics and Glass,” Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California(catalogue)
1973“Nut Art,” Candy Store Gallery, Folsom, California.
“Small Sculpture,” SacramentoStateUniversityArtGallery, Sacramento, California.
“Media,” Civic ArtsMuseum, Walnut Creek, California(Catalogue).
BIBLIOGRAPHY (SELECTED)
Studio Series: Art Tiles, Lark Books/Sterling Publishing, Pg. 210 – 11 (Book)
“Wenn die Flache in den Raum wachst”, Trierier Newspaper, Trier, Germany
“Jewels”, Anthony Mariani, Fort Worth Weekly,Kultur section, April 1, ‘09
500 Tiles: A Collection of International Work, Angelica Pozo, Lark Books/Sterling Publishing, Pg. 278-9.
“Ceramic Abstraction: Exploration & Evidence”, Ceramics Monthly, March 2008, Pg 28 – 30.
“A Way with Clay”, Judy Birke, New Haven Register, ARTS, Pg. 1-2, January 27, 2008.
“CAW Exhibit Mines Clay’s Boundless Possibilities”, Judy Birke, New Haven Register, ARTS, Pg. 1-2, April 25, 2007.
“Arlington’s Arts Elite”, O.K. Carter, Arlington Star Telegram, Pg. 1 & 11BB, February, 20,2005.
“Everyday Objects Take on New Life in Sculpture Exhibit”, Peggy Heinkel Wolfe, Fort Worth Star Telegram, Pg. 8F, November 6, 2004.
“Nicholas Wood: Strata”,Kathyrn Shields, ARTLIES, Spring 2004, #42.
“Monument a Rare Piece of Public Art”,Arlington Star Telegram, July 12, 2003.
“Artwork is Tribute to Bond of Cities”, Fort Worth Star Telegram, July 6, 2003.
“Arts & Numbers”, Nathaniel Jones, Arlington Star Telegram, November 19, 2001
“Monument to the Art of Diplomacy”, Shelley Moon, Arlington Morning News, July 27,2001
“Hometown Artists in Arlington”, Mike Daniel. Dallas Morning News, April 27, 2001
“Canvasing the Neighborhood”, Shelley Moon, Arlington Morning News, April 15, 2001
Extruded Ceramics: Inspiration and Technique, Tom Latka, Krause Publications, 2001 (Book)
Architectural Ceramics, Peter King, Lark Books Publishing Company, Pg. 81, 1999. (Book)
“Nicholas Wood,” Ceramics Monthly, June/July/August 1998.
“Feats of Clay,” Jennifer Rankin, Arlington Morning News, April 5, 1998. Section C, Pgs. 1-2.
“Offbeat View Takes Shape in Ceramic Art,” Renee C. Lee,Arlington Star Telegram, December 27 1997.
“Exhibitionism-From the Ground Up: More Than Clay,”Rebecca S. Cohen, The Austin Chronicle, Arts, December 26,1997.
“Wise Exhibit Built on Clay,” Jeanne Clair Van Ryzin, Austin American Statesman,Dec. 18, 1997.
“Lumps of Clay,” Michael Paglia, Denver Westword, Volume 20, Number 16, 1996, Pg. 57.
“Texas Clay,” Marla Ziegler, Ceramics Art and Perception, Issue 19, 1994, Pg. 80-83.
“Nicholas Wood,” Upfront - Ceramics Monthly, October 1992, Pg. 20.
“Connemara,” Lori Fairchild, Plano Star Courier,March 19, 1992 Pg. 1A, 6A.
“Preserve For The Arts,” Kathyrn Hooper, Dallas Morning News, March 12, 1992, Pg. 1G-3G.
“Self-Imposed Rules Guide Artist's Work,” Janet Tyson, Fort Worth Star Telegram, October 12, 1989.
“Exhibit Gives Local Art a Fresh Look,” Doug Hudson, Fort Worth Star Telegram, September 14, 1989.
A Century of Sculpture in Texas, Patricia D. Hendricks and Becky Duval Reese, Exhibition Catalogue, HuntingtonArtGallery, September 1989.(Book)
Sculpture: Technique, Form, Content, Arthur Williams, Pg. 81, 1989. (Book)
“UTA Professor Represented in National Ceramic Exhibition,” Linda Coon, Arlington Citizens Journal, April 9, 1987, Pg. 3C.
“Texas Sculpture Symposium,” Bill Marvel, Dallas Times Herald, March 22, 1985.
“Sculptor Shown with Texas' Best,” Bansy Johnson, Arlington Daily News, March 17, 1985.
“Artwork by Wood Exhibited,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram Arts Supplement, October 1984, Pg. 1.
“Sculpture on the Wall,” Elizabeth Sasser, ARTSPACE , Spring 1984, Pg. 60-61.
“Texas Clay,” Janet Kutner, American Ceramics, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1984, Pg. 38-40.
“Texas Clay Sculpture,” Randolph Kline, Anita Valencia, ARTSCENE, Spring 1984, Pg. 24.
“Romanticism and Dimension of Ceramic Sculpture, “ Bill Marvel, Dallas Times Herald,January 18, 1984.
“Texas Clay,” Ceramics Monthly, January 1984, Pages 63-65.
“Tablets of Earth,” Matthew Kangas, American Ceramics, Fall 1983, Pg. 36-38.
“In the Arts: Critics' Choices,” Grace Glueck, New York Times,June 19, 1983, The Guide, Pg. 3.
New Ways in Clay: Images in Clay Sculpture, Charlotte Speight,Pgs. 66, 197.Harper & Row,1983. (Book)
“Texas Clay and A Survey of Texas Clay,” Jan Tips, ARTSPACE - Fall 1983, Pgs. 35,36.