Born in the West of Ireland, 1951
Lives and works in Liverpool/Merseyside, England.
EDUCATION
1973-76 Leicester Polytechnic B.A. (Hons) Fine Art (Painting)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002
Thomas Erben Gallery New York, NY Looking for Love
Kasseler Kunstverein Kassel, Germany
Stadtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven, Germany
2001
Suermont-Ludwig-Museum Aachen, Germany
2000
Thomas Erben Gallery New York, NY
Galerie im Buergerhaus Neunkirchen/Saar, Germany, cat.
Kunstverein Ulm Ulm, Germany
1999
Royal Photographic Society Bath, UK
Orchard Gallery Derry, UK
Gallery of Photography Dublin, Ireland
Galerie Thomas Zander Cologne, Germany
City Art Gallery Leicester, UK
Galerie Albrecht Munich, Germany
1998
Museum of Modern Art Oxford, UK
Galerie F.M. Schwartz/ Photokina Cologne, Germany
Bluecoat Gallery and Open Eye Liverpool
1996
International Center of Photography New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002
ICA London, UK Becks Futures Award
2001
Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL The Sidewalk Never Ends
2000
Centre National de la Photographie Paris, France
1999
International Photography Festival Herten, Germany
1996
Paolo Baldacci Gallery New York Blindspot
Galerie du Jour - Agnes b. Paris Inside Out
(with Richard Billingham and Paul Seawright)
1995
Victoria & Albert Museum London 20 Modern British Photographers
1994
Victoria & Albert Museum London Street Photography
PUBLICATIONS
2001
Bus Odyssey Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany
1999
People Wienand Verlag and Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany
1998
All Zones off Peak Dewi Lewis Publishing, Stockport, UK
1989
Looking for Love Cornerhouse, Manchester, and Aperture, New York
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2001/02
LEICA World cover and pp. 32 - 39
2001
Westerbeck and Meyerowitz Bystander: A History of Street Photography Bullfinch Press, Boston
2000
Barry Schwabsky Tom Wood exhibition review Artforum December 2000 p. 148
Wolfgang Vollmer Tom Woods People LEICA Fotografie 3/2000, pp. 42-49
Ralf Drost Ouverture - Tom Wood Flash Art XXXIII, May-June 2000, p. 109
Galerie im Buergerhaus Neunkirchen/Saar, Germany Tom Wood exhibition catalogue, essay by Susanne Boecker
Hubertus von Amelunxen Lob des Zweifels Eikon 32, pp. 16-23
Klaus Honnef People Katalog Denmark, vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 27-31
Creative Review London, January, pp.46-47
1999
Susanne Boecker Tom Wood Kunstforum International No. 148, pp. 341-342
Padraig Timoney Tom Wood Bluecoat Gallery and Open Eye, Liverpool, exhibition review frieze 44, January - February, p. 77
David Lee All Zones off Peak book review Art Review February 1999, p. 62
Klaus Honnef Tom Wood Camera Austria 68, p. 77
Zoo London, issue 1
Richard West A Moving Display Cabinet Source Belfast, No. 19
British Journal of Photography London, January
Photographie Essen, pp. 54-59, portfolio
Uta Petersen Kulturnews, November
frieze London, December
1998
Val Williams Tom Wood Dazed & Confused London, August, pp. 52-59, illustrated
Sleaze Nation London, December, pp. 46-55, illustrated
1996
British Journal for Photography January
Blind Spot New York, No. 7
Popular Photography USA, August
Muriel Colin-Barrand Tom Wood Artpress Paris, No. 218, p. VIII
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art New York
International Center of Photography New York
Victoria & Albert Museum London
British Council London
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television Bradford, UK
North West Arts Board Manchester, UK
Walker Art Gallery Liverpool, UK
AWARDS
2002
Prix Dialogue de l Humanite (Outreach Award) des Recontres dArles
2000
Year of the Artist Residency
1996
Artist Honorarium, International Center of Photography, NY
1995
Arts Council of England Photography Publishing Grant
1993/96
North West Arts Board, Artist Development Fund
1982/90
Merseyside Arts
1977
Arts Council of Great Britain
SHORTLISTED
2002
Becks Futures Award, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
2000
Albert Renger-Patzsch Award, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
1996
The Arts Foundation Fellowship
1992
The Thatcher Years MOMA, New York
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