TOM WOOD

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 “Beck’s 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 Wood’s 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 d’Arles

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
Beck’s 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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