Alex J Wood

Ballooning over Bryce Canyon

Watercolour on Saunders Waterford papers, 115W x 55H CM, 2021

Monument Valley Ceramics, 'Space Pod' & 'Sputnik'

Berlin 'Rheinfrank Antique Jewellery' Store Collaboration & Balloons (Uplifting Series) 

I'm pleased to be showing some sleect new works including 'The Kraken' and 'Berlin Fernsehturm' in an exciting new collaboration with Antique Jewellery Rheinfrank in Berlin, Germany. 

Claw of Archimedes

Patinated Bronze
22H x 25W x 18D CM 
2020

'Claw of Archimedes' is my latest bronze sculpture, which draws inspiration from Greek Mythology and is based upon a giant claw and ancient weapon used to defend Syracuses city wall. It would grab huge ships and vessels out of the sea and hurl them back into the ocean.  

Monument Valley Panorama

Watercolour on Hahnemühle papers, 168W x 45H CM, 2020

Americana Paintings

The Hollywood Roosevelt, Randy's Donuts and various other sites caught my attention in the US. ‘Randy’s Donuts’, is a fantastic example of ‘Programmatic Architecture’ built in 1953 featuring the giant donut above the restaurant. ‘The Pool at The Hollywood Roosevelt’ is another acrylic painting, featuring the Mural Hockney painted on the floor of the pool in 1988.  This is an ongoing series of works. 

Blown Away! Mayfair Art Weekend 

Blown Away! is a new short film I created in the lockdown, the first of a series of new films from Out of Time. Out of Space Productions with Lucia Scalisi. The Drone bronze sculpture traverses the American landscape and Wild West with footage he shot earlier this year. The backdrop then merges into hand drawn animations and painted panoramic scenes.

The film was recently selected for The Mayfair Art Weekend Screening at The May Fair Art Hotel, more details available here.   

Superfine! 2020

Very excited to be exhibiting at Superfine in February, after receiving an Arts Council England 'Developing Your Creative Practice!' Award

Thu, Feb 6, 2020 7:00 PM to Sun, Feb 9, 2020 8:00 PM

1933 South Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, 90007, United States (map)

Superfine! Art Fair is returning to Magic Box @ The Reef in DTLA for its second LA edition, February 6 - 9, 2020. Throughout the four-day fair, you'll have the unique opportunity to meet and connect directly with top local and international artists, collectives, and galleries

Royal Society of British Artists 303rd Annual Exhibition
at the Mall Galleries 

Delighted that two of my bronzes 'The Drone' and 'Blow Out!' have been selected for the Royal Society of British Artists 303rd Annual Exhibition
at the Mall Galleries. The exhibition runs from 20 Feb 10 AM – 29 Feb 5 PM. 

The Royal Society of British Artists boasts just over one hundred of the UK’s top painters, sculptors and printmakers as members, all possessing the highest levels of skill in their chosen styles and media.

More information on the exhibition is avaialble here.

Exhibitions & Works

'The Object of Art' TV Programme

'The Object of Art' is a new TV programme directed by Melissa Aston-Munslow, and produced by Samson Ibitoye. 
Below is a clip from in my studio. 

Rising Stars, at Volksbank, Speyer Germany until August 2019

Rising Stars has been curated by Ralph Gelbert and is on show until August 2019. 
The exhibition coincides with Kult(o)urnacht Speyer 2019 on Friday 14 June. 

Makers Mark

Makers Mark, No Format Gallery curated by Daniel Huckfield

No Format Gallery is located at Arch 29, Rolt Street, Deptford, SE8 5JB.

'Space Odyssey' at The Royal Institution, Mayfair.

I recently exhibited at The Royal Institution, 21 Albermarle Street, Mayfair coinciding with the 50 Anniversary of Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey'. 

'The Pier'


Patinated bronze, 84W x 36D x 48H CM, 2018

This is one of a new series of bronzes I've been working on after receiving an award from The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation in Canada last year.

‘The Rig’


Patinated bronze, 34H x 48W x 34D CM, 2018

Kerwebaum, Rockets, & Elwetritschemondfahrt at The Fourth International Artists Symposium, Villa Böhm, Germany

I'm very excited to be one of the ten artists selected for this residency, The 4. Internationales Künstlersymposium (Fourth International Artists Symposium) at the Villa Böhm, Neustadt an der Weinstraße hosted and curated by Ralph Gelbert.

More information can be found here: https://farbe-bekennen.info and links to press articles and TV interviews here: Medien / Media

Below are some photographs of the works I made at the Fourth International Artists Symposium at Villa Böhm, course of fellow resident artist Thomas Brenner.

'Air: Visualising the Invisible in British Art 1768-2017' at

The Royal West of Engalnd Academy Bristol. June - Sep 2017.

I’m delighted to be exhibiting in ‘Air: Visualising the Invisible in British Art 1768-2017’ from June 16 to September 3 at The Royal West of England Academy in Bristol. More information is available here.  http://www.rwa.org.uk/whats-on/air-visualising-invisible-british-art-1768-2017

Photos of the exhibition are below, courtesy of Alice Hendy. Exhibition review by Culture Calling is available here and below is The Times newspaper article about the exhibition.

Every cloud has a silver lining

Every cloud has a silver lining,

Pewter and readymade airplane,

20 × 18 × 16 cm,

2017

Private collection

'The Rocket Garden', at Wallspace Gallery, Los Angeles   

I recently exhibited 'The Rocket Garden' a new painting at Wallspace Gallery at 607 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

“That Blitz Mentality” has been curated by Ashley Bradley and Angie Stimson.

Pulse Miami Beach 2016

I recently exhibited at Pulse Miami Beach, from 1-4 December 2016 in a Conversations booth with Hedley Roberts.

More information can be found here on the Pulse Miami website or on my Blog.

Luna Buggy

Patinated verdigris bronze, 48W X 30H X 29D CM, 2016

Private Collection

The Tower

Patinated bronze, 18W X 42H X 18D CM, 2016

Ingram Collection Exhibition

Young Contemporary Talent

I am delighted to have been selected to exhibit in the Young Contemporary Talent exhibition curated by Jo Baring and Alison Price from The Ingram Collection at the Cello Factory ( 35A Cornwall Rd, Lambeth, London SE1 8TJ).

More information on the Ingram Collection and Young Contemporary Talent can be found here.

Internationall Space Station (Tiangong)

Patinated verdigris bronze, 22W X 34H X 18D CM

Photograph above courtesy John-Paul Bland (www.jpbland.co.uk).

Supreme Court of the UK

'To Fast Too Think' Exhibition Lewis PR

Tuesday 18 October - "Too Fast To Think" Book Launch at the Supreme Court UK, London

It was great exhibiting some of my sculptures at this event for the book launch of Too Fast To Think by Chris Lewis. For more images please click here.

Photographs courtesy, © Licensed to simonjacobs.com. 18.10.16 London, UK.Chris Lewis, Too Fast to Think book launch at The Supreme Court, London, UK.FREE PRESS, EDITORIAL AND PR USAGE.Photo credit: Simon Jacobs

Lift Off! at New Art Projects

Various photographs from my solo show Lift Off! at New Art Projects, London

Other recent works

Slick

Bronze & card model Titanic 170W X 180H X 60D CM, 2014