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Randy Wood
1122 E Pike St #1278
Seattle WA 98122
 
 
Education
Ohio University, BFA 1993
 

Solo Exhibitions

2008
“Panic, Dora!” SOIL, Seattle
2006
“Nighttime for Rocks” Icebox, Tacoma
2005
“They Will Be The Judge Of That” SOIL, Seattle
2003
“La La Love You” SOIL, Seattle
2002
“Black Plastic Procession” Aftermath Gallery, Seattle
“New Paintings and Inks” Blinding Light Gallery, Vancouver BC
2001
“Kittly… El Monstro!” The Pound Gallery
“Appearing From The Bottle” (installation) The Pound Gallery
“Paintings based on the work of Owen and Terry Plummer” at Lucky’s, Vancouver BC
1998
“Puking Ghost” Confounded Books, Seattle
 

Group Exhibitions

2007
“What's Up, Doc?” Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2006
SOIL at Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach
“I Love Andy Warhol” Bluebottle, Seattle
2005
SOIL at Aqua Art Miami, Miami Beach
“Bashville” Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
“Seeing Green” SOIL, Seattle
2004
“Masquerade” SOIL, Seattle
“Nuggets” Big Cat Gallery, New York City
“Flashpoint” SOIL, Seattle
2003
“Push” The Compound Gallery, Portland OR
“Push” KCDC, Brooklyn NYC
“Push” Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana CA
“Push” Roq La Rue, Seattle
2002
“Off the Page” SOIL, Seattle
“10th Annual Painting Marathon” at CoCA, Seattle
"Sickness" at Black Lab Gallery hosted by sublevelthree
“Tiny Universe” SOIL, Seattle
"Critics*" Vital 5, Seattle
"Draw!" Roq La Rue, Seattle
“New Members Show” SOIL, Seattle
 “SOIL Does Houston” Houston Gallery, Seattle
2001
 “Restart” Forgotten Works Gallery, Seattle
"Genie From a Bottle" (1 minute film animation) Pound Gallery, Seattle
 “Hot August Nights II” Lucky’s, Vancouver BC
“2nd Annual Home Alive Art Auction” Pound Gallery, Seattle
“Hoopla” Lucky’s, Vancouver BC
2000
“Halloween Show” Lucky’s, Vancouver BC
 “Orange Penguins” Orange Penguin Café, Varberg Sweden
“Hot August Nights” Lucky’s, Vancouver BC
“Second Annual Open” The Pound Gallery, Seattle
1999
“We Love You, Jar-Jar” Milky World, Seattle
“Loaded” The Pound Gallery, Seattle
 “Nog a Dod” Moonbase Gallery, Vancouver BC
“First Annual Open” The Pound Gallery, Seattle
 
 

Publications

2000-2003
Illustrations and cartoons for The Stranger, Tablet, Matte Magazine, Anchorage Press, and IndieFlix.

Artwork appears in SOIL 2006 (published by SOIL press 2006)

Artwork appears in SOIL Artist-Run-Gallery 1995-2005 (published by SOIL press 2005)

 

Curatorial

2005
Curator for the SOIL members exhibition at Aqua Art Miami in Miami Beach.

Co-curator of “Seeing Green” with Tracey Fugami. A group show of at SOIL that brought together urban artists from New York and Seattle who use imagery, both real and imagined, of the natural world to explore concepts of abstraction, realism, and politics.
2003
Curator for “Collections and Creations”, a group show of the SOIL artists at Seattle’s Bumbershoot arts festival.
2002
Curated “Off the Page” with Carrie Whitney at the SOIL Gallery in Seattle. This was a show of 3 dimensional narrative work featuring work by Jim Woodring, Bill Griffith, Ellen Forney, David Laskey, Blair Wilson, Greg Stump, Randy Wood, Carrie Whitney, and many other regional artists.

Organizer of “One Night Only: 11 Shows in 11 Months” a series of one night only art shows that take place on the first Friday of every month in a downtown Seattle gallery space.
1998-2001
Organizer of “Confounded Coloring Book”, a monthly event/publication held on the last Thursday at Confounded Books/Hypno Video in Seattle. Participants create one black and white page, which is later published on the on-line “Confounded Coloring Book”. 
 

Reviews

2005
Hackett, Regina “Final Call”   Seattle PI May 1, 2005 (unpublished) A&E section
2003
McCue, Frances “Skateboards offer intriguing plane for eight artists” The Seattle Times Feb 21, 2003 E&A section
Hackett, Regina “Seattle artists roll out dynamic skateboard art celebrating the legendary Z Boys”  Seattle PI Feb 8, 2003 A&E section
Greenblatt, Leah “Art on Wheels: Skateboarding Goes Haute Couture” Resonance May 2003 (issue 37) p10
2002
Hall, Emily “Young Gun, Randy Wood Does it Himself” The Stranger June 20, 2002 p33
Pinkos, Mark “Passion for Pop, Randy Wood and Sam Trout on the canvas of commercial art” Resonance #33 Spring 2002 p16
2001
Esquivel, Karla “Bizarre Little World” Tablet February 9-22
Forster, Kate “Art Attack” Tablet January/February 26-8
 

Awards

2003 Artist Trust GAP grant