Ariel Wood, "(un)cover"
ceramic, 6”x 5”x 5," 2022.
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BIO
Ariel Wood is a Texas-based artist by way of California and Wisconsin. They received a BFA in printmaking and drawing from The University of Wisconsin at Madison, a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from SRISA in Florence, and their MFA in Sculpture from The University of Texas at Austin where they were the recipient of the Lomis Slaughter, Jr. Endowment Scholarship In Sculpture and the Continuing College Fellowship. Ariel Wood is a sculpture artist interested in the way plumbing and drainage can elicit notions of interconnectedness, liminality, and queerness. Wood picks and parses out those aspects of the larger system that appear strange, silly, or sentimental. They have exhibited their work nationally and internationally in Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, New York, and Florence, Italy.
STATEMENT
In my practice, I make forms and structures of plumbing and drainage. I utilize this collection of forms to speak to interconnectedness, sensitivity, liminality, and a celebration of queerness. My practice begins with the ceramic process, where I find most freedom and dialogue; a give and take between me and material. From there I incorporate metal, wood, silicone, etchings, lithographs, etc. I pick and parse out those aspects of the larger systems of plumbing and drainage that appear strange, silly, or sentimental; a search for the unusual in the usual. The connection point between materials is a space for tenderness and reciprocity; one in which I seek to show a mutual recognition of responsibility and contingency. I utilize the ubiquitous system of plumbing as a lexicon; one in which I can play and ponder.
ceramic, 6”x 5”x 5," 2022.
SHIPPING IS NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE. PLEASE CONTACT INFO@COLLARWORKS.ORG FOR AN ESTIMATE.
BIO
Ariel Wood is a Texas-based artist by way of California and Wisconsin. They received a BFA in printmaking and drawing from The University of Wisconsin at Madison, a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from SRISA in Florence, and their MFA in Sculpture from The University of Texas at Austin where they were the recipient of the Lomis Slaughter, Jr. Endowment Scholarship In Sculpture and the Continuing College Fellowship. Ariel Wood is a sculpture artist interested in the way plumbing and drainage can elicit notions of interconnectedness, liminality, and queerness. Wood picks and parses out those aspects of the larger system that appear strange, silly, or sentimental. They have exhibited their work nationally and internationally in Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, New York, and Florence, Italy.
STATEMENT
In my practice, I make forms and structures of plumbing and drainage. I utilize this collection of forms to speak to interconnectedness, sensitivity, liminality, and a celebration of queerness. My practice begins with the ceramic process, where I find most freedom and dialogue; a give and take between me and material. From there I incorporate metal, wood, silicone, etchings, lithographs, etc. I pick and parse out those aspects of the larger systems of plumbing and drainage that appear strange, silly, or sentimental; a search for the unusual in the usual. The connection point between materials is a space for tenderness and reciprocity; one in which I seek to show a mutual recognition of responsibility and contingency. I utilize the ubiquitous system of plumbing as a lexicon; one in which I can play and ponder.
ceramic, 6”x 5”x 5," 2022.
SHIPPING IS NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE. PLEASE CONTACT INFO@COLLARWORKS.ORG FOR AN ESTIMATE.
BIO
Ariel Wood is a Texas-based artist by way of California and Wisconsin. They received a BFA in printmaking and drawing from The University of Wisconsin at Madison, a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from SRISA in Florence, and their MFA in Sculpture from The University of Texas at Austin where they were the recipient of the Lomis Slaughter, Jr. Endowment Scholarship In Sculpture and the Continuing College Fellowship. Ariel Wood is a sculpture artist interested in the way plumbing and drainage can elicit notions of interconnectedness, liminality, and queerness. Wood picks and parses out those aspects of the larger system that appear strange, silly, or sentimental. They have exhibited their work nationally and internationally in Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, New York, and Florence, Italy.
STATEMENT
In my practice, I make forms and structures of plumbing and drainage. I utilize this collection of forms to speak to interconnectedness, sensitivity, liminality, and a celebration of queerness. My practice begins with the ceramic process, where I find most freedom and dialogue; a give and take between me and material. From there I incorporate metal, wood, silicone, etchings, lithographs, etc. I pick and parse out those aspects of the larger systems of plumbing and drainage that appear strange, silly, or sentimental; a search for the unusual in the usual. The connection point between materials is a space for tenderness and reciprocity; one in which I seek to show a mutual recognition of responsibility and contingency. I utilize the ubiquitous system of plumbing as a lexicon; one in which I can play and ponder.