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Joseph Wood

Joe Wood
Title: 
Visiting Lecturer
Department: 
Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Email: 
jwood@massart.edu
Office: 
North 280
Education: 
1984 - MFA, Kent State University; 1977 - BS Art Education/Design, S.U.N.Y. College at Buffalo
Industry Experience: 

Exhibitions

  • 2015 - Haystack Components, Metals and Jewelry, Fuller Museum of Craft
  • 2013 - Shift: Contemporary Makers That Define, Expand and Contradict the Field of Art Jewelry, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  • 2011 - From Minimal to Bling: Contemporary Studio Jewelry, Group invitational exhibition. The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston MA
  • 2011 - Objects of Status, Power and Adornment, Group exhibition. Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge MA
  • 2010 - Precious Metals Jewelry & Functional Art, Group exhibition curated by Ashley Kasperzak, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid NY

Publications

  • 2012 - Push Jewelry: "30 Artists Explore the Boundaries of Jewelry," Lark Crafts An Imprint of Sterling Publishing Co., Inc, Editor: Marthe Le Van, Curated by Arthur Hash
  • 2010 - Jewelry by Artists: In the Studio, Kelly H. L'Ecuyer, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • 2008 - Metalsmith, Vol. 28 No.3, Exhibition Review: Joe Wood, New Work by Patricia Harris and David Lyon
  • 2008 - Adorn: New Jewelry, by Amanda Mansell, Laurence King Publishing Ltd.
  • 2006 - American Craft, Exhibition Review: Alternatives: Materials / Means, Deborah Krupenia
  • 2005 - Metalsmith, Vol. 25 No.5, "Influence of the Digital: Toward New Medium," by Douglas Bucci and Matthew Hollern
  • 2004 - The Art of Enameling, Techniques, Projects, Inspirations; Linda Darty, Lark Books, 2004
  • 2003 - Minimal Rings: Arch Gregory, Full Spectrum Publishing

Organizations

  • 2015 - Member, Board of Trustees, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
  • 2012 - Art Jewelry Forum, Faculty contact for school/department membership
  • 1977 - 2013 - Society of North American Goldsmiths 
  • 2004 - 2007 - SNAG Nominations and Elections Committee, Chairperson for 06-07’ 

Recognitions

  • 2009 - Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant Finalist, Craft
  • 2007 - Curator “IN SITU”, Exhibition of Contemporary Jewelry and Metals Artwork, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
  • 2006 - Visiting MFA review critic and lecture, Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills MI

Collections

  • Renwick Permanent Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC 
  • The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Daphne Farago Collection 
  • Racine Art Museum, Charles A. Wustum Collection , Racine WI 

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