JODY WOOD

 ARTIST & SOCIAL PRACTITIONER

Jody Wood is an interdisciplinary artist working in social practice. Her work raises questions about the social responsibility for care and the allocation of social goods, particularly focusing on the tension when institutional logic meets care ethics. Her work has been supported by notable awards including the Socially Engaged Art Fellowship at A Blade of Grass in NYC; Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (FLAD) Grant Award with AiR351 in Cascais, Portugal; Rema Hort Mann Foundation Community Arts Grant; an ArtPlace America Initiative at McColl Center for Art + Innovation, and through residencies at Headlands Center for the Arts, Skowhegan School for Painting and Sculpture, and Bemis Center for Contemporary Art. She has presented work in solo exhibitions at Skövde Art Museum and Norrtälje Konsthall in Sweden and Open Source Gallery in NYC, and is featured in publications such as The Atlantic, MSNBC, The Art Newspaper, and The New York Times.