Tree stump stool 2, 2023
Acrylic on birch plywood
40 x 30 cm
I Beams #1, 2022
Acrylic on wood
195 x 15 x 15 cm
I Beams #2, 2022
Acrylic on wood
190 x 15 x 15 cm
Investment Sculpture (LM), 2021
Acrylic on wood
222 x 121 cm
Chair I, 2021
Acrylic on wood
65.77 x 60.44 x 66.99 cm
Pie Chart (LA), 2021
Acrylic on wood
121 x 121 cm
Up (JM), 2021
Acrylic on wood
79 x 66 cm
Timber table (1), 2023
Acrylic on birch plywood
74 x 200 x 80 cm
I beam (yellow), 2023
Acrylic on plywood
33 x 72 x 31 cm
I beam (160cm grey), 2022
Acrylic on wood
42 x 160 x 40 cm
Richard Woods was born in Chester, England, in 1966 and graduated from the Slade School of Fine Art, London in 1990, where he trained as a sculptor. Woods is well known for his architectural installations and re-surfacing of structures that propose an absurd twist on the cult of home improvement and DIY aesthetics. His works are characterised by cartoon-like decorative surfaces, bold patterns and vibrant colours. Woods completed a major architectural commission in South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, designed an interior for the Comme des Garçons’ flagship store in Osaka, orchestrated the mock Tudor overhaul of a private residence in New York and transformed the interior of Cary Grant’s former Hollywood residence for its new owner, Jeffrey Deitch. In 2003, his re-paving of a cloistered courtyard was the centrepiece of The Henry Moore Foundation’s exhibition at the 50th International Venice Biennale of Art.
Recent exhibitions and projects include Frieze Sculpture, London (2018, 2013); Chelsea Space, London (2017); Folkestone Triennial (2017); Eastside Projects, Birmingham (2016); Festival of Love, Southbank Centre, London (2015); Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff (2015); Albion Barn, Oxford (2015); Bloomberg Space, London (2012) and Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2009).
His works are held in major collections including the Saatchi Collection, London; Arts Council England, London; Victoria and Albert Museum; London; British Museum, London and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
EDUCATION
Slade School of Fine Art, London 1990.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
The Small House. Southwark Cathedral, London (UK)
I Beams. Andreas Siegfried Gallery, London (UK)
Super size grain. 26th may 2022 – 18th may 2023, A year long solo public project at Oriel Davies museum (UK)
2021
The Investment Show. L21 Gallery, Palma de Mallorca (ES)
2020
Small , medium and large. Alter Projects, Lower Grosvenor Gardens, London (UK)
Holiday Home, Milwaukee (US)
2019
I Never Felt So Much Alike Alike Alike. With Szabolcs Bozó. L21. Palma de Mallorca (ES)
Estate. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire (UK)
Dream Homes. Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance (UK)
Sculpture Milwaukee (US)
Kensington + Chelsea Art Weekend, London (UK)
The Object Library. Graduate Center, City University of New York (US)
2018
The Ideal Home Exhibition. Alan Cristea Gallery, London (UK)
Frieze Sculpture Park, London (UK)
Upgrade. Skip Gallery, London (UK)
Hyundai commission XXIII winter Olympics (SK)
2017
Albion Barn. Oxford, UK Folkestone Triennial, Folkstone (UK)
Richard Woods, David Risley Gallery (DK)
2016
Richard Woods: Work Tables, Friedman Benda Project Space, New York (US)
Duckweave. Eastside Projects, Birmingham (UK)
2015
Festival of Love. Southbank Centre, London, UK Inclosure Acts, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff (UK)
Country Life, Albion Barn, Oxford (UK)
2014
Post Pop: East meets West, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK 2013 Richard Woods, Alan Cristea Gallery, London (UK)
Frieze Sculpture Park, London (UK)
Thirteen, Alan Cristea Gallery, London (UK)
2012
LOGO NO. 106, Bloomberg SPACE, London (UK)
LOGO NO.109, Immediate Media, London, UK 2011 The Red Brick Sculpture Show, Milan (IT)
Richard Woods: Handmade Modern, Work/Projects, Bristol (UK)
2009
Flat Pack Nature, Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome (IT)
WRONGWOODS, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (UK)
The Nature Show, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York (US)
Superabundance, Turner Contemporary, Margate (UK)
WRONGWOODS, New Design Product launch, Milan (IT)
2008
Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool (UK)
Wood & Bricks & Bricks & Wood, Works, Projects, Bristol (UK)
Stone Clad Cottages, Fermyn Woods, Thrapston, Northamptonshire (UK)
Solo Show, Grieder Contemporary, Zurich (CH)
2006
Galleria S.A.L.E.S, Rome (IT)
2005
Mock Tudor Painting, Sadler’s Wells, London (UK)
2008 Liverpool Biennale, Liverpool (UK)
Irony & Gesture, Kukje Gallery, Seoul (SK)
2005
Representative Artist UK Pavilion Aichi, Nagoya (JP)
2003
Retinal Stain: Mat Collishaw, James Hopkins, Richard Woods. Cosmic Galerie, Paris (FR)
Import/Export sculpture in Stopover, The Henry Moore Foundation Contemporary Projects, 50th International Venice Biennale, Venice (IT)
2002
Two cockatoos (red) and various pouring and leaking sculptures. Modern Art in The Galleries Show,
Royal Academy of the Arts, London (UK)
2000
Epilogue. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, UK
1999 Papermake, Modern Art, London, UK
6min.3sec, ABF Konstskola, Umea, Sweden
Cruise Control, Cristinerose Gallery, New York, USA
1998 Show Me The Money, Dukes Mews, London, UK
Superstore, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
1997
New York Drawers, Brooklyn Museum, London, UK
Superstore Deluxe, Up and Co., New York, UK
Home, Margaret Harvey Gallery, London, UK 1996 Being There II, C.B.K. Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Gallery ‘M’, Stockholm, Sweden
Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
IT Residence du Parc, Turin
UK Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Arts Council Collection, London
British Museum, London
Grosvenor Museum, Chester
The Saatchi Collection, London