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Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Japanese Garden with Moon and Stars, 2020 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 72 × 70 inches (182.9 × 177.8 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Japanese Garden with Moon and Stars, 2020

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 72 × 70 inches (182.9 × 177.8 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Helen’s Room, 2017 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 90 × 80 inches (228.6 × 203.2 cm), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Helen’s Room, 2017

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 90 × 80 inches (228.6 × 203.2 cm), National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, LG NPP #2, 2017 Screenprint and oil on canvas, 93 × 61 inches (236.2 × 154.9 cm)© Jonas Wood. Photo: Brian Forrest

Jonas Wood, LG NPP #2, 2017

Screenprint and oil on canvas, 93 × 61 inches (236.2 × 154.9 cm)
© Jonas Wood. Photo: Brian Forrest

Jonas Wood, Hammer Interior, 2016 18-color letterpress print on Crane Lettra paper, 11 ¼ × 20 ¾ inches (28.6 × 52.7 cm), edition of 20 + 10 AP© Jonas Wood. Photo: Brian Forrest

Jonas Wood, Hammer Interior, 2016

18-color letterpress print on Crane Lettra paper, 11 ¼ × 20 ¾ inches (28.6 × 52.7 cm), edition of 20 + 10 AP
© Jonas Wood. Photo: Brian Forrest

Jonas Wood, Children's Garden, 2015 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 93 × 93 inches (236.2 × 236.2 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Children's Garden, 2015

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 93 × 93 inches (236.2 × 236.2 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Landscape Pot 2, 2014 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 120 × 76 inches (304.8 × 193 cm)© Jonas Wood, photo by Brian Forrest

Jonas Wood, Landscape Pot 2, 2014

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 120 × 76 inches (304.8 × 193 cm)
© Jonas Wood, photo by Brian Forrest

Jonas Wood, Alexis's Room, 2009 Oil on canvas, 66 × 60 inches (167.6 × 152.4 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Alexis's Room, 2009

Oil on canvas, 66 × 60 inches (167.6 × 152.4 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Hammer Storage, 2011 Oil and acrylic on linen, 82 × 82 inches (208.3 × 208.3 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Hammer Storage, 2011

Oil and acrylic on linen, 82 × 82 inches (208.3 × 208.3 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Untitled (2 Yellow Birds), 2011 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 42 × 32 inches (106.7 × 81.3 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Untitled (2 Yellow Birds), 2011

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 42 × 32 inches (106.7 × 81.3 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Wimbledon M, 2013 Oil and acrylic on linen, 62 × 50 inches (157.5 × 127 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Wimbledon M, 2013

Oil and acrylic on linen, 62 × 50 inches (157.5 × 127 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Calais Drive, 2012 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 104 × 84 inches (264.2 × 213.4 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Calais Drive, 2012

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 104 × 84 inches (264.2 × 213.4 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Leslie and Michael, 2013 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 80 × 90 inches (203.2 × 228.6 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Leslie and Michael, 2013

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 80 × 90 inches (203.2 × 228.6 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Ovitz's Library, 2013 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 × 132 inches (254 × 335.3 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Ovitz's Library, 2013

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 × 132 inches (254 × 335.3 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, The Hypnotist, 2011 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 108 × 168 inches (274.3 × 426.7 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, The Hypnotist, 2011

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 108 × 168 inches (274.3 × 426.7 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Make It Talk, Teodoro, 2006 Oil on canvas, 72 × 93 inches (182.9 × 236.2 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Make It Talk, Teodoro, 2006

Oil on canvas, 72 × 93 inches (182.9 × 236.2 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Two Tables with Floral Pattern, 2013 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 × 93 inches (254 × 236.2 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Two Tables with Floral Pattern, 2013

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 × 93 inches (254 × 236.2 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Schindler Apts, 2013 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 132 × 112 inches (335.3 × 284.5 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Schindler Apts, 2013

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 132 × 112 inches (335.3 × 284.5 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Landscape Pot with Yellow Orchid, 2014 Oil and acrylic on canvas, 118 × 90 inches (299.7 × 228.6 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Landscape Pot with Yellow Orchid, 2014

Oil and acrylic on canvas, 118 × 90 inches (299.7 × 228.6 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, TV Room 2, 2007 Gouache and colored pencil on paper, 23 × 30 ⅜ inches (58.4 × 77.2 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, TV Room 2, 2007

Gouache and colored pencil on paper, 23 × 30 ⅜ inches (58.4 × 77.2 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess Pot 1, 2013 Gouache and colored pencil on paper, 9 ⅞ × 12 inches (25.1 × 30.5 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess Pot 1, 2013

Gouache and colored pencil on paper, 9 ⅞ × 12 inches (25.1 × 30.5 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Purple Orchid Clipping, 2013 Gouache and colored pencil on paper, 60 ⅜ × 40 ½ inches (153.3 × 102.9 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Purple Orchid Clipping, 2013

Gouache and colored pencil on paper, 60 ⅜ × 40 ½ inches (153.3 × 102.9 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Still Life with Blue Rug, 2013 Gesso, gouache, ink, and colored pencil on paper, 34 × 32 inches (86.4 × 81.3 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Still Life with Blue Rug, 2013

Gesso, gouache, ink, and colored pencil on paper, 34 × 32 inches (86.4 × 81.3 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Untitled (BW Self Portrait), 2008 Ink and gesso on paper, 56 × 41 ½ inches (142.2 × 105.4 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Untitled (BW Self Portrait), 2008

Ink and gesso on paper, 56 × 41 ½ inches (142.2 × 105.4 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Manute Jumper, 2014 Gouache, colored pencil, and collage on paper, 41 ½ × 30 ⅜ inches (105.4 × 77.2 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Manute Jumper, 2014

Gouache, colored pencil, and collage on paper, 41 ½ × 30 ⅜ inches (105.4 × 77.2 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Maritime Sunset Landscape Pot, 2014 Ink, gouache, and colored pencil on paper, 28 × 22 inches (71.1 × 55.9 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Maritime Sunset Landscape Pot, 2014

Ink, gouache, and colored pencil on paper, 28 × 22 inches (71.1 × 55.9 cm)
© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Blackwelder Studio Exterior, 2014 Ink, gouache, and colored pencil on paper, 26 × 26 inches (66 × 66 cm)© Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Blackwelder Studio Exterior, 2014

Ink, gouache, and colored pencil on paper, 26 × 26 inches (66 × 66 cm)
© Jonas Wood

About

You could call [my work] a visual diary or even a personal history. I’m not going to paint something that doesn’t have anything to do with me. Of all of the possible things I could paint, the thing that interests me is something that I can get close enough to in order to paint it honestly. 
—Jonas Wood

In his boldly colored, graphic works—including paintings, drawings, and prints—Jonas Wood combines art historical references with images of the objects, interiors, and people that comprise the fabric of his life. Translating the three-dimensional world around him into flat color and line, he confounds expectations of scale and vantage point.

Born in Boston, Wood grew up surrounded by the art collection of his grandfather, featuring the work of artists such as Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder, Jim Dine, Robert Motherwell, Larry Rivers, and Andy Warhol. He received a BA from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York, in 1999, majoring in psychology and minoring in studio art, then attended the University of Washington, Seattle, where he received an MFA in painting and drawing in 2002. During his student years, he explored making collage-like works based on montaged photographs that he took of himself, his friends, and their surroundings. These early photo-based paintings possess a darker and more volatile energy that is not as immediately evident in the work Wood is known for today.

Shortly after art school, Wood moved to Los Angeles, where he worked for the painter Laura Owens for a few years. Wood currently shares a studio with artist Shio Kusaka, his wife since 2002, and the pair often work in tandem, motifs migrating from Kusaka’s ceramic vessels to Wood’s paintings and back again. Common subjects include plants, portraits, and sports imagery, all of which come together in Wood’s lush interiors and intricate still lifes. He and Kusaka also incorporate imagery from their expansive art collection—including works by Alighiero Boetti, Michael Frimkess and Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, Mark Grotjahn, and Ed Ruscha—as well as from their children’s storybooks and drawings.

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Fairs, Events & Announcements

Gagosian’s booth at Frieze Seoul 2023. Artwork, left to right: © Jadé Fadojutimi, © Jen Guidi, © Alexandria Smith, © Mehdi Ghadyanloo, © Rick Lowe Studio, © Jonas Wood,  Photo: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano

Art Fair

Frieze Seoul 2023

September 7–9, 2023, booth C14
COEX, Seoul
www.frieze.com

Gagosian is pleased to participate in Frieze Seoul 2023 with a presentation of contemporary works by gallery artists, including Derrick Adams, Georg Baselitz, Dan Colen, Edmund de Waal, Jadé Fadojutimi, Urs Fischer, Cy Gavin, Mehdi Ghadyanloo, Nan Goldin, Katharina Grosse, Jennifer Guidi, Thomas Houseago, Alex Israel, Rick Lowe, Takashi Murakami, Nam June Paik, Giuseppe Penone, Ed Ruscha, Alexandria Smith, Anna Weyant, Stanley Whitney, Jonas Wood, and Richard Wright, among others.

Coinciding with the fair is the arrival of Jiyoung Lee, who was recently appointed to lead the gallery’s operations in Korea. Lee joins Gagosian following nearly fifteen years based in Seoul working on behalf of both Korean and Western galleries. Her appointment builds on the gallery’s establishment of a business entity in Korea last year, and provides for expanded activities in the region.

Gagosian’s booth at Frieze Seoul 2023. Artwork, left to right: © Jadé Fadojutimi, © Jen Guidi, © Alexandria Smith, © Mehdi Ghadyanloo, © Rick Lowe Studio, © Jonas Wood,  Photo: Sebastiano Pellion di Persano

A selection of recent Gagosian publications

Book Fair

Acid-Free Los Angeles Art Book Market 2023

June 16–18, 2023, table A05
Blum & Poe, Los Angeles
acid-free.info

Gagosian is participating in the Acid-Free Los Angeles Art Book Market, which is organized by a collective of Los Angeles–based independent publishers. Now in its third year, the three-day fair brings together over ninety exhibitors to present new books and projects and foster meaningful conversations around art publishing. To celebrate the recent release of its six hundredth title, the gallery will offer six hundred Gagosian publications for $10 each, including books on West Coast artists Jennifer Guidi, Ed Ruscha, and Jonas Wood, among others. The fair is free to attend.

A selection of recent Gagosian publications

Piero Golia, The Best Is Yet to Come, 2020 © Piero Golia

Auction

Printed Matter
Spring Benefit Auction

May 24–June 8, 2023

This online benefit auction for Printed Matter features over sixty donated artworks—some of which were created especially for the fundraiser—by contemporary artists, including Richard ArtschwagerPiero GoliaAdam McEwenRichard PrinceEd RuschaTaryn Simon, and Jonas Wood. Proceeds from the auction, which is hosted by Artsy, will support the nonprofit organization’s mission to further the distribution, understanding, and appreciation of artist’s books and related publications.

Piero Golia, The Best Is Yet to Come, 2020 © Piero Golia

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Museum Exhibitions

Jonas Wood, Patterned Interior with Mar Vista View, 2020, Rachofsky Collection © Jonas Wood

On View

Room by Room
Concepts, Themes, and Artists in the Rachofsky Collection

Through November 25, 2023
The Warehouse, Dallas
thewarehousedallas.org

Room by Room builds on the ongoing interest at The Warehouse to reflect on the development of its collection, presenting works for the first time. Spanning a range of mediums, geographies, and eras, each gallery focuses on a single artist or theme, allowing an in-depth look at the artistic movements important to the collection from the outset, together with other avenues of interest that have developed over the years. Work by Richard Artschwager, Alex Israel, Sterling Ruby, and Jonas Wood is included.

Jonas Wood, Patterned Interior with Mar Vista View, 2020, Rachofsky Collection © Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Helen’s Room, 2017 © Jonas Wood

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Jonas Wood in
The Interior Life: Recent Acquisitions

March 17–September 10, 2023
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
www.nga.gov

The Interior Life: Recent Acquisitions brings together a selection of artworks that have been added to the National Gallery of Art’s collection of modern and contemporary art over the last three years. Through allusions to the body, community, and everyday spaces, as well as in more abstract works, the exhibiting artists draw upon their interior lives to offer rich perspectives on life’s challenges and possibilities. Work by Jonas Wood is included.

Jonas Wood, Helen’s Room, 2017 © Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Brian and Ana, 2014 © Jonas Wood

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Together in Time
Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection

March 26–August 20, 2023
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
hammer.ucla.edu

Presented in conjunction with the unveiling of the Hammer’s building expansion, Together in Time highlights acquisitions made since 2005—the year the institution began collecting contemporary art. Organized around a sequence of discrete installations that highlight varied groupings of artists, the exhibition presents the tendencies and sensibilities at the forefront of contemporary art by Los Angeles–based and international artists. Work by Amoako Boafo, Chris Burden, and Jonas Wood is included.

Jonas Wood, Brian and Ana, 2014 © Jonas Wood

Jonas Wood, Four Majors, 2018, Installation view, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis, June 3–November 12, 2021. Artwork © Jonas Wood. Photo: Cleber Bonato

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Wayne Thiebaud Influencer
A New Generation

June 3–November 12, 2021
Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis
manettishremmuseum.ucdavis.edu

On the occasion of his 100th birthday, this exhibition explores the profound influence that Wayne Thiebaud, longtime UC Davis art professor, has had on subsequent generations of artists, including both fellow painters and his former students. Pairings explore how Thiebaud forecast the future of painting through his personal journey to find meaning and reinvention in the medium’s history. Work by Alex Israel and Jonas Wood is included.

Jonas Wood, Four Majors, 2018, Installation view, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, University of California, Davis, June 3–November 12, 2021. Artwork © Jonas Wood. Photo: Cleber Bonato

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Press

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