Atelier Gallery “La Mer” Group show including my 6’x5′ charcoal drawing of HMS Victory plus a selection of smaller seascapes and boat portraits : summer 2016
Myself and Daniel Lipstein discussing the finer points of etching at Jack House Gallery Old Portsmouth. Ann Quinn and Catherine Barron’s exhibition (Ann’s work in background)
A collaborative site specific Installation : Chris N Wood & Janice Shales of Art Space Portsmouth for the Annual Show in The Square Tower, Old Portsmouth. The piece stood approximately 9 metres tall with a base of 5 metres. scaffold poles, spinnaker nylon, brass rivets, black nylon twine and black paint.
SOLO SHOWS
1993 Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham, Hampshire
1994 – 95 Fareham Central Library
1995 Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham
1995 – 96 St Vincent College, Gosport
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
1982 – 84 Greenwich Printmakers Association Gallery,
1994 Royal Albert & Royal Naval Yacht Club, Old Portsmouth
1995 Goldfield Gallery, Portsmouth, Hampshire
1995 – 2010 Open Studios, Art Space, Portsmouth
1996 Artspace : Square Tower, Old Portsmouth
1996 Portsmouth City Girls School
1997 Miniatures, Havant Arts Centre, Hampshire
1997 Hampshire Sculpture Trust – Winchester
1997 Blink Square Tower, Old Portsmouth
1997 Extending the Line Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
1997 Spirit Level, Winchester
1998 Portsmouth City Girls School,
1998 See Red : Square Tower, Old Portsmouth
1999 Red Gallery, Southsea
1999 – 2000 Hampshire Sculpture Trust Annual Show, Winchester
2000 Bassett Wood, Southampton
2001 Key Works, Portsmouth City Museum & Art Gallery
2002 Latitude, Portsmouth Royal Naval Dockyard
2003 Open Studios – Figurative drawing and sculpture
2003 Reaction – Cha Cha, Southsea, Group Exhibition with poet Gareth Toms
2004 In Tandem – Two man show (with Chris May) John Rank Gallery, Oxmarket Arts Centre Chichester
2004 Open Studios – ArtSpace Portsmouth : Figurative drawing and sculpture
2004 Greater Impact 2 – Artists Harbour Gallery Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
2005 Words & Journeys – St Vincent College Gosport : Sculpture
2005 England Expects – Portsmouth Museum : Drawing Installation / DVD Animation
2005 Open Studios – ArtSpace Portsmouth : Figurative drawing and sculpture
2005 As It Is 28 Cork Street London Drawing Painting & Sculpture
2006 Under Sail Artists Harbour Gallery Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
2006 Shorelines Artists Harbour Gallery Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
2007 Atlantic Reflections Artists Harbour Gallery Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
2007 Off the Wall Artists Harbour Gallery Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
2008 Lakeside 1000 Cosham Portsmouth May
2008/9 Lakeside 1000 Cosham Portsmouth August – ongoing
2008/9 “800 Feet” Space Gallery Portsmouth College of Art, Design & Media
2010 Lost & Found GASP Gallery Portsmouth
2010 6 by 4 GASP Gallery Portsmouth
2011 STUFFED GASP Gallery Portsmouth
2012 (May) Open Studios : Art Space Portsmouth
2012 (July) A Body of Work : a Medley of Contemporary Life Drawing : gASP Gallery Portsmouth
2012 (July) Omega Print-makers Annual Show : St Thomas’ Cathedral Old Portsmouth
2012 (October) 20:20 Artist in Residence : Portsmouth Grammar School : St Thomas’ Cathedral Old Portsmouth
2012 (December) SOLO SHOW : 60:SIXTY gASP Gallery Portsmouth
2012 (December) Group Show : Portsmouth Grammar School
2013 (July) Omega Print-makers Annual Show : St Thomas’ Cathedral Old Portsmouth
2013 (June) Open Studios : Art Space Portsmouth [Oil Painting, Print-making and Sculpture]
2013 (July) Drawn & Quartered gASP Gallery ARTSPACE Portsmouth : group show with 3 friends
2013 (Oct) “Rock, Paper, Scissors” gASP Gallery Portsmouth : mixed media group show : (3 paintings)
2014 (March/April) “About Time” gASP Gallery Artspace Portsmouth : Wood Engraving
2014 (May) “MAYFLY” Square Tower Portsmouth : Wood Engravings, Linocuts, Etchings and Giclee prints
2014 (June) SPICE ISLAND ART TRAIL Painting and Prints Royal Naval Club & Royal Albert Yacht Club, Old Portsmouth
2014 (June) OPEN STUDIOS oil paintings, wood engravings, lino cuts and sculpture
2015 (February) “Loveheart” Group Show at gASP. Wood Engraving
2015 (February – September) ARTSPACE Group Show (Prints and Paintings) 1000Lakeside, Cosham, Portsmouth
2015 (May) “imPRESSion” Group Show (Prints and Painting) Chris N Wood Amanda Morris, Susan Harvey Joan Newitt
2015 (June) SPICE ISLAND ART TRAIL Paintings and Prints of Admirals Cup 2015 Royal Naval Club & Royal Albert Yacht Club, Portsmouth
2015 (June 24-Jul6) Guildhall Gallery Portsmouth : The Best of the Spice Island Art Trail
2015 (june27/28th) ARTSPACE OPEN STUDIOS
2015/16 June Lino Cuts in browsers (July 2015 – ) Summer Show, Jack House Gallery, The High St, Old Portsmouth
2015 (July) Omega Print-makers Annual Show : St Thomas’ Cathedral Old Portsmouth : Series of AC45 America Cup Lino cuts.
2016 MAYFLY Square Tower Old Portsmouth : Prints drawings etc
2016 Spice Island Art Trail 19.6.16 Royal Naval Club & Royal Albert Yacht Club, Portsmouth : Drawings & Prints
2016 “Le Reve” ATELIER GALLERY SOUTHSEA.
2016 “La Mer” ATELIER GALLERY SOUTHSEA
2016 “L’Amour” ATELIER GALLERY SOUTHSEA
2016 “Poeme” ATELIER GALLERY SOUTHSEA
2016 “Portsmouth in Paint and Print” with Sadie Tierney and EDWARD BEALE at JACK HOUSE GALLERY OLD PORTSMOUTH
2016 Mottisfont Abbey Open Exhibition
2017 Southampton Solent ShowCase Gallery “Small Faces”
2017 April – June “City Life” New ASHGATE Gallery Farnham, Surrey
2017 April – May “Endangered” STUDIO1. HOTWALLS Old Portsmouth
2017 July Look at Your City Aspex Gallery Portsmouth
2017 Boathouse 4 Portsmouth Historic Naval Dockyard
2017 August Biennial Omega Printmakers Show St Thomas’ Cathedral Old Portsmouth
2018 June Open Studios ARTSPACE PORTSMOUTH
2018 HOUNDS Group show Southsea Portsmouth
2019 ArtSpace GUILDHALL PORTSMOUTH 5.1.19 – 24.1.19
2019 8@ the EDGE YELLOW EDGE GALLERY GOSPORT 15.5.19-25.5.19
2019 10th Omega Printmakers Exhibition St Thomas Cathedral Portsmouth July 2019
27.8.19-31.8.19 IMPRESSION CHRIS WOOD AND FRIENDS AT THE EDGE GOSPORT
18.9.19-29.9.19 NATIONAL ORIGINAL PRINT EXHIBITION BANKSIDE GALLERY LONDON UK
4 x shows coming up in 2020 (sadly all cancelled)
JACK HOUSE GALLERY Xmas show 2020/21
APRIL 2021 ART AT THE FERRY (cancelled)
2021 : nothing on the diary but always open to offers – if there’s any curators out there !
RESIDENCIES
2012 September : Artist In Residence : Portsmouth Grammar School2006 (June) Artists Harbour Gallery / Portsmouth Naval Dockyard
2008 Big Draw “1000 Birds, 1000 Words, 1000 Lakeside” 100 metre mixed media panoramic drawing with students from St Vincent College, Park Community School, etc Collaborative Workshop with Jane Kilford & Rachel Johnston of Artspace Portsmouth.
2006 (Oct) Big Draw 2006 Spinnaker Tower Portsmouth Collaborative Project with Aspex Gallery, Anna Lucas, Gary Whitehead & students from St Vincent College Gosport & Portsmouth Grammar School