In his boldly colored, graphic works — including paintings, drawings, and prints — Jonas Wood combines art historical references with images of the objects, interiors, and people that comprise the fabric of his life.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.
"You could call [my work] a visual diary or even a personal history," Wood says. "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."
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.
In 2010, Wood had his first solo museum exhibition, at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. The exhibition was followed by a number of public commissions, including murals for the High Line, New York (Shelf Still Life, 2014) and the façades of LAXART, Los Angeles (2014) and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (Still Life with Two Owls, 2016).
Wood often works in categories of distinct subject matter, and the publications that are made alongside his exhibitions, or in retrospect, highlight his interest in these genres. "Interiors" (2012) gathers works showing various domestic spaces; "Pots" (2015), paintings of flattened vessels featuring imagery from pop culture and art history; "Portraits" (2016), group and single portraits of Wood’s family, friends, and sports heroes; and "Clippings" (2017), depictions of overlapping stems, leaves, and flowers.
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Clipping Scarf
By Jonas Wood
Located in London, GB
Jonas Wood Clipping Scarf, 2017 Silk and modal blend scarf 126.0 x 126.0 cm Basketballs, ceramics, and lush plants fill Jonas Wood’s paintings, drawings, and prints, which mostly co...
Fabric, Silk
$1,509
Ltd Ed Gagosian Gallery Exhibition Poster (Hand Signed Basketball by Jonas Wood)
By Jonas Wood
Located in Manchester, GB
Jonas Wood, Prints, 2018 Offset lithograph poster Hand signed and dated with basketball flourish 60.96 x 76.2 cm (30 × 24 in) Edition of approxx 100 signed (un-numbered) Boldly s...
Offset
Untitled by Jonas Wood
By Jonas Wood
Located in Morton Grove, IL
screenprint Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist edition of 50 Beautifully framed! provenance: The Nevica Project Jonas Wood (American, b. 1977) is a Los Angeles based-artist. His paintings are most notable for their reconsideration of the golden era of 20th century American painting, drawing fine comparisons to artists such as Edward Hopper. Linda Yablonsky from the New York Times Style Magazine has said that, “Wood has one foot in Modernist cool and the other in vibrant Pop Art.” He paints what is around him in daily life, from basketball players to living rooms, and tries to preserve the beauty he sees in these subjects and share it with the viewer. Jonas Wood was born in 1977 in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated in 1999 from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York, and received his M.F.A. in 2002 from the University of Washington, Seattle. Murals and solo exhibitions include “Primitives: Chris Caccamise and Jonas Wood,” Cereal Art...
Screen
$17,564Sale Price|20% Off
Yellow Flower
By Jonas Wood
Located in London, GB
Edition of 100. 27 colour screenprint on 410gsm Somerset tub sized Satin Enhanced White paper. Signed, dated and numbered by the artist.
Screen
Untitled (from White Columns print portfolio 2015)
By Jonas Wood
Located in London, GB
Jonas Wood Untitled (from White Columns print portfolio 2015), , 2015 Signed and dated Screenprint in colours, on wove paper, the full sheet Edition 52 of 100 61 x 50.8 cm 24 x 20 in...
Paper, Screen
Notepad Doodle 3, State III
By Jonas Wood
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours, on grey Magnani Pescia paper. Published in 2018. Limited edition 20/20. Co-published in 2018 by WKS Editions and Hamilton Press, Los Angeles. Hand signed and n...
Lithograph
VOTE by Jonas Wood
By Jonas Wood
Located in Morton Grove, IL
6-color screen print on Coventry rag paper 15.75 x 10 inches Edition of 300 Signed, dated and numbered on recto in pencil In originally packing and never removed.
Screen
$6,792
Bananas
By Jonas Wood
Located in London, GB
9-colour screen print on rising museum board 71.1 x 58.4 cm 28 x 23 in Edition of 200 hand-signed and numbered by the artist
Screen
Jonas Wood, Bananas - Signed Print, Contemporary Art, Still Life, Screenprint
By Jonas Wood
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jonas Wood (American, b. 1977) Bananas, 2021 Medium: 9-color screen print on rising museum board Dimensions: 71.1 × 58.4 cm (28 × 23 in) Edition of 200: Hand-signed and numbered Cond...
Screen
$8,462
Jonas Wood, Bromeliad: Screenprint, Contemporary Art, Still Life, Signed Print
By Jonas Wood
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jonas Wood (American, b. 1977) Bromeliad, 2020 Medium: 13-color screen print on rising museum board Dimensions: 28 × 23 in (71.1 × 58.4 cm) Edition of 200: Hand-signed and numbered C...
Screen
Jonas Wood, Bonsai - Signed Print, Contemporary Art, Still Life
By Jonas Wood
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jonas Wood (American, b. 1977) Bonsai, 2021 Medium: 13-color screen print on rising museum board Dimensions: 71.1 × 58.4 cm (28 × 23 in) Edition of 200: Hand-signed and numbered
Screen
$137
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 0.04 in
Wilderness, Orange Contemporary Surrealist Graphic Style Handmade Print
By Chris Keegan
Located in Deddington, GB
Wilderness by Chris Keegan [2022] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look This is a hand-pulled limited edition screen print in three colours including Gold metallic ink. The inspiration for this print comes from wandering through a forest, looking up and seeing the changing patterns and shapes as the different types of trees overlap and intersect with each other. Limited edition of 50. Its 40 x 40 cm. Artwork printed on Southbank smooth 250 gsm. £. Chris Keegan artist online and in Wychwood Art Gallery...
Paper, Screen
$137
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 0.04 in
Spike, Affordable Contemporary Art, Silkscreen Prints, Colourful Abstract Prints
By Chris Keegan
Located in Deddington, GB
This handmade screen print depicts an imaginary spiked sphere shape in five colours including fluorescent Yellow, metallic Gold and Red. The Gold ink layer gives the abstract print an extra brilliance and shine showing off the multi layered liquid patterns on the surface of the object. Chris Keegan artist online and in Wychwood Art Gallery...
Paper, Screen
$3,200
H 0.02 in Dm 28 in
Flowers Blooming in the Isle of the Dead, Limited Edition Signed Print
By Takashi Murakami
Located in San Rafael, CA
Takashi Murakami (b. 1962) Flowers Blooming in the Isle of the Dead, 2022 Offset lithograph in colors on smooth wove paper 28 inches (71.1 cm) diameter (sheet) Ed. 102/300 Signed and...
Offset
$764
H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 1.19 in
Flowerpot - Oil on canvas by Maurizio Chiesa - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Flowerpot is an artwork realized by Maurizio Chiesa in 1976. Oil on canvas board, cm 50x40. Signature and data. it includes frame. Good conditions!
Canvas, Oil
$3,395
H 29.375 in W 26.75 in
Donald Sultan Screenprint Signed, Contemporary, 2008, Wallflower 26
By Donald Sultan
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Donald Sultan Title: Wallflower 26 Portfolio: Wallflowers Medium: Screenprint on paper Date: 2008 Edition: 106/190 Frame Size: 29 3/8" x 26 3/4" Sheet Size: 24 1/4" x 21 1/2"...
Paper, Screen
$343
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in
Fish Says Fuck You All - 80 x 60 cm, Off-set lithography
By David Shrigley
Located in London, GB
80 x 60 cm Off-set lithography Printed on 200g Munken Lynx paper Narayana Press in Denmark David Shrigley is a British visual artist known for his distinctive, whimsical, and often ...
Lithograph, Offset
Lantern Flowers, May 10, 2012 (Coral)
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
This silkscreen with enamel inks and flocking on 2-ply museum board was created by the artist in 2012. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil, from the edition of 50.
Screen
$494
H 15.75 in W 14.97 in D 0.04 in
The Kiss - Gustav Klimt's Dog, original, contemporary, art print
By Mychael Barratt
Located in Deddington, GB
Screenprint and gold leaf on paper. Signed and titled in pencil. Numbered from the edition of 100. Image size: 220 x 220mm Paper size: 380 x 400mm Gold Leaf on Paper Edition of...
Gold Leaf
$4,250
H 40 in W 40 in
"Butterfly Monarch #4" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood
By Mick Fleetwood
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly Monarch #4" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood Digital print on canvas Not framed Mick Fleetwood, the legendary drummer and founding member of Fleetwo...
Canvas, Digital
$4,250
H 40 in W 40 in
"Butterfly Monarch #1" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood
By Mick Fleetwood
Located in Culver City, CA
"Butterfly Monarch #1" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood Digital print on canvas Not framed Mick Fleetwood, the legendary drummer and founding member of Fleetwo...
Canvas, Digital
$768
H 26.38 in W 26.78 in D 0.04 in
Hockney's Dog - After the Splash, original, contemporary, art print
By Mychael Barratt
Located in Deddington, GB
Screenprint on paper Signed and titled in pencil Numbered from the edition of 75 Image size: 505 x 505 mm Paper size: 665 x 685 mm Silkscreen print on Paper Edition of 100 50...
Paper, Screen
$5,500
H 54 in W 40 in D 0.05 in
Robert Rauschenberg 'Earth Day' Limited Edition, Signed Lithograph Print
By Robert Rauschenberg
Located in San Rafael, CA
This listing is for the limited edition lithograph, not the mass produced poster. Robert Rauschenberg (American, 1925-2008) Earth Day, 1970 Lithograph with chine collé Signed, dated, numbered by the artist Edition 11/50, Full sheet: 52 1/2 x 37 1/2 in. With mat: approx 55 x 40 in Published by the American Environment Foundation Printed by Gemini G.E.L. Los Angeles, with blindstamp to lower center Catalog Raisonné: RRF 70.E016 Provenance: Butterfield & Butterfield (now Bonhams) Lot 3115, sale 5367L February, 24, 1993 This Robert Rauschenberg lithograph...
Lithograph
Sold
H 30 in W 24 in
Ltd Ed Gagosian Gallery Exhibition Poster (Hand Signed Basketball by Jonas Wood)
By Jonas Wood
Located in Manchester, GB
Jonas Wood, Prints, 2018 Offset lithograph poster Hand signed and dated with basketball flourish 60.96 x 76.2 cm (30 × 24 in) Edition of approxx 100 signed (un-numbered) Boldly s...
Offset
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H 10.52 in W 8 in
Jonas Wood, Holiday - 2018, Screenprint, Still Life, Signed Print
By Jonas Wood
Located in Hamburg, DE
Jonas Wood (American, b. 1977) Holiday, 2018 Medium: Screenprint on Rising Museum Board Dimensions: 26.7 × 20.3 cm (10 1/2 × 8 in) Edition of 250: Hand-signed and numbered Condition:...
Screen
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H 23 in W 23 in
Jonas Wood, Large Shelf Life, Lt. Ed. museum print Hand Signed & Dated by artist
By Jonas Wood
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Wood Large Shelf Life (Hand Signed), 2018 Limited edition offset lithograph (uniquely hand signed by the artist) 23 × 23 inches Boldly signed and dated in black marker on the f...
Offset, Lithograph
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H 29.93 in W 23.63 in
Yellow Flowers -- Print, Screenprint, Still-life Art by Jonas Wood
By Jonas Wood
Located in London, GB
Yellow Flowers, 2022 Jonas Wood Screenprint in colours, on 410gsm Somerset tub sized Satin Enhanced White paper Signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 100 From the portfolio...
Lithograph
Jonas Wood, Large Shelf Still Life, 2017
By Jonas Wood
Located in Manchester, GB
Jonas Wood, Large Shelf Still Life, 2017 Offset lithograph in colours on smooth wove paper 58.42 x 58.42 (23 x 23 in) Open edition Jonas Wood (b. 1977, Boston) makes paintings t...
Lithograph
Bananas
By Jonas Wood
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Wood Bananas, 2021 9 Color screenprint on rising museum board Hand signed, dated and numbered 14/200 in pencil by the artist on the front Co-published by Printed matter and WKS...
Screen
Yellow Flower
By Jonas Wood
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jonas Wood Title: Yellow Flower Medium: 27 colour screenprint on 410gsm Somerset tub sized Satin Enhanced White paper Date: 2022 Edition: 100 She...
Screen
Blue Frimkess Landscape Pot Print by Jonas Wood
By Jonas Wood
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Jonas Wood (Inv # NP3378) Blue Frimkess Landscape Pot Print Screenprint in colors on Coventry Rag paper paper size 10.5 x 8" Frame size 14 x 11.75” 2017 edition of 225 numbered in pe...
Screen
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H 23.43 in W 23.43 in
Large Shelf Still Life -- Print, Lithograph, Still-life Art by Jonas Wood
By Jonas Wood
Located in London, GB
JONAS WOOD Large Shelf Still Life, 2017 Offset lithograph printed in colours, on wove paper Sheet: 59.5 × 59.5 cm (23.4 × 23.4 in)
Lithograph
Shelf Still Life
By Jonas Wood
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Jonas Wood Medium: Lithograph and Silkscreen Title: Shelf Still Life Signed: Yes, signed and numbered Year: 2018 Edition: 43/80 Sheet Size: 32" x 26" Framed Size: 37" x 31" C...
Lithograph, Screen
Bananas Print by Jonas Wood (INV# NP3188)
By Jonas Wood
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Jonas Wood Bananas Screen Print 28 x 23" 2021 signed
Screen
Holiday Print by Jonas Wood
By Jonas Wood
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Holiday Print Jonas Wood 9-color screenprint on Rising Museum Board 10.5 x 8" 2018 edition of 250 signed
Screen