Augusta Wood
Lives and works in Los Angeles
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EDUCATION

2005    MFA, California Institute of the Arts
2000    BFA, The Cooper Union

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006
leaning on the margin - Cherry and Martin - Los Angeles, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010

A about bauhaus...harm neu tues - Cardwell Jimmerson Gallery - Los Angeles, CA
Fotofest Biennial 2010 - Assembly: Eight Emerging Photographers from Southern California, Curated by Edward Robinson, LACMA - Williams Tower - Houston, TX

2009
Baker’s Dozen – Torrance Art Museum – Torrance, CA
I Am Not So Different – Art Palace – Austin, TX
1999: 10 Year Anniversary Show – China Art Objects & Cottage Home – Los Angeles, CA
LA Woman - Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University - Winston Salem, NC

2008
Friends and Family – Anton Kern Gallery – New York
MATERIAL Press, Issue One Launch and Limited Edition Artworks - Man & Eve London, and Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2007
Warhol & … - Kantor/Feuer Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
Beyond Image: Photography in Contemporary Art - The Armory Center for the Arts Pasadena, CA

2006
Somewhere Better Than This Place/Nowhere Better Than This Place - One Night Gallery Project - Havana, Cuba

2005
Supersonic 2: L.A. Design Center - Los Angeles, CA
Shipping and Receiving - The Armory Northwest - Pasadena, CA
leaving a kind of arrival - Raid Projects - Los Angeles, CA

2004
Dark Side of the Sun - Kinross Gallery, UCLA - Los Angeles, CA
Inaugural Exhibition - George Billis Gallery LA - Los Angeles, CA
GPS: Cypress Park - 583 Cypress - Los Angeles, CA
164 1/2 Apartment Show - 164 1/2 Glendale Blvd - Los Angeles, CA

2003
Photographic Idea - South La Brea Gallery – Los Angeles, CA
Works on Paper - South Shore Art Center - Cohasset, MA

2001
staging: (the placebo project) - The Firehouse Center for the Arts
Newburyport, MA
Trade Two: Flat File – L.F.L. Gallery - New York

1999
Genealogy - The Elsie B. Rosefsky Memorial Art Gallery - SUNY Binghamton, New York

GRANTS and AWARDS

2005
The Ahmanson Project Grant
Dean’s Reserve Project Grant, CalArts

2003-05
CalArts Merit Scholarship

2001
Art Direction Craft Award - NYU First Run Film Festival, New York

2000
The Betty Goldin Memorial Fund Book Prize for Excellence in Art
The Benjamin Menschel Postgraduate Fellowship

1999
The Benjamin Menschel Fellowship

BIBLIOGRAPHY

_ Pagel, David. " 'Baker's Dozen' at the Torrance Art Museum," Los Angeles Times, October 9, 2009
_ Dau, Ramsey. "Q & A with Augusta Wood," Anthem Magazine, September 18, 2009
_ Ripple, Sean. "Review: I Am Not So Different, Art Palace," Fluent    Collaborative/...mightbegood,  July 10, 2009
_ Ollman, Leah. "All is not as it seems," Los Angeles Times, April 14, 2007, p. E8.
_ Satorius, Katherine. “Augusta Wood at Cherry and Martin,” Artweek, Vol. 37, Issue 7, September 2006, pp. 18-19.
_ Black Clock, Issue 4, Fall/Winter 2005/2006 (Cover)
_ Matsui, Alexis. “Exploring the darker side of the Golden State,” The Daily Bruin, October 7, 2004