Born: 1951 Co Mayo, West of Ireland
Education: 1972 Art Foundation Course, Oxford Polytechnic
1976 B.A. (hons) Fine Art (Painting), Leicester Polytechnic
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions:
2020
Looking for Love, Silencio, Paris, France
2019
Mères, Filles, Sœurs, Jimei x, Xiamen, China
Mères, Filles, Sœurs, Recontres d'Arles, France
Shipyard, The Wind of Time, Lianzhou Festival, China
2018
Women's Market, Sion and Moore Gallery, London, UK
Pier Head, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Cammell Laird Shipyard, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, UK
2017
Tom Wood - Britain in the 80's, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia (curated by Olga Sviblova)
Tom Wood, Paris Photo (Galerie Sit Down), Paris, France
2016
L'embarcadere, 1978-2002, Centre Photographique, Le Pôle Image, Haute-Normandie, France
2015
Paysages Intimes, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, France
2014
Tom Wood - Landscapes, Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, UK (curated by Mark Durden)
Tom Wood - Landscapes, Ffotogallery, Cardiff, UK
Out takes, Work-prints, Oriel Colwyn, Colwyn Bay, UK
Women, La Fondation d'enterprise Hermes, Bern, Switzerland
2013
Tom Wood, Britain 1973 - 2012, Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Tom Wood: Photographs 1973-2013, National Media Museum, Bradford, UK
Men and Women, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, USA
DPA Work, Contemporary Art Space, University of Chester, Chester, UK
2012
Men and Women, The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
Tom Wood, ImageSingulieres a Sète, Sète, France
F/M, Le Bleu du ciel, Lyon, France
Tom Wood, Le Centre d' Art, GwinZegal, Guingamp, France
2011
Women, Men and Landscapes, Galerie Albrecht, Berlin, Germany
Les Annees, Liverpool, Galerie Sit Down, Paris, France
2010
Facts of Life, Photography in Britain 1974-1997, National Museum, Krakow, Poland
2009
Tom Wood, Museum 52, London, UK
2006
Tom Wood, HyperDesign, Shanghai Biennale, China
Chelsea Reach, The Approach, London, UK
2005
The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark
Photie Man, Le Chateau d'Eau, Toulouse, France
Photie Man, Foam Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2004
Ruestrassen, Le Centre Cultural Suisse, Paris (in assoc. Paris Photo),
Photie Man - Photographien aus der Sammlung Brend F. Kunne, Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany
Liverpool 1979 - 96, Centre de la Photographie, Geneva, Switzerland
2003
Looking for Love, Galerie Thomas Zander, Koln, Germany
Sad Beautiful Life, C/O, Berlin, Germany
Photieman, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK (curated by Padraig Timoney)
2002
Looking for Love, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, USA
Tom Wood, Kasseler Kunstverein (Documenta Fringe), Kassel, Germany
Tom Wood, Stadtische Galerie, Wolfsburg, Germany
Photographs 1978-98, Kunsthalle, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
2001
Bus Odyssey, Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany
2000 People, Galerie im Buergerhaus, Neunkirchen/Saar, Germany
Tom Wood, Fotografie, Kunstverein, Ulm, Germany
The Bus Project, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, USA
1999
People, Galerie Thomas Zander, Koln, Germany
All Zones Off Peak, Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany
1998
Das Bus - Projekt, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
Tom Wood, Galerie F.M. Schwartz/Photokina, Köln, Germany
1996
Photographs of Liverpool, International Centre of Photography, New York, USA
1986
Looking for Love', The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK
1986
Photographs of Summer Events, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK
1983
Couples, Sudley Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Joint Exhibitions:
2018
New Brighton Revisited, Merseyside, UK (with Martin Parr and Ken Grant)
Common Ground, Albert Dock, Liverpool (with Tabitha Jussa and Ken Grant)
2014
L'Été Photographique de Lectoure, Lectoure, France (with Matthais Bruggmann)
2012
Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar, Germany (with Martin Parr and Antanas Sutkus)
The Last Resort', Third Floor Gallery, Cardiff, UK (with Martin Parr)
2009
Tom Wood and Padraig Timoney, Museum 52, London, UK
2004
Musee de l'Elysee, Lucanne, Switzerland (with Larry Sultan)
2003
Gary Winogrand and Tom Wood', Forum Fur Fotografie und Kunst, Köln, Germany
1996
Inside Out, Galerie du Jour Agnes b., Paris, France (with Richard Billingham and Paul Seawright)
1985
The Last Resort, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK (with Martin Parr)
Group Exhibitions:
2018 - 2020
A History of Photography: Daguerreotype to Digital, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
2018
Street. Life. Photography. Seven Decades of Street Photography, The House of Photography at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
2017
North: Fashioning Identity - Truth, Myth and the Spaces In-Between, Open Eye Gallery Liverpool, UK (Also at Somerset House, London, UK)
Here We Are, Burberry, Old Sessions House, London (Also touring to Hong Kong and Paris)
2016
Transiciones, Ten Years That Transformed Europe, Nicolas Motelay Collection, PhotoEspaña
festival, Madrid, Spain
At Spectrum, Brighton Photo Fringe, Brighton, UK
Beyond the Bias - Reshaping Image, Brighton Photo Biennial, Brighton, UK
2015
Work, Rest, Play: British Photography from 1960s to Today, China Year of Culture at:
OCT-Loft, Shenzhen; Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai; Visual Arts Centre, OCT-Chengdu, China
Eyes Wide Open: 100 Years of Leica Photography', Fotografie Forum, Frankfurt; C/O Berlin;
Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg; Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung, Munich,
Germany; WestLicht, Wien, Austria; St. Peter's Abbey, Historische Huizen Gent, Belgium;
Espacio Leica, Madrid, Spain; Galeria Municipal do Porto, Portugal; Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Italy.
This Day Will Come When Man Falls, Haus Der Photographie, Hamburg, Germany
We Could Be Heroes, Photographers Gallery, London, UK
2014
Augen Auf!, Deichtorhallen Internationale Kunst und Photographie, Hamburg, Germany
Love, Camera Work, Berlin, Germany
Punctum: Reflections on Photography, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
2013
3 AM: Wonder, Paranoia and the Restless Night, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Im Fokus!, Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany
Resonance 2011, La Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
Nothing in the Place, Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow, Poland
2012
Portraits de Villes, GwinZegal, Guingamp, France
2009
Manners, Focke Museum, Bremen, Germany
Light Writing, Literaturhaus, Koln, Germany
Planete Parr, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
2008
Baby' Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Frieze Art Fair London (The Approach Gallery) UK
2007
How We Are: Photographing Britain, Tate Britain, London, UK
Shrinking Cities, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, USA
Centre of the Creative Universe, Liverpool and the Avant-Garde, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, UK
On View, Photo London, Old Billingsgate, London, UK
2006
Closed Eyes, Museum for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
People and Places, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
La Boum II, Sies+ Hoke Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
24 x 36, Landesvertretung Rheinland-Pfalz, Berlin, Germany (Also at Leica Gallery, New York,
USA)
Walk On, Shanghai Biennale, Salon Vogue, Shanghai, China
2004
Ruestrassen, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
Wirklich Wahr! Realitatsvesprechen von Fotographien, Ruhrlandmuseum, Essen, Germany
Schrumpfende Stadte, Shrinking Cities, Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Sammlung Kunne, Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany
Relating to Photography, Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany
Street Life, Rotunda Galerie, Koln, Germany
We go round and round…, COMME CA Gallery, New York, USA
L'amour Toujours, galerieXprssns, Hamburg, Germany
Native Land, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, UK (Also at Millennium Centre Cardiff, UK)
2002
Becks Futures, ICA, London, UK
Zipp, Kassler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
2001
The Sidewalk Never Ends, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
2000
Les Photographies Collectionnees par agnès b., Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France
1999
Internationale Fototage, Herten, Germany
1996
Blindspot, Paolo Baldicci Gallery, New York, USA
1995
20 Modern British Photographs, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Sex and Sexuality, Diorama Gallery, London, UK
1994
Street Photography, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
1992
ICI Photography Awards, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
National Museum of Photography, Film, & Television, Bradford, UK
1984
A Woman's Place: The Changing Face of Women in Britain, The British Council, GLC Royal
Festival Hall, London, UK
1982
Northwest Group Show, Uppermill Gallery, Oldham, UK
1974
New Photography, Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Selected Public Collections:
Museum of Modern Art New York
International Centre of Photography New York
Art Institute of Chicago
Victoria & Albert Museum London
National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen
British Council London
Stadt. Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
National Media Museum, Bradford
J.P. Morgan Chase Art Collection
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Awards:
2007
Major Production Award, The Arts Council of Wales, UK
2002
Prix Dialogue de l'Humanite (Outreach Award), Recontres d'Arles, France
2000
Year of the Artist, Arts Council of England, UK
1999
Terrance Donovan Award, Royal Photographic Society, UK
1996
Artist Honorarium, International Centre of Photography, New York, USA
1995
Photography Publishing Grant, Arts Council of England, UK
1977
Arts Council of Great Britain, UK
Short-listed:
2002
Awards for Artists, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, UK
2001
Becks Futures Award, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
1996
The Arts Foundation Fellowship, UK
Publications
Books:
2020-21
"101 Photographs: A Retrospective" Martin Parr Ed. RRB Books
"The DPA Work", (Rainhill Hospital, Cammell Laird Shipyard, Archive Portraits), Steidl Verlag,
Germany (3 vols) [Forthcoming]
2019
"Mères, Filles, Sœurs" Les éditions Textuel, Paris, France
2018
"Women's Market", Stanley/Barker, London, UK
"Termini" (with Paul Farley), GwinZegal, Guingamp, France
2015
"Looking for Looking for Love", Sorkika, London, UK
2013
"Men and Women", Steidl Verlag, Gottingen, Germany (2 vols)
2005
"Photie Man", Steidl Verlag, Gottingen, Germany
2001
"Bus Odyssey", Hajte Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany
1999
"People", Wienand Verlag, Koln, Germany
1998
"All Zones off Peak", Dewi Lewis Publishing, Stockport, UK
1989
"Looking for Love", Cornerhouse, Manchester & Aperture, New York
Exhibition Catalogues:
2011
"F/M" Editions 205, Villeurbanne, France
2004
"Not Only Female…", Schaden, Cologne, Germany
2000
"Tom Wood", Galerie im Buergerhaus Neunkirchen/Saar, Germany
Books & Catalogues (Group):
2019
Gibson, David "Street Photography", Prestel Publishing, London
2018
Lowe, Paul "A Chronology of Photography" Thames & Hudson, London
Schnakenberg, Sabine "Street. Life. Photography. Seven Decades of Street Photography" Kehrer Hedelberg, Berlin
2017
Westerbeck, Colin & Meyerowitz, Joel (eds), "Bystander: A History of Street Photography", Laurence King Publishing
Lowe, Paul "1001 Photographs: You Must See Before You Die", Cassell, London
Roe, Mark, J.P. Morgan "Curator's Highlights", Paris Photo
2016
Fabry, Alexis & Wills, Maria "Transiciones, Ten Years The Transformed Europe", La Fabrica, Madrid (pp12-13 and cover)
Franklin, Stuart "The Documentary Impulse", Phiadon, London
2015
Durden, Mark "Photography Today: A History of Contemporary Photography", Phaidon, London, (pp170-172)
Koetzler, Michael, "AUGEN AUF! 100 years of Leica" Kehrer Verlag, Germany
2014
Long, Declan, "Reflections on Photography", Punctum, Salzburger Kunstverein (pp86,152-53)
2013
Longhurst, Jo, "On Perfection", Intellect, Bristol UK/Chicago USA (pp40-44)
Sviblove, Olga, "Fashion and Style in Photography", Eighth Moscow International Biennale (pp64-71)
Durden, Mark "Under the Influence" UK and France, (pp224-231)
2011
Koetzle, Michael, "Photographers A-Z", Taschen, Koln, Germany
Moos, Norbert (collection), "Licht Schreiben" Literaturhaus, Cologne, Germany (pp83-92)
2008
van Erp, Hedy & Sikking, Iris "Baby" (cat.), Veenman Publishers, Rotterdam
2007
Toennies, Merle "Constructing an Emblematic Northern Space under Thatcherism" in: Ehland, Christoph (ed), "Thinking Northern: Textures of Identity in the North of England", Rodopi,
Amsterdam and New York (pp305-324)
Williams, Val & Bright, Susan (eds), "How We Are - Photographing Britain" (Exhibition Catalogue), Tate Publishing, London (p155)
Grunenberg, Christoph and Knifton, Robert (eds), "Liverpool and the Avant-Garde" (Exhibition Catalogue), Liverpool University Press, Tate Liverpool (pp2-3, 54, 55, 76, 77)
2006
Parr, Martin & Badger, Gerry (eds), "The Photo Book: A History vol.2", Phiadon, London (p308)
Oswald, Philipp (ed), "Shrinking Cities" (exhib cat), Hatje Cantz, Germany (pp140-143, 158-161)
2005
Moran, Joe "Reading the Everyday", Routledge, London (pp26-28)
2003
Pfleger, Suzanne & Seelig, Thomas (eds), "Yet Untitled", collection Bernd F. Kunne, Hatje Cantz, Germany (pp260-266)
2002
Koetzle, Michael "Lexikon der Fotografen, 1900 - heute", Knauer Verlag, Germany
Schwabsky, Barry "Becks Futures 2002" (exhib cat), ICA London (pp6-7, 66-71)
Balkenhol, Bernhard (ed), "Zipp", Kasseler Kunstverein (Catalogue), Nr. 8/2002 & 9/02
TV / Radio:
2018
(TV) BBC Northwest Tonight "New Brighton Revisited"
(Radio) "Cammell Laird Shipyard" BBC Radio Merseyside
2014
(TV) "What Do Artists Do All Day?", Episode 8, BBC4
(TV) "L'Été Photographique de Lectoure", Arte TV France 01/08/14
2013
(TV) "The Works", RTE Ireland
2007
(Radio) Tom Wood Deutschlandfunk, DLR National Radio, Germany
2004
(Radio) "Tom Wood Photie Man" - Deutschland Radio Berlin, Interview with Jochen Stöckmann, 7/7/04
2002
(TV) "The Talk Show", (Becks Futures profile) BBC4, 7/5/02
2000
(TV) "Ticket to ride", Granada TV
1990
(TV) "Tom Wood photographer", The Great North Show, Granada TV 10/8/90