Alex Wood

About Alex Wood

Born in Essex in 1966, Alex Wood spent his first five years in Canada before returning to the United Kingdom and settling in a quiet Manchester suburb. During six years of Art School, studying Graphic Design and Photography, Wood became part of the Manchester underground music scene throughout the 1980's and 1990's.

Born in Essex in 1966, Alex Wood spent his first five years in Canada before returning to the United Kingdom and settling in a quiet Manchester suburb. During six years of Art School, studying Graphic Design and Photography, Wood became part of the Manchester underground music scene throughout the 1980's and 1990's. After a year divided between Paris and Milan Wood returned to Manchester and began creating Street Art, choosing stencils for the immediate result they gave. This led to a commission for Factory Records Headquarters in Manchester and his work featured in the Oasis video 'Shakermaker'. Settling in Amsterdam in 2002, Wood began re-exploring images, texts and composition with a series of graphic canvases. Now living and working in Sweden since 2004, Wood's work has moved away from its purely flat graphic origin towards a more multi-layered abstraction.

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