Bio
A. L. Woods is a visual artist living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds technical degrees from UC Berkeley and after more than 20 years in the biotech industry is dedicating her time to her artistic practice of geometric abstract painting.
Her unique imagery is based on the color blending studies found in Johnannes Itten’s Book, “The Elements of Color.” These exercises were part of a color theory class at San Francisco Art Institute Adult Ed. taught by artist, curator and educator Mel Prest. Exploration of these color sequences has resulted in two dimensional works that create imaginary three dimensional spaces.
After her life-long engagement with the fiber arts, these activities are on hold. Her baskets, made from wires, VCR or cassette tapes, most retrieved from dumpsters, combined modern materials with ancient forms, and evoked a gentle crash between modern excess and the grace and beauty of long lost cultural expression.
Sample works can be viewed here:
She currently works at her studio in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco and is represented by the Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA.
Exhibition and Publication Resume
Berkeley Art Center, “Some Speechless Thing,” group show, Berkeley, CA, 2020 Juror: Griff Williams, 16 Gallery, San Francisco
Palette Gallery, group show, San Francisco, CA, 2019
SFAI Student Gallery, group show, San Francisco, CA, 2017
Slate Contemporary Gallery, group show, Oakland, CA, 2012
Pro Arts Gallery, “Concept + Craft” Oakland, CA, 2010
American Conservation Film Festival, “Renewal Notice: Creative Reuse in Contemporary Art, Craft, Fashion & Design," Shepherdstown, WV, 2010
San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, International TECHstyle Art Biennial, San Jose, CA, 2010
‘1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse: Remake, Restyle, Recycle, Renew.’ By Garth Johnson, Quarry Books, 2009
Textile Center, “Web & Flow” Minneapolis, MN, 2009
Olive Hyde Gallery, 40th Annual Textile Exhibition, Fremont, California, 2008
Olive Hyde Gallery, “Waste Not, Want Not” Fremont, California, 2008