Neil Wood has been a professional sculptor and fine artist for three decades. Employing a Modernist methodology to explore the human condition in the 21st century, Neil uses the figure as a vehicle to experiment with materials and visual language. He attempts to express ideas about the world we inhabit and the nature of human experience and relationships.
Recent work explores social and political injustices inflicted on the underprivileged and displaced worldwide. By focusing on individual relationships, families, and children, Wood seeks to humanise and elicit an emotional response through the sculptural language. The coarse handling of the form, the textural qualities of the metals, and the patination are intended to suggest the harshness of the subject. The individual titles however, allow for an ambiguity of interpretation and are intended to create a dichotomous experience for the viewer.
Neil graduated from Wimbledon School of Art with a degree in Fine Art Sculpture in 1988. Since then, he has worked in education, as artist-in-residence, and as a visiting lecturer at institutions throughout the UK, alongside his practice producing sculpture for exhibition and public commissions.