“My work is conceptually embedded in the cycle of constant creation and destruction. I build relic- like figures/paintings/and hybrids that pay homage to my process of making art and the notion of building space. These objects many times serve as archeological finds of my personal life. I use found materials such as leftover tiles from designing my house, to my kids sketchbooks, to torn up parts of oil paintings I made years prior.” Veronica Bruce Woodward, February 2024
Statement
My work frequently relies upon regenerating parts of previous works or materials from my interdisciplinary practice. I focus on embedding physicality into my materials as I fluctuate between image and object, abstraction and representation with a primitive, relic-like focus. My objects come together as if from archeological digs of parts and pieces from my personal life and creative making practice. I like to bend the rules with the basic components of painting (typically a flat canvas, frame, and paint) and continually play on this line as I explore multiple ongoing series in an autobiographical way, deconstructing the traditions of painting along the way. See series for more specific statements on each.
-Veronica Woodward
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
American b. 1982.
Veronica Bruce Woodward is an interdisciplinary artist based in the north suburbs of Chicago. She received her BFA in Art Education in 2004 from the University of Illinois Champaign – Urbana. She taught high school art full time from 2004-2011. In 2011 she received her Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She has been awarded artist residencies at Threewalls, Chicago, Bundanon Trust, in New South Wales, Australia, and Nida Art Colony in Lithuania. Woodward has exhibited her work in Chicago, Dallas, Miami, Philadelphia, San Diego, and the UK. From 2011-2019, Veronica has spent years teaching at some of the top institutions in Illinois such as the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools as well as taking years off to focus on her art practice and projects. Veronica moved to San Diego in the summer of 2019 where she had two solo exhibitions (Sparks Gallery and Encinitas City Hall) as well as having work included in a group exhibition in Encinitas. She recently moved back to Chicago-land in the summer of 2022 with her husband and two young boys.
WorK AVAILABLE at:
-City Haus Chicago, 25 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL
-Artsy through James May Gallery, Milwaukee
I am currently seeking exhibition and curatorial opportunities, and gallery representation. If you are a gallerist or curator interested in my work please reach out to schedule a studio visit.
