MACAULAY WOODS instagram: @macaulaywoodsstudio | macaulaywoods.com | Based in Massachusetts
EDUCATION
BFA, Multimedia Studies, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, 1994
CURRENT WORK
The Wormhole Show (2023–present)
A series of large-scale abstract paintings exploring dystopian times and political instability through gestural mark-making and structured color fields.
Recent sub-series include:
2026 The Book of the Night
2025 The Book of the Sky
2025 The Book of the Dead
2024 The Book of the Heart
2023 Helix series
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 | 13 Paintings, Cambridge Commons, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA
Curated by Kristen Mills
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 | National Prize Show, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Juried by Nicholas Baume, Chief Curator, ICA Boston
2008 | Blue, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Juried by Jen Mergel, Senior Curator, ICA Boston
2008 | Red, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Juried by Jane Farver, Director, MIT List Visual Arts Center
2008 | Fire, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA
Curated by Pauline Lim
2007 | At Home With the Arts Annual Exhibition, Boston, MA
Honorable Mention: The Green Dress
2006 | New Members Show, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2002 | Plateaus and Totems, Lexington Armory, Lexington, MA
1998, 1997 | SOWA Open Studios, Boston, MA
1995 | Emerging Artists Show, Viridian Artists, New York, NY
Juried by Lisa Dennison, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (semi-finalist)
1993 | Inversions, Gallery at the Piano Factory, Boston, MA
GRANTS & AWARDS
Boston Redevelopment Authority Artist Certification, 2002, 2008
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Cambridge Art Association, 2007–2009
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2007 | Online review Cambridge, MA, 13 Paintings exhibition
1993 | Bay Windows Magazine, review of Inversions exhibition