EDUCATION
2005-2007 New York Academy of Art, New York, NY M.F.A
2002-2005 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL B.F.A
2000-2002 Monroe Community College, Rochester N.Y
HONORS AND AWARDS
2012 Guest Speaker, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
CAAP Award, City of Chicago Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
Guest Critic, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2011 CAAP Award, City of Chicago Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
Guest Critic, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY
2010 Davis Anderson and Marshall Frankel Foundation Award, Vermont Studio Center
Summit 33 Nominee, Chicago, IL
2009 Rochester Art Club/Arena Group Award, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
2007 Joan Brady Travel Grant, New York Academy of Art, NYC, NY
Vermont Studio Center Artist Grant, Johnson, VT
New York Academy of Art Commencement Speaker, NYC, NY
Joan Mitchell Foundation Nominee, NYC, NY
2005 National Deans List Honoree, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2003 Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
SOLO EXHIBITION
2012 View From the Birth Day, The Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
A Note on Assembly/Glory, The University Club, Chicago, Chicago, IL
A Proud and Soaring Thing, Broward Community College, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2011 The Tremendous Alone, The Elmhurst Museum of Art, Elmhurst, IL
A Loss Like the Rome of Waiting, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
Or to Append the Cancelled Lyrics, The Union League Club, Chicago, IL
2010 Not Again,The Old Men With Beautiful Manners, Linda Warren Gallery, Project Space, Chicago, IL
Bare Ruined Choirs, Gallery in the Library, Barrington Hills, IL
Bent Gathering the Boney Apples, Indianapolis Art Center, IN
GROUP EXHIBITION
2011 Iconomancy, New York Academy of Art, NY, NY
Ways of Making: Works on Paper, Governors State College, Chicago, IL
125 Years, The Union League Club, Chicago, IL
Next Fair, With Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
Contained, Boston Center of the Arts, Boston, MA
2010 Art Loop Open, A Chicago Artist Coalition Project, Block 37, Chicago, IL
What is the Where?, Recession Art Project, Invisible Dog Gallery, New York, NY
With/drawn, The Drawing Room, Budapest, Hungary
Space/Place, 39th Street Gallery, Washington D.C
KY7 Biennale, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
Eye of the Beholder, Maryland Federation of the Art, Annapolis, MD
Art Chicago, With Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
Dis.place.ment, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
Selections from the INDA 5, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
24th Annual International Exhibition, Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
2009 62nd Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition, Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY
Art Chicago, With Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
A.C.E Auction, Benefit For the Homeless, Mimi Ferzt Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Bridge Art Fair, with All Rise Gallery, Miami, FL
Somewhere Elsewhere, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
Weekend Fling Series, All Rise Gallery, Chicago, IL
Introductions 4, Irvine Contemporary, Washington D.C
Paper New England II, The Bushnell, Hartford, CT
2007 Viewing Registry, The Drawing Center of New York, New York, NY
Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
CAA Exhibition, Hunter College, New York, NY
2006 Place as Object Figure and Landscape, Janes Gallery, St. Barths
2004 Doppelganger, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL
COLLECTIONS
The Ritz-Carlton, Chicago
Chanel Corporation
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012 Meuller, Rachel, Meticulous Chaos, Be Nice Art Friends, July 2012
Taskaporan, Erol, Interview, Neo Collective, July, 2012
Gumbs, Melissa, View From the Birth Day at the Chicago Cultural Center, Examiner, July 2012
Amir, Matthew Woodward’s Decaying Drawings, Beautiful/Decay, May 2012
Dluzen, Robin, Catalogs of Anonymous Forms, Chicago Art Magazine, April 2012
Debat, Don, Unveiling the Unique, Chicago Sun Times, March 2012
Mutts, Lost at E Minor, New Art, January, 2012
2011 Vora, Manish, Iconomancy: The Magic of Art, Art Log, November, 2011
Pocaro, Alan, Keeping Your Balance in the Windy City, Art Critical, October, 2011
Hausslein ,Allison, Fanmail, Dailyserving, November, 2011
Marszalek, Norbert, One Question, Neotericart, October, 2011
New American Paintings, Number 95, Midwest Edition, June, 2011
Cook, Greg, Contained at BCA, The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research, April, 2011
James, Damian, More Than a Whisper in the Ear, Bad at Sports, January, 2011
2010 Blau, Lilly, Love and Real Estate, The Huffington Post, November, 2010
Himebauch, Adam, Featured Artist, Veoba Magazine, November, 2010
Pitts, Johnathan, Look What They Found, Baltimore Sun, July 2010
Duquette, Laura, Featured Artist, Artery Magazine, May, 2010
Duquette, Laura, How WNY Has Influenced His Work, Buffalo Rising Magazine, May 2010
Pocaro, Alan, Selections From the INDA 5, Aeqai, April, 2010
Franz, Jason, International Drawing Annual 5, Manifest Gallery, March, 2010
Solamo Tony, Barrington Hills Courier-Review, January, 2010
Barber, John, Medium Magazine, Outside Infinity, February, 2010
Avedesian, Alexi Vellum Magazine, Spirits, January, 2010
2009 Reed, Marliana, Invisible City Magazine, Issue 6, November, 2009
Lacy, Rebecca, MuseMemo Magazine, Hauntingly Beautiful, October, 2009
Abram, A, Spillspace Magazine, All the Wild Horses, September, 2009
Kohn, Iliana, Lost At E Minor Magazine, Issue 244, 245, August, 2009
Tremblay, Brenda, Finger-Lakes Explores Connections, Mysteries, WXXI, P.R, August, 2009
Low, Stuart, Drawing Together Man and Nature, Democrat and Chronicle, August, 2009
Wheeler, Dan, Upstate Artists Exhibit in Exclusive MAG Show, MPN Now, July, 2009
Rafferty, Rebecca, The Elephant in the Room, City News Paper, July, 2009
2008 O’Sullivan, Michael, Modern or Retro? Lets Call it a Draw. The Washington Post, August, 08
2007 Ex Arte Equinus Magazine, TX
2004 Poetry Center of Chicago, Broadside Editions, Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
2012 The Cill Rialaig Project, County Kerry, Ireland
2011 Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program, MICA, Lehon, France
2010 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2008 The Catwalk Program, Hudson, NY