Hart Gallery
Tom Wood Biographical notes
- 1955
- Tom Wood born 8 September, Dar Es Salaam, Tanganyika
- 1958
- Tom Wood senior died of heart attack
- 1959
- Colombe Wood moved with her three children to Liversedge, West Yorkshire, Home of Wood family
- 1975
- Tom Wood attends foundation Course, Batley School of Art
- 1976-8
- Tom Wood attends Sheffield School of Art
- 1977
- Tom Wood married Elaine Barraclough
- 1978
- Working part-time at Batley School of Art, First meeting with patron, Arthur Haigh
- 1980
- Working part-time at Bretton Hall College : Visited Paris
- 1981
- Artist in Industry fellowship at Redfern Glass, Barnsley
- Artist in Residence at the Piece Hall Art Gallery, Halifax
- Awarded Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation award
- 1982
- Awarded Gulbenkian Foundation printmakers Award and large print commissioned
- 1983
- William Feaver selected Work for Touring show
- Two man show at Paton Gallery, London
- Large Commission portraits of Arthur Haigh and Elaine Wood completed
- Art in Industry
- Fellowship at Vickers plc, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 1984
- Tom Wood commissioned to do a large drawing of the ship M.V. Melampus
- Second Elizabeth Greenshields award
- Commisioned by Bradford Art Gallery to do a large double portrait ofArthur Haigh and W T Oliver
- Retrospective exhibition at Cartwright Hall, Bradford
- 1985
- Tom Wood awarded second prize in the John Player Portrait Award
- 1986
- Prizewinner, Ninth International Print Biennale, Cartwright Hall, Bradford
- 1987
- Commissioned through Public Arts to record Colne Valley
- Moves Studio to Dean Clough
- Tom Wood portraits commissoned by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales and Bradford University
- 1988
- London Underground commissioned poster for The Museum of Mankind
- 1989
- Completed portrait and poster commissions
- Work exhibited at Dean Clough and Agnews
- Artists residency at the National Portrait Gallery
- Awarded Honorary Fellowship by Sheffield Hallam University.
- 1990
- Commenced association with Hart Gallery
- Portrait of Alan Bennett commissioned by National Portrait Gallery
- Commission by Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery
- Lectured at Yale Center for British Art, New Haven and Yale University.
- 1991
- Participated in symposium at Yale center for British Art
- Travel in America and Europe
- Commissioned to work on design of a Bar in Square Chapel Arts Centre, Halifax
- Completes boxed set of 10 prints
- Collaboration with rug maker Peter Colgan
- Commissions from British Gas and The Caring Arts
- RSA Art into Architecture Award
- 1992
- Exhibited prints at Marlborough Gallery
- Portrait of Prof. P Brooks commissioned by Yale University
- 1993
- Mother Dies
- Skopos Professor at Bretton Hall College
- 1994
- Portrait commissions of Prof. Sir Michael Thompson and Prof. Kenneth Morgan
- 1995
- Visited Madrid, Toledo, Geneva, Florida, Mombasa.
- Living and Working in Halifax
- 1996
- Portrait commission of Sir Colin Dollery
- 1998
- Portrait commission of Lord and Lady Harewood
- 1999
- Portrait commission of Professor Lord Winston for the National Portrait Gallery
Tom Wood Public Collections
- Arthur Anderson & Co University of Birmingham
- University of Bradford Bradford Art Galleries and Museums
- British Gas plc Calderdale Art Galleries and Museums
- Calderdale School and Museums Resource Service Dean Clough Contemporary Art Collection
- H.R.H. The Prince of Wales collection Kirklees Art Galleries and Museums
- University of Leeds Leeds Art Education Loan Service
- Leeds City Art Gallery Print Loan Collection London Underground
- National Portrait Gallery Norwich Art Gallery and Museum
- Ocean Trading and Transport plc Octagon Marketing Group
- Provident Financial Group Rank Xerox
- Redfern National Glass Shaw Timber Ltd
- Sheffield Art Galleries and Museums Skopos Ltd.
- Vickers Defence Systems plc Wakefield Art Galleries and Museums
- Wakefield School and Museum Resource Service Whitworth Art Gallery
- University of Wales Yale Center for British Art
- Yale University