Ro2 Art is delighted to present “Dream A Little Dream,” a vibrant and thought-provoking exhibition by Dallas-based artist Matthew “Woody” Wood. Blurring the lines between reality and abstraction, Woody’s work balances sophistication with a sense of playfulness, engaging viewers through unexpected materials and dynamic compositions. Originally trained as a painter, Woody’s creative journey has led him to experiment with unconventional mediums, such as rare vintage Chroma Rama paper.

Originally a painter, Dallas-based artist Matthew “Woody” Wood started exploring alternative mediums in the 1990s while attending the Kansas City Art institute. Drawing inspiration from works that forego the inclusion of brushwork or human touch, Woody works with a rare vintage paper, Chroma Rama, in order to produce multi-dimensional works that eclipse the appearance of the artist’s hand in their creation. During his graduate studies at NYU he began an in-depth process of photographing pedestrians’ shadows and manipulating the resulting images, thus creating his own visual language of abstract forms to employ in his work. These explorations in abstract shapes form the basis of Woody’s Biomorphagrams, which are multi-layered constructions that blur the line between static form and fluid process. Existing somewhere in the space between two- dimensional and three-dimensional, his work is deeply influenced by the twofold art historical context of realism and abstraction while drawing on both past and present pop culture for inspiration. In playing with the ideas of dimension, genre, and dual cultural concepts, Woody imbues his work with the definitive ambition of working contemporary artists: creating works that are ultimately timeless.