Ben WoodTen Years Later, Saint Ignatius Church, September 11, 2011
Manresa Gallery presents new work by San Francisco based, British artist Ben Wood, whose commissioned video work commemorates the lives lost in 2001. Wood's video was projected on the facade of St. Ignatius Church beginning at sundown, continuing into the evening after the service.
ben woodMission Dolores Mural 2011
Mission San Francisco de Asis is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco. Hidden behind the great altar in the old mission church is a mural painted by Indian Neophytes in 1791. Ben Wood and Eric Blind rediscovered and digitally documented the mural in 2004. In 2011 their digital documentation was transformed into a physical public mural in the heart of the Mission District. ben woodCoit Tower Projections 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009
The Coit Tower video projections have occured on July 4th in 2004 honoring the original inhabitants of the Bay Area, the Ohlone, and reoccurred in 2006 on the anniversary of the Great San Francisco Earthqauke of 1906, and again in 2008 and thanksgiving of 2009 as tribute to the Ohlone Bay Area Natives. ben woodMission Dolores Mural 2011
Mission San Francisco de Asis is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco. Hidden behind the great altar in the old mission church is a mural painted by Indian Neophytes in 1791. Ben Wood and Eric Blind rediscovered and digitally documented the mural in 2004. In 2011 their digital documentation was transformed into a physical public mural in the heart of the Mission District. ben woodMission Dolores Mural 2011
Mission San Francisco de Asis is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco. Hidden behind the great altar in the old mission church is a mural painted by Indian Neophytes in 1791. Ben Wood and Eric Blind rediscovered and digitally documented the mural in 2004. In 2011 their digital documentation was transformed into a physical public mural in the heart of the Mission District. ben wood40th Anniversary of Alcatraz Occupation, 2009
Another example of the power of artistic projection to bring peoples together was the Thanksgiving projection commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969 by native activists. This project was timed as a commemoration for Native American presence at Alcatraz Island in 1969. ben woodEast West Center, Honolulu
Wisdoms of the East and West is an animated video created in Honolulu, Hawaii with Curator Michael Schuster to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the East-West Center in Honolulu Hawaii. The video is based on the flagship Charlot and Affandi murals in Imin Center-Jefferson Hall at the East West Center. ben woodWisdoms of the East and West, Honolulu 2010
Wisdoms of the East and West is an animated video created in Honolulu, Hawaii with Curator Michael Schuster to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the East-West Center in Honolulu Hawaii. The video is based on the flagship Charlot and Affandi murals in Imin Center-Jefferson Hall at the East West Center.

Current and Upcoming Exhibits

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Dewey Monument Projection
Union Square, San Francisco
Memorial Weekend 2012

Public Outdoor Video Projection
Palo Alto Art Center, Summer 2012

Recent Exhibits

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9/11 Memorial Interior Light installation
Saint Ignatius Church, University of San Francisco
September 2011

Ashdown House: The Home where Science and Technology Live
MIT Museum, Compton Gallery, 150th Anniversary Exhibit
April-December 2011

Public Recreation of 18th century Mission Dolores Mural
Outdoor Mural, Bartlett Street, San Francisco 2011

Wisdoms of the East and West Video
East West Center, 50th Anniversary Exhibit, Honolulu Hawaii
July - October 2010

Coit Tower Public Projection
40th Anniversary of Alcatraz Occupation
Thanksgiving 2009

Richmond Art Center
The Mural Tradition, Mission Dolores to Judy Baca
October-November 2009

Coit Tower Public Projection
Honoring the Ohlone
July 3rd & 4th, 2008

Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City
Homenaje Nacional de Diego Rivera
November 2007-February 2008

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Services Overview

Explore some of the multifaced work of Ben Wood Studio from public projections, animation for media companies, commercial projects as well as teaching visual art at colleges.

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